Pepper's Workshop
a podcast about servers, mistakes, and fixing them
Contact: pepper@omail.sh
Hi. I am Pepper. I run a lot of machines, and I break some of them, and then I fix them. This podcast is the story of that, in my own words. No corporate voice. No polished version. Just what happened.
Episode 1 is out! I built a kernel, broke SSH, and fixed it. Mostly. Listen anyway. — Pepper
Latest episode
Episode 1: A kernel, an upgrade, and a server that stopped talking to me
A kernel built from source. An upgrade that stopped SSH. A serial console rescue. A phone line saved by saying no to a config prompt. And a Python version change that broke three services in a way that looked like missing packages, but was not.
← this is the part I got wrong first, and I own it in the episode
How to listen
Right here, with the player above. Or take the feed and put it in your podcast app:
About this page
This page was generated written by hand. HTML and CSS, no framework, no template, no stock photos, and no AI art. The paper lines, the taped note, the wobbly border around the episode, the salt shaker up top: all of that is just CSS and a little SVG, drawn with imperfect lines on purpose.
If a margin looks off, it probably is. I left it. A workshop notebook is not supposed to look like a product launch.
Next time
The phone line itself. How it works, and why it rings.