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PIrateRF: Turning a $20 Raspberry Pi Zero Into an RF TX Swiss Army Knife
Embedded / Golang / Radio

PIrateRF: Turning a $20 Raspberry Pi Zero Into an RF TX Swiss Army Knife

Remember when software-defined radio transmission required expensive hardware, complicated software, and a PhD to configure? Yeah, fuck that. I built PIrateRF to prove you can turn a $20 Raspberry Pi …

Syprian – devourer_of_time_and_space Single
Music

Syprian – devourer_of_time_and_space Single

Started as a quick beat for the PIrateRF promo video. Ended up as a full fucking track because once the synths started warping, there was no going back. Atmospheric piano …

servicepack: The Go Framework That Actually Understands How Real Development Works
Golang

servicepack: The Go Framework That Actually Understands How Real Development Works

Look, I’ve built a lot of shit in Go. Worked on microservices that were basically just glorified HTTP handlers talking to each other across Docker networks. Debugged race conditions at …

gorpitx: Twelve Ways to Turn a Raspberry Pi Into a Broadcast Tower (and a Legal Problem)
Embedded / Golang / Radio

gorpitx: Twelve Ways to Turn a Raspberry Pi Into a Broadcast Tower (and a Legal Problem)

When I was building PIrateRF, I had two options. Option one: shell out to a pile of C binaries from rpitx every time I wanted to key up a transmitter, …

gofindimpl: Stop Grep-ing for Go Interface Implementations Like a Damn Amateur
Golang

gofindimpl: Stop Grep-ing for Go Interface Implementations Like a Damn Amateur

Look, if you’ve ever wasted more than 5 minutes trying to hunt down which structs actually implement a Go interface, you already know this pain. It’s like trying to debug …

Commander: Bcuz Go’s os/exec Made Me Want to Shart on My Laptop’s Screen
Golang

Commander: Bcuz Go’s os/exec Made Me Want to Shart on My Laptop’s Screen

Let’s be fucking honest here – if you’ve ever tried to do anything serious with Go’s os/exec package, you know it’s about as user-friendly as a cactus suppository. Want to stream output …

ctxerrors: Because Go’s Error Handling Doesn’t Have to Be Complete Shit
Golang

ctxerrors: Because Go’s Error Handling Doesn’t Have to Be Complete Shit

Look, I’m gonna be straight with you. Go’s error handling is fucking verbose, and debugging without context is like trying to find your keys in a pitch-black room while drunk. …

Pi Zero 1 WH + Ubuntu 24.04 USB Connection: The Tutorial That Actually Fkin Works
Embedded

Pi Zero 1 WH + Ubuntu 24.04 USB Connection: The Tutorial That Actually Fkin Works

Finally, a goddamn tutorial that doesn’t waste hours of your life because some dipshit decided to write it for Ubuntu from 2018. The Problem (aka Why Every Other Tutorial is …

OFFGRID TOOLS – Building Your Own Fucking Internet: An Offgrid Survival Stack
Bash / Containers / Radio

OFFGRID TOOLS – Building Your Own Fucking Internet: An Offgrid Survival Stack

So you want to survive the apocalypse? Or maybe you’re just tired of your ISP fucking you over every month. Or hell, maybe you just think it would be cool …

Ollama Chat Party: Turn Your Local LLM Into a Social Experience 🎉💀
AI Tooling / Python

Ollama Chat Party: Turn Your Local LLM Into a Social Experience 🎉💀

Running Ollama locally is great – you’re not paying OpenAI’s monthly subscription tax and your conversations stay on your machine. But it’s a solo experience. You’re chatting with your AI …

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