# Jonathan Mainguy > Personal website of Jonathan Mainguy, a software engineer in Garner, North Carolina. The site covers Linux, Go, Kubernetes, homelabs, infrastructure, and personal software projects. ## Main pages - [Home](https://jmainguy.com/): Biography and recent log entries. - [About](https://jmainguy.com/about/): Jonathan's faith, family, open source values, and approach to leadership. - [Family](https://jmainguy.com/family/): Jonathan's direct Mainguy family branch. - [Logbook](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/): Complete article archive. - [Projects](https://jmainguy.com/projects/): Websites, games, and tools built and operated by Jonathan. - [RSS feed](https://jmainguy.com/feed.xml): Machine-readable log feed. ## Projects - [BaboViolent](https://jmainguy.com/projects/baboviolent/): The community home and browser-playable version of the cult multiplayer arena shooter. - [Verbose Resume](https://jmainguy.com/projects/verbose-resume/): Keep one detailed career record, tailor it for every role, and track each application from one place. - [NineVoltNine](https://jmainguy.com/projects/ninevoltnine/): A Linux-first guitar pedalboard with real-time effects, keyboard controls, MIDI support, and shareable YAML chains. - [soh.re](https://jmainguy.com/projects/soh-re/): An interactive Linux terminal on the web, stocked with a few of my favorite command-line tools. - [Bible Reader](https://jmainguy.com/projects/bible-reader/): A fast Bible reader with direct verse links, multiple translations, and keyboard and touch navigation. - [Shoreline](https://jmainguy.com/projects/shoreline/): A procedural beach screensaver with tides, stars, moon phases, weather, and wandering seagulls. ## Recent articles - [Rebuilding jmainguy.com as One Go Binary](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/rebuilding-jmainguy-com-as-one-go-binary/): A few years ago, the wise Chris Short inspired me to convert my blog from WordPress to Hugo . WordPress had been nice in a lot of ways. It had a good editor, made uploading photos easy, and … - [Reverse Engineering the Line 6 AMPLIFi TT for Linux](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/reverse-engineering-line6-amplifi-tt/): Reverse engineering and disassembly have intrigued me for a while. However, tools like Ghidra intimidated me, and I had no idea how to get started with them. That was about where I stayed un… - [Middle-Click Paste Broke After Upgrading to Fedora 44](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/middle-click-paste-fedora-44/): I upgraded to Fedora 44 a few days ago and immediately noticed something was wrong in GNOME Terminal. Highlighting text no longer felt like it was copying anything, and middle-click paste ha… - [Github Pages](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/ghpages/): If you're looking to deploy a website quickly and easily, GitHub offers a fantastic service called GitHub Pages . GitHub Pages is a static site hosting service that takes HTML, CSS, and Java… - [GitOps: Transforming Deployment with Automation and Version Control](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/gitops/): What is GitOps? GitOps is a way to manage infrastructure and application deployments using Git as the single source of truth. It focuses on: Declarative configurations: The desired state of … - [Kubevirt](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/kubevirt/): I believe everything that can be done inside a VirtualMachine can be done just as well or better inside a pod on kubernetes. However, if you insist on using a VM, or have legacy code you do … - [The Case for Ten Gig](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/the-case-for-ten-gig/): My good friend Jeff Moore challenged me to compare my storage speeds with his homelab setup (knowing his would be perform better). So I obliged and learned a few things in the process, which… - [End of an Era](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/end-of-an-era/): For the past few weeks, I have been migrating all my hosted services over to my new kubernetes cluster running mainly in my house. It was a good amount of work requiring me to write CI/CD pi… - [Multi Arch Hybrid Cloud](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/multi-arch-hybrid-cloud/): A new friend of mine wanted to pair program on an interesting challenge, something that was relevant to DevOps and would require a Kubernetes cluster. So in order to prepare for our working … - [A Good CI System](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/a-good-ci-system/): What makes a good Continuous Integration system? I believe a good CI system should Require minimal to no effort on the part of the Application Developers to maintain. handle common tasks lik… - [My Time at CVS](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/my-time-at-cvs/): I