The past 10 weeks have been a whirlwind! As many of you know, in addition to my regular work, I coach the Sparta Robotans (Team 8024) FIRST Robotics team. Our competition season reached its peak ov...
Back in the Blogging Saddle Again
Software Hardening Tools for System Defense
Security on a Shoestring If you like me and work for a small shop or a local municipality then the following tools might be up your alley. This post is geared toward trying to build some security ...
Docker and System Updates with Python
The OG script in bash If you saw my post “NanoPi Uptime Kuma Setup: A Quick Guide” then you might remember the update script at the end. It was semi-purpose written just for that project to make t...
RobotPy Update Guide for FRC 2024
Intro Another FRC(First Robotic Competition) season is upon us. This year FRC and WPILIB now officially support Python! With that, there are a few things you’ll want to do if you’re you’re plannin...
NanoPi Uptime Kuma Setup: A Quick Guide
Getting started This project was to set up some old hardware for a basic service monitor and dashboard. This post will start by setting up a NanoPi NEO2, if you are using other hardware or a VM yo...
AI-Powered News Summaries for Slack
Yet another AI script, is it useful? If you’re like me you probably have, or have had, an RSS feed reader to at least try and keep up with news and blogs on the latest in tech among others. This p...
Matrix Synapse Meets Cloudflare Tunnels
Who this is for This post is for those using Cloudflare Tunnels and has set one up for a Matrix Synapse server. If you’re looking at setting up your own Matrix Synapse server check out my post her...
Easy Bambu Studio Setup with Docker
Who is this for? This is for those who have 1(or more) Bambu Labs 3D Printer(s). This silos the Bambu Studio app by leveraging the Kasm framework, you can find out more about that here After tryin...
Proxmox 8.1 Update Howto: Smooth & Seamless
The Proxmox 8.1 Update Proxmox released the 8.1 update on November 23rd, and if you’re like me you might have wondered how this update would affect current operations. After performing the update ...
ChatGPT As Your New Security Intern
ChatGPT, really? Here me out, this isn’t saying that ChatGPT is a beacon of security, as recent articles have highlight, but more like a tool, or if you prefer, and intern. We can use ChatGPT to h...