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I had to argue with Claude about my own servers

A homelab CPU mystery turned into a multi-hour session with Claude Code, and a running log of every time Larry had to push back before I found the real problem.

Adding Swap on AWS EC2 Instances

Sometimes we just need a bit more memory to work with. Here's how to add swap to your EC2 instance to ensure your build processes and applications don't crash due to memory pressure.

NGiNX: Using Vercel as Fallback for Reverse Proxy

How to configure NGiNX to use Vercel as a fallback when the primary host is down for your reverse proxy

Repairing GRUB boot stuck at initramfs prompt (on AWS)

Learn how to repair a GRUB boot issue that leaves you stuck at the initramfs prompt, specifically on AWS instances. This guide provides step-by-step instructions to get back up and running.

Orange Pi 5: Proxmox, Ubuntu Jammy, LXC, and Snap

Discover the energy-efficient Orange Pi 5 as we set up Proxmox, create LXC containers, and configure snapd. Unleash the full potential of this powerful ARM-based single-board computer for home labs and more.

Building a Countdown Component for Vue with Composables

In this tutorial, we'll build a simple countdown component for Vue using composable functions.

Using WPGraphQL, Nuxt 3 and Apollo with JWT

Basic walkthrough of using the Nuxt Apollo module, with WPGraphQL and JWT (with token refresh)

Installing WordPress using WP-CLI

In this post, we install and configure WordPress for local development using WP-CLI, and set up NGiNX with php-fpm

Dependency Injection

An example of why and how we should opt for dependency injection instead of monolithic classes, and what a few of the benefits are

Connecting to the MEXC WebSocket API

A class to help you connect to the MEXC exchange's WebSocket endpoint and monitor trades.

CSS: Reverse Clamp

It may sound like a wrestling move, but it's a useful way to make sure your content is readable on mobile devices, without having to set up a bunch of media queries.

WordPress: An Adventure in Paywalls

If you're running a highly-cached, high-traffic WordPress site and need a paywall, things can get a little weird. I try and make things a little less weird, but it's possible I made them even weirder.

Adventures with Nuxt3: Social Share Cards

Here's what takes to get social sharing working with Nuxt3

Web3 Endpoint Cycling

If you're not running your own node, using a web3 endpoint cycling method may help keep your app up and running.

Using an Xvfb daemon to render HTML to PDF

With a little bit of work, you can use wkhtmltopdf and an Xvfb daemon to render HTML to PDF on a headless server.

Automounting NFS share in OS X into /Volumes

Symfony + Doctrine: Single mapping file for multiple entities (global mapping)

Put all your mapping information in a single file, in order to streamline updating

Wildcard host resolution for Windows/macOS

Using an Automatic Proxy Configuration script

Local staging configuration for using Apache 2.0 and DNS wildcards

Windows 7: Audio / Video playback issue solution

Zinnia (django blog) fix for 'Continue reading' persistance

DisplayDuino: LEDMatrix components

Using Microsoft’s IE6, IE7, IE8 VHD / Virtual PC images with Virtualbox

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2: MSHelpListener.exe has stopped working

How to fix the error

My Story

Around the age of nine, when we got our first IBM compatible PC, nobody knew much about it. Being a curious kid, I dove in head first.