GV

GeezerVison

The World Wide Web, restored to 800 pixels of glory.

Home|About|Gaming cabinet|Archives|How it works|Starter sites

On this site

  • Brian KetelsenArrakis · est. 1993
  • Writing
  • Talks
  • Podcasts
  • Projects
  • Uses
  • About
  • Now
  • ▲ Subscribe

This view

  • Original page
  • New address

GeezerVison is showing brian.dev — Brian Ketelsen — Linux nerd, Go programmer

// Linux nerd · Go programmer · open source

I build operating systems for fun.

Engineering manager at Microsoft, co-founder of GopherCon, and the person responsible for an immutable Linux distro nobody asked for. This is where I keep the long thoughts.

Read the writing →About me
◇ Florida Suncoast▮ Snow Linux› @bketelsen
bk@arrakis: ~/whoami
$ whoami
brian ketelsen — serial ghola of side projects

$ uname -sr
Snow Linux 7.x-trixie

$ cat ~/.creed
"It is by will alone I set my mind in motion."
// Latest transmission
All writing →
A desert relay test range for Go services with modular compute pylons and signal pulses.
goAug 3, 2026 · 12 min

Sharing Apps From a Private Platform

I split my personal app platform into a public framework and a private instance, which was great until I wanted to give a friend one of my apps. Here's what it took, and what it forced me to admit about trust.

// recent
Jan 14, 2026Let It Snow: On Rabbit Holes and Linux#linuxDec 18, 2023Scratching Your Own Itches#linuxNov 1, 2023How I Bluefin: Using the ultimate developer Linux#linuxJul 11, 2022Forecast: Cloudy#linux
You are visitor 01402503 — GeezerVison does not store the pages you look up.
Best viewed with Netscape Navigator 4.7 or Internet Explorer 6 at 800×600. No cookies required.