If you’ve ever done a game jam, you know the drill: you consume an unhealthy amount of caffeine, stare at your IDE until your eyes cross, and furiously mash out code hoping the physics engine doesn't completely break at 3 AM. But a couple of weeks
I was doing some routine database cleanup for one of my side projects a few months ago, and honestly, it was depressing. For every real person signing up, I had three accounts sitting there with domains like @10minutemail.com or @trashmail.net . These "burner" emails are the worst.
I consider myself pretty open-minded when it comes to music. If you look at my library, you'll see a bit of everything. But lately, I caught myself doing that thing we all do: hitting play on the same three playlists, completely at the mercy of the algorithm.
Two years ago, I wrote about my humble Raspberry Pi setup tucked under the TV cabinet. It was a great entry point into the world of self-hosting, but as any tinkerer knows, the "good enough" setup eventually hits a ceiling. Since then, my home lab has seen