Author: jcianci12

If you’ve been trying to add an ESP32/ESP8266 device to Home Assistant using ESPHome and ran into this frustrating message: “An error occurred. Improv Wi-Fi Serial not detected” …you’re definitely not alone! This error pops up right after flashing the firmware when ESPHome tries to configure Wi-Fi via the web serial interface and can stop…

Setting up SSH access to your pfSense firewall/router gives you powerful command-line capabilities for troubleshooting, monitoring, and advanced configuration. This guide covers everything you need to know to set up secure SSH access to pfSense. Why Use SSH with pfSense? SSH access to pfSense enables you to: Prerequisites Method 1: Password Authentication (Quick Setup) Password…

Understanding why tendons, muscles, and bones become the bottleneck If you’ve recently started running more consistently, you might notice something strange: Your heart rate is improving.Your breathing feels easy.Your pace is getting faster. …but your legs feel tight, tender, or “behind”. This isn’t weakness. It’s not failure.It’s biology. What you’re experiencing is cardiovascular fitness outpacing…

Overview This guide explains how to use the data attribute convention for loading modals dynamically via AJAX and updating the parent page when actions occur within the modal. This pattern follows the CDIS unobtrusive AJAX principles, keeping JavaScript separate from HTML and making code more maintainable. Table of Contents Introduction The data attribute modal convention allows you…

The LIKE command in SQL is used to search for a pattern within a text/string column. It’s very useful when you don’t want an exact match but want to find strings that follow a certain pattern. Here’s a clear breakdown: Basic Syntax Wildcards LIKE uses wildcards to define flexible patterns: Wildcard Meaning Example % Any…

If you ever find yourself pausing mid‑query wondering “wait… WHERE goes before GROUP BY, right?”—this cheat sheet is for you. This article gives you: The One Mnemonic to Rule Them All “Some Friendly Joins Only Work Great On Large Data” Each word maps to the exact order of a SQL query: Mnemonic Word SQL Clause…

Many systems fall short not because the technology is inadequate, but because user experience (UX) is not meaningfully considered — or sustained — over time. In clinical environments, where time is finite and pressure is constant, this gap becomes especially visible. Clinical systems are used by a wide range of people with very different needs.…

Hunting down a small air suspension leak on a Discovery 3 is usually a slow game of bubbles—spraying soapy water over lines, fittings, and airbags, then watching for tiny bubbles. It works… eventually. But it’s tedious, easy to miss, and can test your patience. I’m taking a different approach: using an automotive smoke machine. Instead…

Just a quick note for anyone noticing their Discovery 3’s front end behaving oddly at low speeds or when stopping at lights: I recently discovered that miscalibrating the air suspension can cause this. I thought I was on flat ground when doing the calibration—but apparently I was slightly off. What I noticed was the front…

Just a heads-up for anyone watching their Discovery 3 temp gauge and thinking it’s broken: the outside temperature sensor is supposed to be slow. I swapped mine out recently because I thought it was acting up and ordered a replacement from AliExpress. Big mistake—the new sensor immediately showed -8°C… in 28°C weather. Yep, negative eight.…