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Headphones that switch themselves off

Headphones that switch themselves off

My Bose QuietComfort headphones kept powering themselves off while I was using them. A full shutdown, so a button press and a reconnect every time. A few times an hour. I didn't work this out myself. I handed the symptom to Claude Code running Opus 5, let it

Custom Fonts on the XTEink v3

I wanted Bookerly on my XTEink v3 instead of the stock fonts. Turns out getting a font onto an e-ink reader properly is fussier than just dropping a .ttf on it. Picking the right files A typical font family download comes with far more than you need. For a

Flashing XTEink v3 with esptool on Fedora

I picked up an XTEink v3 dev edition to play with CrossPoint firmware. Step one was getting crosspointreader.com/debug to actually see the device over Web Serial. That took longer than it should have, mostly because I chased the wrong causes first. Quick summary: skip the browser flasher entirely

From code to container: Lean VPS deployment

From code to container: Lean VPS deployment

Automating your deployments using GitHub Actions and the GitHub Container Registry (GHCR) is one of the most effective ways to stabilize your infrastructure. By building your Docker images on GitHub's runners and pushing them to GHCR, you completely offload the CPU-intensive build process from your VPS. It

VPS multi-docker application guide

Step-by-step instructions for setting up a multi-container Docker hosting environment on an VPS (Ubuntu 24.04.4) with Nginx Proxy Manager reverse proxy. Server specifications: 6 cores, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD. Architecture Overview Before deploying, it is helpful to understand how traffic flows through this

Fix Fedora issues with Claude and MCP

Fastest method is using uv and claude mcp add: uv tool install linux-mcp-server claude mcp add linux-mcp --scope user --transport stdio -- linux-mcp-server * linux-mcp is the server name used in Claude Code. * --scope user makes the server available globally for your user account. * --transport stdio

JSON

Following on from this post, I thought it might be good to think about JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). Despite its name, JSON has evolved to be agnostic and is arguably the standard for exchanging information because its human readable and easy for computers to parse. JSON is two things: a

Knulli Bluetooth controller

Anbernic RG35XX H with 8Bitdo SN30 Pro Bluetooth was a bit of trial and error but got an external controller configured with Knulli. Power on the SN30 Pro in "Windows" mode (hold Y + Start) then hold the pairing button for 3s. In Knulli, open the menu: Controller &

Renew SSL certificate in Plesk with IONOS

Log in to IONOS - you need three files: * private key (.key) * certificate (.cer) * intermediate certificate (_INTERMEDIATE.cer) If you don't have the private key, Revoke Old Certificate, then Reissue Certificate - on Firefox this is a bit weird but it'll download the key file but until you