Hey there! In my latest blog post, I dive into exciting topics like launching model airplanes with a custom linear induction motor, automating my garage door with a nifty gadget, and adding a refurbished mini PC to my homelab. Plus, I explore security differences between Debian and Red Hat, and discuss why I still use Python virtual environments in Docker. Come check it out!
- Launching Model Airplanes With A Custom Linear Induction Motor:
- HomeBox:
- I added a ratgdo to my garage door, and I don’t know why I waited so long: Dumping proprietary garbage for a FOSS solution that just works.
- Cycle Time: The time it takes for a feature to be developed
- I Added A Refurbished Mini PC To My Homelab! The Minisforum UM350: I saw the refurbished Minisforum UM350 on Amazon for $155, and my brain immediately started tingling. Geekbench 5 says that his older Ryzen 3550H is …
- What would you do with that old GPU?: By Artem Dinaburg and Peter Goodman (Would you get up and throw it away?) [sing to the tune of The Beatles – With A Little Help From My Friends] Here’s a riddle: when new GPUs are constantly being produced, product cycles are ~18-24 months long, and each cycle doubles GPU power (per Huang’s Law), what…
- Basking in the Traffic Gains: Our Content Refresh Early Detection System:
- Getting Root On Cheap WiFi Repeaters, The Long Way Around: What can you do with a cheap Linux machine with limited flash and only a single free GPIO line? Probably not much, but sometimes, just getting root to prove you can is the main goal of a project. I…
- Building LLMs from the Ground Up: A 3-hour Coding Workshop: REFERENCES:1. Build an LLM from Scratch book: https://mng.bz/M96o2. Build an LLM from Scratch repo: https://github.com/rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch3. GitHub repos…
- Why I Still Use Python Virtual Environments in Docker: Hynek Schlawack: Pythonista, Gopher, blogger, speaker, and YouTuber from Berlin / Germany.
- My FAVORITE Error Handling Technique: In this video, I’ll show you my probably surprising “Let it burn” approach to error handling. Learn why letting your code fail fast can lead to simpler, clea…
- Email Authenticity 101: DKIM, DMARC, and SPF:
- Explicitly State the Difference Between Options: When the key differences between choices are implied or buried, users often select the wrong option or misunderstand the features.
- How to turn the tide for the industry:
- Print vs digital is publishing’s phony war:
- Sweden’s Volvo Cars scraps plan to sell only electric vehicles by 2030: The announcement means Volvo Cars follows in the footsteps of other industry players in scaling back its EV ambitions.
- The Insecurity of Debian: The difference in security defaults between Debian and Red Hat.