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I replaced OnlyOffice with Collabora in my lab. I was able to extend their WOPI example to produce a Minimum Viable Product. As it stands now, the software is feature complete for my use case. From there, I mount my data to my NFS storage and sync that folder with Dropbox. …
Thoroughly convinced
I am thoroughly convinced that God still desires to pour out His Spirit into His chosen vessels as recorded in Acts 2:17–18, with the ultimate end being the salvation of souls (Acts 2:21). God’s purposes have not changed; He can empower His people so that He receives the glory through the lives that are transformed. While ministry today does not lo…
feeling super productive
Since August, I have been updating my digital life, which began with organizing my digital collection of books. I had never truly looked too indepth at Calibre before August 2025, but I am clearly blown away at its capabilities. I feel a bit awkward keeping the library on my desktop computer, but I have a script to periodically backup my home folde…
Additional insight into collaborative editors
I think I had it all wrong when I accused OnlyOffice of sending data to the Russian goverment. This architectural design is called WOPI and was created for web applications that want to integrate with Microsoft Office. That means the architecture was really designed for the CIA to intercept a target's documents saved to Office 365.Read more → In my quest to replace Google Docs, I came across AbiWord, Gnome's editor. It looks newer than LibreOffice, appears feature complete, and has footnote support. The only problem is that it does not have keyboard shortcuts for footnotes. This is how I compiled AbiWord from the git source: Vibe coding is supposedly going to replace actual programmers. I can’t wait for it to go away. Robots have a terrible way of doing things, and they are not very good at writing code. That, however, has not kept me from regularly dabbling with ChatGPT and code generation. Programming is my hobby - not my livelihood. So when it comes to solvin… I have a few frustrations with Google Docs. It has gotten slow over the years. There is now a sudden push to migrate to Google Workspaces, which is something I do not want to do. There a few routes I can go in an endeavor to switch away from Google Docs. Dear Google, I want a functioning product that is fast. That means I do not want to participate in your “simulate slowness experiments.” I use your product because I think it is good. You do not have to annoy me about trying your new Google workspace. If I want to try it, I will try it. When I dismiss your notifications, it means I ha… I have delayed switching away from Wordpress on my personal blog to something different for quite some time. I liked the new idea of a flat-file static html concept, but Jekyll did not appeal to me. Then, Hugo appeared on the scene and appeared to take the rightful place as the cool kid on the block. Hugo has a simple concept and drew my interest f… I have been using GnuCash for personal finance since 2014. Two years ago, I switched over to a mysql backend because it was available in the flatpak. I never understood why the regular package on Fedora did not allow for opening a mysql database until today. On Fedora, GnuCash is bundled with weak dependencies. GnuCash does not need mysql su…Recompiling AbiWord
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Only Office for personal use
Word processor to replace Google Docs
The problem
An open letter to Google
Goodbye Wordpress
GnuCash mysql backend on Fedora