Author: jcianci12
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E2E Tests; A handy little JS tool
Sometimes when creating e2e tests, and this becomes even more important as we move into the world of AI, there is a gap between actual user experience and…
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How We Set Up OpenCode to Be Actually Useful — A Practical Guide
We have been trying out OpenCode, a terminal-based AI coding assistant, across a few different projects — .NET web apps, Docker Compose stacks, and some embedded firmware work.…
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The Mandalorian and Grogu Review — A Regular Guy’s Take 7.5/10
I looked at a few reviews before seeing Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, and it looks like Rotten Tomatoes has it sitting around 62–63%. Honestly, I thought…
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Solar Hot Water Diversion with Home Assistant and Shelly: A Debugging Story
We set up a Home Assistant automation to divert excess solar power to a hot water system using a Shelly Pro 1PM relay. The concept was simple: when…
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Docker Desktop Ate 60GB on Windows: The WSL VHDX Problem and How We Fixed It
Published by TekOnlineDate: 20 May 2026 Docker Desktop on Windows is convenient, especially with the WSL 2 backend. It is also very easy for it to quietly consume…
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How to Give a Hyper-V Ubuntu VM Internet Using an iPhone USB Tether
Sometimes you have a virtual machine that needs internet, but the normal network is blocked or unavailable. In my case, I had an Ubuntu 22.04 VM running in…
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Send Camera Video by Email From a Home Assistant Automation
Home Assistant can do more than send a push notification when a camera sees a person. You can record a short clip, attach that video to an email,…
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Why Can’t I Export Live Data From My LAUNCH Creader 123E? (And Why That’s a Problem)
If you’ve ever tried to properly diagnose a fault using a LAUNCH Creader 123E, you’ve probably hit the same wall I just did: You can record live data……
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Bathroom Renovation
Location: Beenleigh Im a tiler but have been out of it for a while. Looking for some help to move the project forward. Just snowed under! Bathroom 3.7…
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HTTP Error 500.30 – ASP.NET Core App Failed to Start on IIS: Simple Things to Check First
I recently hit this error after migrating an application from classic ASP.NET (.NET Framework) to ASP.NET Core on IIS. Instead of loading the site, IIS displayed the dreaded:…