Long-form, no-BS writing on IT, development, privacy and the homelab, by Dennis Ayotte, aka The Captain Dumbass®.
A dry run is not a comment that says be careful. It is a switch that gates every write in the script. Here is how I implement one in PowerShell, Python and SQL, including how to document it in the flowerbox.
A high-level look at building one PowerShell script to compile, test and publish a large multi-project .NET solution across environments, and the MSBuild and NuGet gotchas I hit along the way.
Sony is reminding PlayStation owners that digital games are a license, not property. I closed my PSN account over it. Here is why, and why supporting physical is the move.
I have had the Switch 2 since launch and love it, but only docked with a Pro controller. Handheld mode I cannot stand, and I want to know if I am the only one.
Part of the Encryption in Transit and At Rest series. Encryption at Rest on macOS macOS has a built in full disk encryption tool called FileVault.…
This is an opinion post and a rant. It is also Off Topic, technically. But given everything posted here lately, I think it fits. Mike Judge released…
Part of the Fathom OS Project Log. This is Part 6 of Chapter 8, the core system build. Part 5 finished the build tooling and Perl. This part builds…
When six legs are better than two (or four, or wheels) I'm building a hexapod. Not a kit, not a tutorial follow along, but a modular six legged…
Operation: Taco Mirage A desert baked absurdity starring Roberta & Dennis It started, like most catastrophes do, with Dennis on the internet at 2:17…
How I got into CAD and 3D modeling, from Shapr3D on an iPad Pro to Fusion 360, and the RC helicopter project I used to learn it all.
