OrcaSlicer freed my Bambu printer from the ecosystem, and the printer got better
…Being able to monitor a print from another room, send a file without touching a card, and check the camera from my phone is useful. Those are the features that make a…
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I gave Matter two years to work, then ripped out every Thread node for Zigbee
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My smart home was a mess until I gave it a brain
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I learned the hard way to never spin down your NAS hard drives
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I replaced Cloudflare Tunnel with Pangolin, and finally own my whole ingress path
…I still use Cloudflare for everything else in my setup, but this one service now runs on my infrastructure. Honestly, this setup only makes sense if you already run a VPS and…
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I turned my old laptop into a retro gaming station with Batocera, and it's better (and worse) than I expected
…I tried multiple screens, and connection methods. My work monitor worked over USB-C, but not HDMI, and my TV didn't work even when I used a USB-C docking station…