nettui Tab 1 showing macOS network services, VPN tunnels, and 802.1Q VLANs

Building nettui: A Native Rust Terminal UI for macOS Networking, VPNs, Wi-Fi, and 802.1Q VLANs

Inside nettui (OSX_network_TUI): a native Rust terminal UI for macOS that manages wired/wireless interfaces, VPN tunnels, Wi-Fi scanning, and 802.1Q VLANs—including how to embed an Info.plist in a CLI binary to unredact SSIDs on macOS Sonoma/Sequoia.

November 6, 2026 · 5 min · 873 words · John Dansak

Zero-Inventory Ansible Playbooks for macOS, Ubuntu, and Arch Linux

Structuring idempotent Ansible playbooks that run on macOS, Ubuntu/Debian, and Arch Linux with -c local -i ’localhost,’ — normalizing Homebrew, APT, and Pacman, fixing Debian binary naming quirks, and bootstrapping Neovim + tmux.

November 6, 2026 · 4 min · 786 words · John Dansak