Add comprehensive documentation for make formats and all generated files:
- blog.json (JSON Blog format at root)
- feeds/all.json (JSON Feed v1.1)
- llms.txt (AI agent onboarding)
- index.md (Markdown versions)
- index.txt (plain text versions)
Documents purpose, usage, requirements, and individual make targets
(rst2md, jsonfeed, jsonblog, plaintext, llms).
- lib/rst2md.py - RST to Markdown converter using pandoc
- lib/generate_jsonfeed.py - JSON Feed v1.1 generator
- lib/generate_jsonblog.py - JSON Blog format (jsonblog.dev)
- lib/generate_plaintext.py - HTML to plain text converter
- lib/generate_llms_txt.py - AI agent onboarding file
These scripts generate multiple formats for AI/LLM consumption:
- blog.json at root (entire blog in one file)
- feeds/all.json (JSON Feed format)
- llms.txt (onboarding documentation)
- index.md (Markdown versions)
- index.txt (plain text versions)
- Add make formats to .gitlab-ci.yml build script
- Generates blog.json at site root (jsonblog.dev format)
- Generates feeds/all.json (JSON Feed v1.1)
- Generates llms.txt for AI agent onboarding
- Converts all RST to Markdown
- Creates plain text versions (index.txt)
New section: "what is un inception?"
- Explains how un.c fractured into 42+ language-specific CLI/SDK implementations
- Each language has its own native CLI/SDK (Python, Go, Rust, JavaScript, etc.)
- Each implementation is both functional tool & test case
- Fractal validation: clients test platform, platform tests clients
- Links to unsandbox.com/cli for all language implementations
- Links to un.c source in GitLab
Added llms.txt reference for curious agents:
- unsandbox.com/llms.txt
- api.unsandbox.com/llms.txt
Post now explains the inception concept: the fracture became better
than the whole. 42 implementations proving cross-language consistency.
Added 45 lines explaining the testing framework philosophy.
- Introduce UN early with link to unsandbox.com
- Link to api.unsandbox.com/docs when mentioning REST API
- Add call-to-action links to start experimenting
- All external links now point to approved domains only:
- git.unturf.com (GitLab)
- unsandbox.com
- api.unsandbox.com/docs
- www.unturf.com (permacomputer manifesto)
Added massive "beyond ci/cd: the laboratory awaits" section:
- 15+ cross-language science experiments
- Language shootout revival via UN sandbox
- Algorithm correctness verification across 42 languages
- Numeric precision, crypto performance, parallel patterns
- Regex engines, GC behavior, parser combinators
- Unicode handling, JSON conformance, sorting stability
- Datetime edge cases, compiler optimization archaeology
Integrated permacomputer manifesto values (truth, freedom, harmony, love)
and Ryu's warrior philosophy: "The answer lies in the heart of battle"
Emphasis on measurement over assumption, verification over trust.
42 languages = 42 perspectives on truth through experimentation.
Post grew from 367 to 867 lines (+501 lines of research ideas).
new file: content/pages/cover-letters/2026-01-17-lumos-devops-engineer-russell-ballestrini.rst
new file: content/pages/cover-letters/2026-01-17-octane-staff-platform-engineer-russell-ballestrini.rst
new file: content/pages/cover-letters/2026-01-17-prompt-health-senior-devops-engineer-russell-ballestrini.rst
- Makefile: Add jsonresume-all-html target to export resume in 30 themes
- Makefile: Curate list of 30 tested working JSONResume themes
- pelicanconf.py: Add extract_first_image filter for social media unfurling
- Resume: Add Queues skill category (SQS, RabbitMQ, ZMQ)
- Add russell.ballestrini.resume.json in JSONResume v1.0.0 format
- Add jsonresume Makefile target to copy JSON to output
- Update contact page with JSONResume link
- New blog post announcing free agent status & explaining JSONResume benefits
- Add Webflow Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI cover letter
- Add Coinbase AI Growth Lead (Staff Software Engineer) cover letter
- Add Virta Health Senior Site Reliability Engineer cover letter
- Update CLAUDE.md: NEVER use em-dashes, prefer two sentences
- Update CLAUDE.md: strengthen date checking requirements
- Add senior.software.engineer resume softlink to Makefile
- Remove em-dash from Virta cover letter closing
🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Create cover letter for Webflow Staff Applied AI position ($175k-$247k)
- Highlight AI/ML production experience: Coursemojo (60K students), uncloseai.com inference
- Emphasize Node.js/React/TypeScript full-stack expertise & prompt engineering
- Remove backend engineer cover letter in favor of more future-focused AI role
- Add staff.software.engineer resume softlink to Makefile
🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add unsandbox.com to resume: 42+ language code execution API with containerized isolation
- Update Makefile: add principal.software.engineer resume softlink & single cover-letter target
- Create RunPod Principal Software Engineer, Storage Systems cover letter with proper letterhead
- Cover letter highlights: distributed systems, containerization, security/compliance, observability
🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
new file: content/2025-11-06-nvidia-breaks-ubuntu-ethernet-linux-modules-extra-fix.rst
new file: content/pages/cover-letters/2025-11-04-band-full-stack-engineer.txt
new file: content/pages/cover-letters/2025-11-03-synthropic-detection-engineer.txt
new file: content/pages/cover-letters/2025-11-03-truetax-elixir-phoenix.txt
new file: content/pages/cover-letters/2025-11-04-automattic-senior-systems-engineer.txt
Establish that 10 years/10,000 hours makes SRE & DevOps practitioners YAML experts.
Replace GitHub Actions with GitLab CI references (Microsoft-free).
Assert YAML expertise is widespread, not proprietary knowledge.
Reference dbsnap_verify state machine for RDS snapshot verification.
Demonstrates state transitions & graph theory applied to infrastructure.
Reinforces argument that state machine logic is mathematics, not patentable invention.
Add concrete example of using YAML for infrastructure-as-code.
Note botoform predated CloudFormation YAML support & extensive Terraform providers.
Reinforces argument that YAML schemas describe data, not executable programs.
Compare state machines to mathematical formulas like Pythagorean theorem.
Explain that expressing state logic in YAML describes mathematical relationships.
Assert these are fundamental CS concepts taught for decades, not proprietary innovations.
