Vaughn Dickson
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Writing about Linux

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3 posts

2026

  1. mdread: a Markdown reader with 10% of the features, built for speed and a 4K screen

    I wanted a Markdown reader with 10% of the features of every other reader and editor, as fast as possible, and using all of my 4K screen. So I built one in Rust.

    4 min readCodeRustLinux

2014

  1. Centralising Clojure/Java logging with Logback, LogStash, ElasticSearch, and Kibana

    Shipping Clojure and Java logs from Logback through Logstash into Elasticsearch, and reading them in Kibana.

    1 min readDevOpsJavaClojureElasticsearchLinux

2012

  1. Deploying Datomic free on EC2 or any Ubuntu system

    Installing Datomic Free on Ubuntu or EC2 with an Upstart script, a symlinked runtime for painless upgrades, and rdiff-backup for backups.

    1 min readDevOpsLinux