Blog System/5
Julio MerinoA newsletter on operating systems, build systems, programming languages, software engineering, and my own software projects. Specifics include FreeBSD, Linux, Rust, Bazel and EndBASIC.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues | 52 | Subscribers | Read | blogsystem5.substack.com |
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ssh-agent broken in tmux? I've got you!
A little over two years ago, I wrote an article titled SSH agent forwarding and tmux done right. In it, I described how SSH agent forwarding works—a feature that lets a remote machine use the credentials stored in your local ssh-agent insta...
From Azure Functions to FreeBSD
On Thanksgiving morning, I woke up to one of my web services being unavailable. All HTTP requests failed with a “503 Service unavailable” error. I logged into the console, saw a simplistic “Runtime version: Error” message, and was not able ...
BazelCon 2025 recap
It has been just over two years since I started Blog System/5, and that means it’s time for the now-usual(?) BazelCon 2025 trip report!
You are holding BUILD files wrong
I’ve heard it from people new to Bazel but also from people very familiar with the Bazel ecosystem: BUILD files must go away. And they must go away because they are redundant: they just repeat the dependency information that’s already encod...
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Software engineer who likes operating systems, programming languages, and build systems.
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