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Good Tech Blog: YAGRI: You are gonna read it
This rings true with my experience. I am happy having some extra metadata in my database tables. This allows for complex queries when doing backfills and incident analysis. https://www.scottantipa.com/yagri
Good Tech Blog: Minimize Spillover in Agile: Break the Habit of Unfinished Work
I really like the side effects for this anti-pattern. https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/unfinished-work-every-sprint-three-ways-to-break-the-habit
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Good Tech Blog: Eats Safety Team On-Call Overview
Gives an overview of a health on-call rotation at a major company. https://www.uber.com/blog/eats-safety-team-on-call-overview/
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Good Tech Blog: How Core Git Developers Configure Git
One place for all of the best ways to customize Git with explanations that lets you choose the ones you want. https://blog.gitbutler.com/how-git-core-devs-configure-git/
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Good Tech Blog: When Imperfect Systems are Good, Actually: Bluesky’s Lossy Timelines
This is a unique article that explains how a system was designed overtime. Good for understanding iteration in system design questions. https://jazco.dev/2025/02/19/imperfection/
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Make an old laptop into a “Chromebook”
My father-in-law needed to use a web browser on an old laptop. He liked using Chrome, but Edge would open and not close. Random apps popped up and took up the screen. Windows 10 on an HP laptop was hogging … Continue reading
Nextcloud on AWS with S3 and Lightsail
Running a Nextcloud instance in AWS rather than at your home has some benefits: S3 storage means unlimited storage Static IP Fast bandwidth Always able to SSH into machine and restart it I suggest this blog that provides a few steps … Continue reading
Posted in AWS, Nextcloud/OwnCloud, Reviews
Tagged AWS, dot.tk, lightsail, nextcloud, s3
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Factory Resetting Nexlux LED Light Strip
The Nexlux LED Strip Lights sold on Amazon have a confusing set of “How to restore factory settings?” instructions First, to add a device, install their app (Magic Home Pro app on Google Play or Magic Home WiFi on App Store) and … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, How-To, Reviews
Tagged Alexa, Amazon, Factory Reset, IoT, Magic Home, NexLux
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Google Location Sharing Review
Google’s version of Apple’s Find My Friend is Google Location Sharing. You can set this up to share your location with friends for a limited amount of time, or you can set it to always share your location with family … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, Glympse, google, Google Location Services, google location sharing, iOS
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[NO SOLUTION] Lenovo Thinkpad shuts down after exactly 30 minutes
I recently received a rather new Lenovo Thinkpad Ultrabook for free because the machine running Windows would shut down after 30 minutes exactly. It was running Windows and I thought it was a problem with Windows, well… Installing Linux, it … Continue reading
Sideloading Apps onto Fire TV
Since the Amazon Fire TV is a device that runs Android, you can install any Android app onto your Fire TV, but to varying degrees of success. How to To get apps onto your FireTV, you can do it the … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Reviews
Tagged Amazon Fire TV, Android, apk4fun, APKPure, BTN2Go, Fire TV, Google Play Services, MSG GO, Side loading, Sideloading
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Google Play on Kindle Fire
The blog post on SaintLad.com made installing the Google Play Store and Services onto a new Amazon Kindle very straightforward. Helpful Advice This is a short link to visit to go directly to his website: https://goo.gl/YrJoSy apkmirror might say a newer version … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Reviews
Tagged Amazon Kindle, apk, Google Play Services, Google Play Store, Kindle Fire, SaintLad.com
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Plex Media Server Review
I am very impressed with the Plex Media server. It runs on all your operating systems but I have it running on Linux. It sets up the server and accessing the server through any of the Plex apps. It then … Continue reading
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