# Speeding Up Mistakes

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/655/
> Planet Nix and SCaLE are just days away, and we're getting a head start with two guests, the tech, and the trends shaping open source. Our trip starts here!

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 655
- Date: 2026-02-22
- Hosts: brent, chris, wes
- Guests: kelsey-hightower, michael-stahnke
- Duration: 00:56:48
- Audio: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/e3f578d3-76ad-4c02-a61c-eedf1a031c47.mp3


Transcripts: [text/vtt](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/5d3c76a2-9b06-4e13-9f37-012514114e1d.vtt) [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/5d3c76a2-9b06-4e13-9f37-012514114e1d.srt)


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### Episode Links

* [💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike](https://strike.me/ "💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike")
* [📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM](https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov "📻 LINUX Unplugged  on Fountain.FM")
* [SCaLE 23x | Registration](https://register.socallinuxexpo.org/reg23/ "SCaLE 23x | Registration") — Get 40% off registration with promo code "UNPLG"
* [PlanetNix 2026](https://planetnix.com/ "PlanetNix 2026") — Where Nix Builders Come Together
* [Pasadena Linux Party Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/313050140/ "Pasadena Linux Party Meetup")
* [stahnma (Michael Stahnke)](https://github.com/stahnma "stahnma \(Michael Stahnke\)")
* [Flox, Nix, and Reproducible Software Systems with Michael Stahnke - Software Engineering Daily](https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2026/01/08/flox-nix-and-reproducible-software-systems-with-michael-stahnke/ "Flox, Nix, and Reproducible Software Systems with Michael Stahnke - Software Engineering Daily")
* [Pro OpenSSH (Expert's Voice in Open Source): Stahnke, Michael](https://www.amazon.com/Pro-OpenSSH-Michael-Stahnke/dp/1590594762 "Pro OpenSSH \(Expert's Voice in Open Source\): Stahnke, Michael")
* [Nix and AI, are we there yet? | SCALE](https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/nix-and-ai-are-we-there-yet "Nix and AI, are we there yet? | SCALE")
* [stahnma/mandatoryFun](https://github.com/stahnma/mandatoryFun "stahnma/mandatoryFun")
* [Post by @kelseyhightower.com — Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/kelseyhightower.com/post/3mfagymp3d22i "Post by @kelseyhightower.com — Bluesky") — I don't care about LLMs or AI. I care about people. AI is just a tool to me. Tools enable people to help or harm at a scale beyond their natural abilities. I care about how people treat each other using these tools.
* [distrostru's gatus config](https://github.com/jonocodes/configs/blob/ed66d056e2b106235f868cdf77e129887c7c1d08/nixos/hosts/zeeba/web.nix#L153-L246 "distrostru's gatus config")
* [Status Page On Demand | Gatus](https://gatus.io/ "Status Page On Demand | Gatus")
* [MimiClaw](https://github.com/memovai/mimiclaw#architecture "MimiClaw") — MimiClaw turns a tiny ESP32-S3 board into a personal AI assistant.
* [hrwtech/openclaw-esp32: OpenClaw on your Arduino ESP32 devices](https://github.com/hrwtech/openclaw-esp32 "hrwtech/openclaw-esp32: OpenClaw on your Arduino ESP32 devices")
* [Pick: WebsocketCAM](https://github.com/UmerCodez/WebsocketCAM "Pick: WebsocketCAM") — Access Android camera via WebSocket client API and run AI / computer vision tasks with ease on live camera stream
* [Pick: ChrisLAS/openclaw-mcp-bridge](https://github.com/ChrisLAS/openclaw-mcp-bridge "Pick: ChrisLAS/openclaw-mcp-bridge") — OpenClaw plugin that bridges any MCP HTTP server as native tools. The missing piece between OpenClaw + Ollama and the MCP ecosystem.
* [Pick: ChrisLAS/freshrss-mcp](https://github.com/ChrisLAS/freshrss-mcp "Pick: ChrisLAS/freshrss-mcp") — A simple MCP server to stand in front of your FreshRSS Server
* [Pick: wechsel](https://github.com/JustSomeRandomUsername/wechsel "Pick: wechsel") — A Cli Utility to replace home folders with symlinks to project folders
* [wechsel-extension: A Gnome Extension for Project Switching](https://github.com/JustSomeRandomUsername/wechsel-extension "wechsel-extension: A Gnome Extension for Project Switching")