Author: jcianci12
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Free Windows Location Services Toggle Tool (GUI) | One-Click Fix for Greyed-Out Location Settings
If Windows Location Services is greyed out, disabled, or just not behaving properly, you usually need to dig into Group Policy or run PowerShell commands as Administrator. That…
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Build a Portable Developer Desktop with Docker (VS Code + Codex CLI + Tailscale + RDP)
Setting up a fresh development machine should not take half a day. This project gives you a portable “developer desktop in a container” with: Repo: https://github.com/jcianci12/developer-webtop-docker-vm Why this setup…
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Let’s Connect — What Are You Building?
Most of what I write here comes from real projects. Deployments that didn’t quite go to plan.Security models that needed rethinking.Automation pipelines that worked beautifully — or completely…
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Capability Contracts in Godot: The Clean Alternative to Multiple Inheritance
If you build games in Godot long enough, you hit this question: How do I make one object behave like two different roles without ugly inheritance? A classic…
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Fixing a Godot Editor Hang: health_bar_3d.tscn
How we removed a major editor slowdown caused by duplicate viewport rendering and always-on editor updates. Godot Version: 4.xArea: 3D UI / Health BarSymptoms: Editor hangs or becomes very slow when scenes/health_bar_3d.tscn is…
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From Polling Scripts to On‑Box Azure DevOps Deployments for IIS
TL;DR: We replaced a custom polling script (using PAT + REST) with a clean Azure DevOps YAML pipeline that builds a stamped index.html and push-deploys directly on the…
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🔐 How to Integrate Authentik with WordPress Using the miniOrange OAuth Plugin
Authentik is a powerful identity provider — but when you use it with WordPress via the miniOrange OAuth/OpenID Connect (OIDC) plugin, you can hit a couple of common…
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Deploying an Azure DevOps Server Build Artifact to IIS Without Using an Agent
Sometimes the “proper” way to deploy an application in Azure DevOps is to use a Release pipeline, an environment, or a deployment agent. And sometimes… that simply isn’t…
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Drip Roast Coffee Review: 2kg Decaf Test & Verdict
I tested 2kg of Drip Roast decaf on a Breville BES820. See my measured shot recipe, the roaster’s brew advice, and my honest taste verdict.
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Protect Webtop Behind Nginx Proxy Manager With Authentik (Forward Auth)
[Note. I had to update authentik to get this to work. was prev running 2025.8.3 and everything I tried didnt resolve] This guide shows a working setup for…