Category: Projects
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WeHireIt Map Search: Find Hire Items Near You
WeHireIt now shows hire items on a map. Drag a pin, pick a radius, and see nearby gear with photos. Approximate location only — never an exact address.
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What’s new in the TekOnline 8-Zone HVAC Controller V3?
Control up to eight 24VAC HVAC dampers with ESPHome and Home Assistant. TekOnline V3 adds individual timed damper positioning, current monitoring and advanced UART expansion.
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Solve Your Own Problem First: The Best Way to Build Useful Software
The best way to build useful software: solve a problem for yourself. Lessons from a booking platform payment flow that had to be bulletproof.
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Can You Reuse Your ZoneMaster ZoneSwitch V2 Dampers With a 24VAC Smart Zone Controller?
Replacing a Polyaire ZoneMaster ZoneSwitch V2 with a smart zone controller. Standard 24VAC OPEN / COMMON / CLOSE dampers can often be retained. Wiring and pinout must be…
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HVAC Zone Controller Compatibility Matrix: TekOnline vs Advantage Air, Polyaire & More
The TekOnline ZoneControl range works with most 24VAC ducted HVAC systems. This matrix compares the 4-Zone Wall Controller and 8-Zone Roof-Space Controller against three common Australian systems: Polyaire…
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Godot 4 Physics Cable: PinJoint Chain with Direct RigidBody Connections
The Setup Building a ship-driving game in Godot 4.7. The player picks up a power cable plug and drags it toward a relay control panel. The cable needs…
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Deploying SongWalk: CI/CD with Drone, Docker, and Nginx Proxy Manager
Building the app is half the battle. Getting it deployed and staying deployed is the other half. For SongWalk, that meant setting up a proper CI/CD pipeline that…
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Making a Web App Feel Native on Mobile — SongWalk’s PWA Journey
When I first built SongWalk, it was a desktop-first Flask app with a retro Windows Media Player aesthetic. That was intentional — the whole idea was to evoke…
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The Problems SongWalk Had to Solve
Every project looks simple from a distance. "A little app for sharing music with friends" sounds straightforward enough. Upload some MP3s, generate a link, press play, done. But…