<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <id>https://narmaku.com/blog/</id><title>Narmaku</title><subtitle>A personal and technology blog from a Software Engineer living in Japan.</subtitle> <updated>2026-09-27T09:23:59+00:00</updated> <author> <name>Nicolas Munoz</name> <uri>https://narmaku.com/blog/</uri> </author><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://narmaku.com/blog/feed.xml"/><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" hreflang="en" href="https://narmaku.com/blog/"/> <generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator> <rights> © 2026 Nicolas Munoz </rights> <icon>/blog/assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico</icon> <logo>/blog/assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png</logo> <entry><title>Rediscovering Binaural Beats: Exploring Audio for Focus and Wellness</title><link href="https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/rediscovering-binaural-beats/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Rediscovering Binaural Beats: Exploring Audio for Focus and Wellness" /><published>2026-04-01T08:11:28+00:00</published> <updated>2026-04-01T08:11:28+00:00</updated> <id>https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/rediscovering-binaural-beats/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/rediscovering-binaural-beats/" /> <author> <name>narmaku</name> </author> <category term="Wellness" /> <summary>Rediscovering Binaural Beats: Exploring Audio for Focus and Wellness I have recently revisited a topic that fascinated me several years ago: binaural waves (also known as brain waves or binaural beats). For those of you not familiar with how this works, these are waves reproduced at specific frequencies in a stereo modality. Essentially, each ear receives a slightly different frequency, which...</summary> </entry> <entry><title>I Almost Got Enamored with My Butler</title><link href="https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/i-almost-got-enamored-with-my-butler/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="I Almost Got Enamored with My Butler" /><published>2026-02-09T03:34:10+00:00</published> <updated>2026-02-09T03:34:10+00:00</updated> <id>https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/i-almost-got-enamored-with-my-butler/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/i-almost-got-enamored-with-my-butler/" /> <author> <name>narmaku</name> </author> <category term="Development" /> <category term="AI" /> <summary>I (Almost) Got Enamored with My Butler Welcome back! Today I want to share a story about how I nearly fell for a piece of software. Well, sort of. Lately, I’ve been experimenting with Openclaw, and I have some very mixed feelings about it. AI agents have been part of our toolkit for a while now, and we definitely aren’t short on options. Last year, I spent quite a bit of time with Agent-zero,...</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Let's talk about Rubrics</title><link href="https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/lets-talk-about-rubrics/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Let&amp;apos;s talk about Rubrics" /><published>2025-12-08T05:26:58+00:00</published> <updated>2025-12-08T05:26:58+00:00</updated> <id>https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/lets-talk-about-rubrics/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/lets-talk-about-rubrics/" /> <author> <name>narmaku</name> </author> <category term="Development" /> <summary>🤖 Let’s talk about Rubrics: Consistent Evaluation of AI Agents Hello there! 👋 I’m excited to share some of the interesting things I’ve been cooking up recently. As part of my job, I focus on creating innovative solutions and filling technical gaps in the industry, and lately, my attention has been on rigorously testing the behavior of AI Agents, especially those interacting with systems using ...</summary> </entry> <entry><title>The (Not-So) Small Problems of Being Tall in Japan</title><link href="https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/the-not-so-small-problems-of-being-tall-in-japan/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="The (Not-So) Small Problems of Being Tall in Japan" /><published>2025-10-15T13:00:00+00:00</published> <updated>2025-10-15T13:00:00+00:00</updated> <id>https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/the-not-so-small-problems-of-being-tall-in-japan/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/the-not-so-small-problems-of-being-tall-in-japan/" /> <author> <name>narmaku</name> </author> <category term="Personal" /> <summary>The (Not-So) Small Problems of Being Tall in Japan I usually stick to tech and AI on this blog, but as I mentioned in my first post, I also want to share occasional insights into lifestyle in Japan. Well, today’s topic is one I run into—quite literally—every single day: life as a tall person here. For context, I’m 185cm (about 6’1”). Back in Spain, this is definitely tall, but not exceptional...</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Leveraging Aurora OS Distroboxes</title><link href="https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/leveraging-aurora-os-distroboxes/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Leveraging Aurora OS Distroboxes" /><published>2025-10-01T01:00:00+00:00</published> <updated>2025-10-01T01:00:00+00:00</updated> <id>https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/leveraging-aurora-os-distroboxes/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://narmaku.com/blog/posts/leveraging-aurora-os-distroboxes/" /> <author> <name>narmaku</name> </author> <category term="Development" /> <category term="Linux" /> <summary>Leveraging Aurora OS Distroboxes: The Ultimate Guide Introduction Aurora OS is an immutable Linux distribution built on Fedora’s “atomic” platform (Universal Blue) and featuring the KDE Plasma desktop[1]. In an immutable OS, the core system is read-only and updates are delivered as image upgrades (with easy rollbacks), which ensures a rock-solid base that “gets out of your way” for productivi...</summary> </entry> </feed>
