# Blog | tait.tech
Author: Tait Hoyem

# Blog

## How to Deploy Lichess's Lila With Nginx

20 December 2020

I was getting ready to have a public test of some changes I made to lichess.org’s open source chess platform. In preperation, I got my Let’s Encrypt certificates and nginx configurations setup… and it wouldn’t work. Here are some tips for myself and future Lichess developers.

## Orca, Emacspeak and Chromium Accessibility on A Raspberry Pi Running Manjaro ARM

14 December 2020

I wanted to get a gift for my blind friend who has been interested in learning Linux for a while now. Just when I was about to start looking for something I decided to take a look at Brian Lunduke’s newest video featuring the Raspberry Pi 400. The Raspberry Pi 400 has come full circle in terms of computing. It is a keyboard. All the computing is done from within the keyboard. Much like the Comodore64, this computer comes without a screen but is still technically fully functional without one. I had my ‘Aha!’ moment, and decided that the Raspberry Pi 400 would be a very cool present.

## Getting Pacaur Working on a Raspberry Pi 4 with Manjaro ARM or Arch Linux

01 December 2020

I recently installed Manjaro ARM (based on Arch Linux ARM) on a Raspberry Pi 4. I used some standard commands to start to add the `pacaur` package so I can easily retrieve AUR packages without needing to do it manually. Unfortunately, there is a small problem with compiling this on ARM.

## ZFS NAS Box, Part 2

15 November 2020

Back in part one of my NAS project I discussed how I wanted to set up my hardware. Today, I set up the NAS (almost).

## Curiosity

26 October 2020

Curiosity is fundamental to a deep understanding of any subject. Masters, Ph.Ds, and other fancy name suffixes will never help you if you don’t have the spirit of curiosity burning inside of you.

## Minesweeper Bomb Generation And Tile Revealing

12 September 2020

When I was creating a little Minesweeper game, I got confused at some points. My bomb generation didn’t look quite right, and I for sure didn’t quite get the whole cascading tile reveal thing. With a bit of internet research, I found what I was looking for. I’ll explain it all in one place for my own research purposes.

## lamegames.tait.tech

09 September 2020

This is an announcement for a new project of mine: lamegames.tait.tech.

## How to Solve The Django Deployment Puzzle

18 August 2020

A few days ago I had a Django project I wanted to put on a real server. This project is still in its infancy, but I thought it would be nice to put it on my resume and show my friends. Little did I know the headache coming my way. Here are some tips to help you not make the same mistakes as me.

## BSD Journey, Part 1

15 August 2020

As Linux becomes controlled by corporate sponsors and becomes more full of proprietary blobs, drivers, and even closed-source software like Steam, One may wonder if there are other options out there. For me, somebody that is intensely interested in security, there is one option: OpenBSD.

## Know How Your Representative Votes In Parliament

30 July 2020

As an advocate for openness, I had an idea to make a project out of the government of Canada’s Open Data initiative to take a look at how my local MP voted on various pieces of legislation. It turns out though that this was not necessary due to how easy it was to find this information on the government’s own website. In this article, I will explain how you can do the same.

## Installing MultiCraft on Gentoo Linux

19 July 2020

In a very odd combination of requirements, I needed to install MultiCraft on a Gentoo Linux system. The PHP `USE` flags are important so you don’t have to recompile it three times like I did.

## Independence

12 July 2020

> “When given a choice between independence and dependence, always choose independence; you will never regret that choice!”—Luke Smith

## How to use tmux to send and receive things from your Minecraft server

25 June 2020

So recently I had problem. I run a Minecraft server on a big Linux computer I have running in my room. Now, as a system administrator it is very helpful to be able to run some simple commands without needing to login with my key, password, TFA, etc. It is, frankly, a lot of work. Especially when I really just want to be playing games but I just need to check something quickly.

## Site Update

04 June 2020

I updated the site with some easier to identify information about me and my projects :)

## New Game: Clue (coming soon)

19 May 2020

Ooo! Exciting! Today I want to announce a new project I’ll be working on which should be live within the month of May: Clue.

## How to use NGINX as a reverse-proxy server for a Node.js application using socket.io

01 May 2020

Despite the long name of the article, I have a feeling this may apply to more people than I might think. If you have a Node.js application which needs socket.io connections that you want to pass throgh nginx’s `reverse_proxy` directive then this is the article for you!

## What is XSS?

25 April 2020

I found a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack in a well-known quiz hosting website. I disclosed the vulnerability to them years ago, so I thought now might be a good time to write about it.

## rfi: A Simple Linux utility to get a random file from a directory

21 April 2020

I made a little video about this script I wrote:

## NAS Part 1: Theorize

12 April 2020

New Project, phase one: Theorize.

## How To Encrypt Your Own Documents Using gpg

06 April 2020

If you have ever wanted to garuntee the utmost security of your emails and documents, then this is the guide for you! It should be noted that in some circles the tools used are more common than in others. These are the everyday tools of many privacy advocates and computer nerds.

## How Asymetric Encryption Works

02 April 2020

In a few previous articles I have explained why encryption may be important to you and how the theory behind encryption works. I did not yet explain the system of asymetric cryptography, however. That is what this article is for.

## How Does Encryption Work, in Theory?

19 February 2020

There are many kinds of encryption used in our everyday communication. Online and offline, over the internet and in person. In this article, I will explain the basics of how encryption should work in theory. I explain in this article why encryption is important, and why you should care about it.

## Is Encryption Worth It?

26 January 2020

What is the most embarassing thing you have typed into Google search? What is the most personal secret you told a friend in confidence? What is your bank password? What is your business’s secret to stay ahead of the competition?

## Padding And Margin

22 January 2020

Many people have expressed confusion over how padding and margins work in HTML/CSS. I have been one of those people. In this short article I will explain what the differences are between the two, and how it may affect the functionality of your site.