Pandoc HTML Pipeline with Diagram Support
January 2026 9 min read
I needed a reliable way to convert Markdown to HTML using Pandoc with proper Mermaid and diagram rendering. The goal was to avoid introducing a static site generator or wrapper framework. The solution was a project-level defaults file combined with pandoc-ext-diagram, creating a predictable and portable document pipeline.
Alpine Linux Installation on Raspberry Pi
February 2024 9 min read
This guide walks through installing Alpine Linux on a Raspberry Pi 4, from image flashing through to a secure, containerized system ready for workloads. It covers the five-stage installation workflow, addressing ARM-specific bootloader configuration that often breaks systems upgraded from older Alpine versions. The result is a minimal base system with Docker, SSH hardening, firewall rules, and static networking configured.
Arch Linux Installation from Scratch
May 2023 11 min read
This guide provides a comprehensive walkthrough for installing Arch Linux from a live disk, configuring GRUB as the bootloader, and selecting the recommended filesystem. Beginning with booting from the live disk, users are guided through partitioning, mounting, and installing the base system. Configuration steps cover timezone, localization, network settings, and the installation of GRUB.