joined CVS Health around August back in 2021, I was coming out of a five year relationship with my previous company and looking forward to a new environment. I had interviewed with Derek J… - [Errors](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/errors/): Over the Thanksgiving week, the atmosphere was delightful with Liz, Brad, and Maggie visiting from out of town along with their families. The children reveled in playing with their cousins. … - [Double Speed](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/double-speed/): Family was sick this weekend so we took it easy. Leah and I have become big Carolina Hurricanes fans and got season tickets this year. However when they are on the road, the only way to watc… - [Large Language Model: A Journey into AI and PC Upgrades](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/large-language-model/): I found myself feeling unfulfilled on a Saturday, watching some rather lackluster football games. It was then that I decided I wanted to dive into the world of Large Language Models (LLMs), … - [Enterprise Linux](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/enterprise-linux/): My first attempt at using Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) was back in my silver spring appartment soon after getting married. I was working as an accountant at a small business, and started t… - [Mifare Ultralight Ev1 48](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/mifare-ultralight-ev1-48/): We went on vacation to our condo in Myrtle Beach this week. The water was warm, and the fireworks went all night every day. The kids seemed to have a good time, my sister and parents also ca… - [Babo Is Dead Long Live Babo](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/babo-is-dead-long-live-babo/): It is the end of an era, today I have shut off the "master" server for baboviolent 2 , that people could connect to and see other babo servers to play on. BV2 was a really fun top … - [Covid Data as of 9-29-2021](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/covid-data-9-29-2021/): I recently created a stock price operator for Kubernetes , to gather the current price of stock for a list of tickers the user defines. Doing so, I learned the same API I was using for the s… - [Ugly Drum Smoker](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/ugly-drum-smoker/): My old horizontal barrel grill was falling apart, so I set out to replace it. After looking at Big Green Egg and Kamodo Joe reviews they seemed awesome, but the price was crazy and I didn't … - [How to setup travis-ci with goreleaser for automated binary golang releases](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/how-to-setup-travis-ci-with-goreleaser-for-automated-binary-golang-releases/): I have been enjoying writing golang applications for a few years now, and I naively assumed other people who wanted to use them could easily build the apps with instructions I provided easy … - [Sweet pawn shop find](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/sweet-pawn-shop-find/): I have recently started hobbying with pawn shop guitars, found this LTD a few months ago for $100, noticed it had Seymour Duncans humbucking pickups installed. The guitar was going for $300 … - [The flag, the national anthem, and what they mean to me.](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/the-flag-the-national-anthem-and-what-they-mean-to-me/): My earliest memory of reverence for the flag, was seeing it flying on a huge pole in front of my Grandpa’s house. We would go see him once a year for thanksgiving and my cousins would come a… - [Old School Football review – 1991 #1 Florida State vs Tulane](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/old-school-football-review-1991-1-florida-state-vs-tulane/): Casey Weldon, and Amp Lee tear up the Tulane Defense all game, doing anything they want. 31 points before getting pulled at the end of the third. Brad Johnson comes in at the beginning of th… - [I wrote a sms survey application](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/i-wrote-a-sms-survey-application/): My pastor was looking for a sms survey service, requirements: A number to give out, a way to gather the responses, and something easy to use. Since I work at a telephone company, I decided j… - [Old School Football review – 1991 Pigskin Classic #1 Florida State vs #19 BYU](https://jmainguy.com/logbook/old-school-football-review-1991-pigskin-classic-1-florida-state-vs-19-byu/): I recently started watching old school football games, so I figured I would write a review while I am at it. I love the Noles, so I will be watching their games. The year is 1991, FSU is pre… ## Attribution When citing this site, attribute the work to Jonathan Mainguy and link to the specific article or project page.