Mac, Linux and things in between
A few months ago I started a pro subscription to Claude in an effort to learn how to use generative AI. I wanted to understand what it could and couldn t do well. In this post I will cover a few of the ways I have found to use Claude and generative AI in general. The [ ]
Today I ll look at how I recovered from a failed Proxmox 8 to 9 upgrade on a small form factor Dell that I use. This system is one of two in the cluster, and it failed during the upgrade process. This failure was not caught by the pve8to9 utility, which gave me a clean report [ ]
This post describes how to set a favorite node using the PKI or remote admin functionality built into the Meshtastic firmware. It assumes that you have already setup a working remote admin system using official documentation. If you haven t do that first and then return here for how to use the Meshtastic CLI tool to [ ]
Quick post describing the steps necessary to connect to a Meshtastic node from a Linux system, such as a Raspberry Pi, using Bluetooth. Connecting to a Meshtastic device using Bluetooth is something I struggled with initially and I am writing this both for my own reference but also in the hopes it proves helpful for [ ]
This post is going to be a lot less of a full how-to on how to use Minio as a build cache for Gitlab and a lot more of a post discussing the general process and the tools I used. How I set up Minio to be a build cache for my Gitlab runner is [ ]
Having grown up in the 80s/90s and experiencing what we now call retro game consoles firsthand when they were new, I have fond memories of playing old games and, even more so, the hardware itself. While not everyone agrees with me, the original US, NTSC Super Nintendo is among my favorite-looking consoles Nintendo ever put [ ]
Between Safari 26.x or changes Cloudflare has made to their Automatic Platform Optimization (APO) system, something went wrong with Google based fonts on my site when viewed in Safari. Attempting to access the fonts under Safari results in 400 errors, or invalid requests. Resolving this was not immediately obvious but a snippet in the APO [ ]
If you are in the market for a solar powered mesh radio device, maybe for Meshtastic, and like me you just want to get up and running with something that is assured to work, then you may want to consider a base station kit from https://mesh-lab.com/products/solar-base-station-kit. Made by same person behind Yeti Wurks, this base [ ]
This is a quick guide to performing an over-the-air update of a RAK4631 device using iOS and the DFU application by Nordic Semiconductor. Based on known and personal experience, performing an over-the-air update of this device carries some amount of risk as the device does not have a fall back in the event of an [ ]
As of this writing I have two Heltec V3 Meshtastic nodes that I use to gain access to the greater Meshtastic network in my area. One is installed at a static location, the attic of my house, while the other one is either in my office or I take it with me. I interact with [ ]
Flux, or FluxCD, is a set of continuous and progressive delivery solutions for Kubernetes that are open and extensible and is my preferred way to do GitOps in my Kubernetes clusters. I like Flux because it handles Helm extremely well (I m a big fan of Helm) and allows me to have a simple fallback if [ ]