Tyler Rasmussen

Origins

The Two Byte Blog came about when early in my career I was finding it difficult to remember all of the various technologies I was required to learn for my job. To address this, I created this website as a notepad I could reference whenever and wherever needed. As time went along I started to formalize my notes and create complete articles from them.

Nowadays I write my various notes within Obsidian, consolidating and editing any I wish to share with the wider community. One-off items are published to my blog with larger topics becoming collections.

If you find a mistake or want to chat, throw me a message.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where did the name of the site come from?

The inspiration for the website’s name came from my mom, who use to always say:

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

As any IT person will tell you we’re always learning and it always feels like there is a ever-growing mountain of information in front of us :)

What are you using to run your website?

The website is a modified version of the Hugo-based Hextra theme. The site itself runs on Cloudflare Pages generated from a GitHub repository.

Do you use AI?

I personally believe that AI is a tool, no different than the search engine or the internet itself. I use AI to assist in finding solutions to problems and writing code. I like the idea that AI is a reverse search engine. It splits out an answer and its up to me to understand and validate it. In the process I learn new ways of working with the technology I use to perform my job.

Does AI write your blog posts?

No, never. When you read my site, I want you to feel like you’re speaking directly with me, not an impersonal AI chatbot. I do use AI for general proof-reading (grammer/punctuation) but nothing more.

How long have you been in the field?

I’ve been in the technical space for fifteen years, with ten of those years in Systems Administration.