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Adding an External SSD as a Steam Library on Asahi Linux

Steam on Asahi Linux runs x86_64 binaries via FEX-Emu inside a muvm MicroVM. This causes two problems that prevent adding an external drive as a Steam library through the normal UI.

Symptoms

• Settings → Storage shows nothing / "Add Drive" does nothing
• Manually selecting a path gives no feedback or silently fails

Root Causes

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VS Code Remote SSH on NixOS — fix for "cannot execute: required file not found"

When connecting VS Code to a NixOS machine via Remote SSH, the server install fails with:

Error installing server: error checking server integrity: failed to run command
".../server/bin/code-server --version" (code 127):
.../server/bin/code-server: line 22: .../server/node: cannot execute: required file not found

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Gateway API HTTPRoute Helm Chart Validation

Tested PR #23501 on a bare kubeadm cluster (arm64, Pi 5, k8s 1.30).

Setup

• Single-node kubeadm cluster with Calico CNI
• Gateway API CRDs v1.2.1 (standard channel)
• Traefik v3 as the Gateway controller (via helm)

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Lightweight K8s in Coder Workspaces

Spin up a minimal Kubernetes cluster inside a Coder workspace. Uses k3s with sudo (no systemd).

Limitations

• Containers won't actually run. The OCI runtime fails with unsafe procfs because the workspace itself is a container. Pods stay in ContainerCreating. Fine for Terraform state bugs,

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Issue #21719: Terraform Identity Change Error — Reproduction & Findings

Reproduction Confirmed

Successfully reproduced the Unexpected Identity Change error.

Environment: k3s v1.34.6, Terraform 1.13.0, kubernetes provider 2.38.0

Root Cause

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Coder Template Development Guide

This guide documents best practices and workflows for developing and iterating on Coder templates.

Understanding Templates

Coder templates are written in Terraform and define the infrastructure required for workspaces. These templates create VMs, containers, and other resources that developers use as their development environments.

Template Development Workflow

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Building Coder on Windows - Complete Guide

This guide documents the process of setting up a Windows workspace using Coder and building the Coder repository on it.

Prerequisites

• Access to a Coder deployment (e.g., dev.coder.com)
• coder CLI installed and authenticated

Step 1: Create a Windows Workspace

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Building Coder on Windows - Complete Guide

This guide documents the process of setting up a Windows workspace using Coder and building the Coder repository on it.

Prerequisites

• Access to a Coder deployment (e.g., dev.coder.com)
• coder CLI installed and authenticated

Step 1: Create a Windows Workspace

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Coder added jq to the base image to support mounting secrets from AWS Secrets Manager, or other Kubernetes secrets that are in JSON format. Example:

# Helm values.yaml
coder:
  command:
    - /bin/sh
    - -c     - CODER_PG_CONNECTION_URL=postgresql://coder:$(cat /mnt/postgres-pass/secret.json | jq -r .password)@coder-db.coder.svc.cluster.local:5432/coder /opt/coder server
  volumes:
 - name: "postgres-pass"

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