August 11, 2025

627: The 2 a.m. Rescue

1 hour 24 minutes

Wes performs a 2 a.m. rescue at DEFCON, and Chris attempts to build a Linux desktop using nothing but vibes.

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💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
Podverse — A FOSS podcast manager for iOS, Android, F-Droid, and web.
Podverse - GitHub
Texas Linux Festival 2025 - CFP extended to August 18!
Nix Pipe Operator by piegamesde [RFC 0148]
libexpr: experimental pipe operators by rhendric
Nix Vegas on GitHub
NixVegas/badge — Rebuild the world at DEF CON with the Nix Badge
AND!XOR 5n4ck3y
ANDnXOR/ANDnXOR_DC33_Badge
NixOS Search - Packages - ztool
ChrisLAS/hyprvibe — Chris' vibed-only, riced-up Hyprland desktop running atop NixOS.
crush — The glamourous AI coding agent for your favourite terminal 💘
Cursor - The AI Code Editor
Void: an open source Cursor alternative
gerbrent/storenix — NixOS configs for a store, containing two locations and multiple hosts. Please help me!
Listener Javier @hacker.bikepacker - Instagram
Listener Javier @hacker.bikepacker - YouTube
HomeBox — A simple home inventory management software
sysadminsmedia/homebox — A continuation of HomeBox the inventory and organization system built for the Home User
Forester Notes
Designing tools for scientific thought
jimsalterjrs/sanoid: — policy-driven snapshot management and replication tools which use OpenZFS for underlying next-gen storage.
btrbk — Tool for creating snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes
Breez - Bitcoin in Every App
gPodder - Music Assistant
GeneBean's Linux-specific NixOS aliases — GeneBean's MacOS-specific NixOS aliases
GeneBean's MacOS-specific NixOS aliases
Alby Hub — Alby Hub is a self-custodial, open source lightning wallet that connects to apps
Pick: ffshare — An android app to compress image, video and audio files through ffmpeg before sharing them
Pick: Actual Budget — Actual Budget is a super fast and privacy-focused app for managing your finances. At its heart is the well proven and much loved Envelope Budgeting methodology.
SimpleFIN
Connect to your bank - SimpleFIN Bridge