Michael Dexter

@dexter@bsd.network
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Dexter's Law: Only proprietary software vendors want proprietary software and only fascists want fascism. Toots are my own. Self-employed. Father of three.

I aim to keep this to technical topics relating to bhyve and OpenZFS, and the occasional humor.

Pointing out the presence of fascists on that other site proved... pointless, and I won't whine about it here.

Seasonally... The Mandalatvian

If you’ve been naughty… Dexpool

BOY HOWDY WAS THAT A GOOD JAILS CALL AS WE DESCENDED INTO SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING AND I SHOULD CHECK OF IT’S DONE ENCODING.
If you add 22 hashtags to your image post, you can certainly add alt text.

I'm looking to improve the #FreeBSD capsicum(4) manual page to make some of the concepts more clear, using text from the original "Capsicum: practical capabilities for UNIX" paper.

Review: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50855

I'm also interested in other feedback on content for designing or adapting programs for sandboxing.

⚙ D50855 capsicum.4: Add some more detail from the Capsicum paper

au pair programming is when you have enough money and space to afford an au pair so you can focus on your code

"Where have you been for the last 20 years?" - The question that changed everything. This isn't a BSDCan report, but a personal reflection on how impostor syndrome stole decades from me, and why it's never too late to find your community and live life fully.

https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/17/where-have-you-been-for-the-last-20-years/

#BSDCan #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #MyNotes #Life #LifeReflections #LiveLife #Community #OpenSource #OSS #EuroBSDCon

Where Have You Been for the Last 20 Years? | MyNotes

A personal journey from 20 years of self-doubt to discovering the welcoming BSD community at BSDCan. Sometimes courage comes later in life.

Fedi computer and network-touchers:

I’m hiring!

Looking for a senior-level linux and network type person in the Melbourne, Australia area.

Hit me up if you or anyone you know are interested.

Boosts appreciated!

#mlmmj 1.6.0 is out

Changes:
- Remove blanks in customheaders prefix and skip empty lines
- $bouncenumbers$ in probe are now expended to number, messageid when
possible
- customheaeders allow now substitution of $posteraddr$ (Erwan Mas)
- Fix portability issue on Hurd (Erwan Mas)

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