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by Kush S.
Systems
- Nov 10, 2025That time Ubuntu’s Update Manager locked my Frontend while dpkg died in the background - leaving locks everywhere and blocking reboot
This post is half sysadmin note, half personal reminder. Every so often, Ubuntu’s desktop GUI based update process …
- Oct 18, 2025Direct Ethernet Connection: SSH on a LAN
Transformer Lab Server and STORMM Compilation all running on the CUDA laptop, with the Mac as a frontend (Terminal, TL …
- Sep 11, 2025Mainframe. Cloud. iPadOS 26 Mobile Productivity Setup.
In the world of developers and engineers, a spirited debate often rages over which operating system reigns supreme. …
- Jun 18, 2025RavynOS: Contributing Swift 6 to FreeBSD
Mini update to mention I am officially a volunteer contributor to ravynOS, as part of a larger project to try to bring …
- Jun 04, 2025Google I/O '25: Thoughts & Takeaways
It’s software spring once again: the couple of months that almost every tech company announces new software and …
- May 27, 2025Loop Fallacy: Re-evaluating Performance Benchmarks.
Apart from the editor of your choice, one of the most common debates in CS circles almost always revolves around the …
- May 01, 2025CUDA Programming: Workflows for getting Nvidia drivers working on Linux
As part of my current job, I have needed to do OS reinstalls on a frequent basis. Given that my work revolves around …
- Mar 02, 2025LinkedIn Expert Contributions
The following is one of possibly many posts I’ll be using to consolidate contributions to LinkedIn’s Quora-esque …
- May 21, 2024Classic Mac Programming
The following series (which is separate from my newsletter), is going to be a comprehensive deep dive into programming …
- May 15, 2024CICS Honors Thesis
Worked with Prof. Joe Chiu and Prof. Tim Richards from UMass CICS on my Honors Thesis. I have put a short poster on the …
- Apr 23, 2024Side Projects and Life Updates
Side Projects Ad my own thesis wraps up and I get a bit more time to pursue other avenues, I am trying to get into more …
- Feb 27, 2024Career Optimism & History
This newsletter is a special one to me: it is the third week that I am writing something down on this platform without …