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May 27, 2026

Grouping Lights in Home Assistant

How to group color lights in Home Assistant using Helpers — and why the old YAML platform approach stopped working in 2026.5.

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May 18, 2026

Self-Hosting Papra with Docker Compose on a NAS

Papra is a self-hosted document manager that installs cleanly — except for a silent SQLite permissions failure that breaks registration with no useful error.

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April 30, 2026

How to Connect Hermes Agent to Home Assistant

Two environment variables and a gateway restart. I said 'turn off all my lights' and they went off two seconds later.

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April 29, 2026 How to Run Hermes Agent on a UGREEN NAS with Docker

How to Run Hermes Agent on a UGREEN NAS with Docker

Step-by-step setup for Hermes Agent on a UGREEN NAS using Docker, including the permissions fix that breaks the install silently if you skip it.

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March 22, 2026

Reading and Writing Tripsy's SQLite Database on macOS

Tripsy stores all your trip data in a local SQLite file that iCloud syncs to your Mac. The file is already on your disk — no export needed.

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October 12, 2025

SwiftUI Bottom Toolbar and Placement API

You describe placement intent—"put this button top-right"—and SwiftUI interprets based on device, orientation, and available space.

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October 11, 2025

Understanding SwiftUI's TabView

SwiftUI TabView deep dive: Discover how iOS 26 Tab API actually works with liquid glass effects and special tab roles. Visual explanations included.

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February 14, 2017 Building HTML5 Components for Adobe Animate CC

Building HTML5 Components for Adobe Animate CC

Adobe Animate CC lets you create reusable UI components for HTML5 projects. Adobe's documentation is sparse.

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August 15, 2016

Bash on Ubuntu on Windows: What Works and What Doesn't

Microsoft added Ubuntu's Bash to Windows. I tested it for real work and hit some rough edges.

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August 11, 2016

Running PHP 5.6 with Apache on El Capitan

Quick guide to setting up PHP 5.6 with Apache on macOS El Capitan. Includes the key configuration change you might miss.

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