Writing a ledger-cli Language Server Protocol with claude
Thoughts on using claude code to write a ledger-cli Language Server Protocol in Rust
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Coercing Zigbee, Home Assistant, ZHA, and SmartIR together
Home Assistant is a great piece of software. Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA) is a great piece of software. SmartIR is a great piece of software. So why is it so difficult to get them to control a Mitsubish Mini-Split HVAC system? Newish hardware, that's why. Several Zigbee IR
Reverse Engineering Serial Devices on Windows
Using Wireshark, qemu, socat, and ghidra to reverse engineer serial protocols from Windows binaries.
James Beard Media Award Winners
James Beard Media Award Winners grouped by category from 2010 to 2022.
Liberating glucose data from the Freestyle Libre 3
The Abbott Freestyle Libre 3 v3.4.2 iOS and Android apps do not provide a way to export blood glucose data without syncing to a cloud account. Frida is used to hook the Android APK and unwrap the key to decrypt the RealmDB.
Modern Arduino Development
The Arduino ecosystem (devkit+IDE) is a fantastic prototyping platform. However, once projects get more serious the Arduino IDE begins to lose its luster. Where do the source files actually live? Why isn't the IDE auto-completing my custom classes? Where's the linter? Where's the
Statistically Squashing Bugs
An exponential distribution is used to determine how long to test a bug fix before determining with statistical confidence that it has been fixed.
Running Qucs in Debian 11 via podman
Using podman to support Qucs, an application requiring Qt4, within Debian 11.
Generating Gmail addresses with steganography
Generating finite numbers of Gmail addresses by strategically inserting periods
Solving the Nintendo Switch Ground Loop
Solving ground loop issues when connecting the Nintendo Switch to a computer and analyzing some ground loop isolators along the way
Unmasking Scooby-Doo
A list of all of the home media released episodes of Scooby-Doo television series episodes produced by Hanna-Barbera
Sizing Air Purifiers Using CADR
An overview of air purifier metrics and a comparison of various air purifiers in the EnergyStar air purifier dataset.
Removing "Subscribe" from Ghost 4.0
Settings to change to remove the subscribe button and subscribe footer from Ghost 4.0
Patching in Fahrenheit
A walkthrough for dumping the firmware from a no-name air quality monitor and patching the firmware to display temperature in Fahrenheit instead of Celsius
Self-Hosting Bitwarden without SMTP
Modify the bitwarden mssql table directly to avoid having to verify user e-mails with SMTP