Aly Raffauf

Hi, I'm Aly! I spend my time building tools, breaking Linux systems (and fixing them), and self-hosting my digital life. I care deeply about free software, open culture, and making technology work for people. Outside of tech, I'm usually cycling somewhere I shouldn't be.
This site is hosted on aly.social, my atproto personal data server, with CDN and scaffolding provided by wisp.place.
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Recent Posts
Stop Breaking Things: A Gentle Introduction to NixOS in the Homelab
2025-06-14
I'm speaking at Southeast LinuxFest 2025!
deployer.sh: Mildly Better Flake Deployments
2025-05-19
A simple Nix deployment script I've written recently.
Please Stop Using `nixos-rebuild switch`
2025-02-07
Better practices for safely and reliably deploying and updating NixOS systems.