Aly Raffauf
Blog
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.

Syncing EPP with power-profiles-daemon on modern laptops
2024-01-30
Saving battery life & unlocking greater performance by syncing Intel & AMD CPU Energy Performance Preferences with system power profiles.

Backpacking through New York, Montreal, and Boston
2023-07-16
Two backpacks, three planes, half a dozen buses, fifteen trains, and a whole lot of walking.

My Game Boy :: August 2022
2022-08-26
My favorite Game Boy as of August 2022.

How To: Swap Your Game Boy's Outer Shell
2022-01-31
Breathe new life in your Game Boy DMG with a simple shell swap.

Review: Retro Modding vs. FunnyPlaying Shells, Buttons, and Lenses for DMG
2021-01-14
A review of the Retro Modding and FunnyPlaying shells, buttons, and lenses for the Game Boy DMG.
A Feminist's Guide to Accelerationism
2020-08-08
An introductory reading guide for the lost & curious.

Xenofeminism: Immanence or Transcendence?
2020-06-14
On Xenofeminism's unresolved disputes.
Q&A: TERF Wars & the 'Oppression' Question
2020-06-12
A ramble on the notion of women's 'oppression' and necessary abstractions.

Irigaray, Desirability, and Materialist (trans)Feminism
2020-02-20
Desirability in the materialist account of sex/gender.

Sadie Plant's Weaving Methodology
2020-02-17
Weaving as tactic of Feminist knowledge-production.

Hyper-Stratification and Cybernetic Capital
2019-04-24
On the undelivered dreams of the 90s.