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Co-founder and CTO at Chykalophia. Notes on websites, tech, security and building a company.

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Fix ClickUp Slow, Not Loading Clips Menu, Not Loading Github (and other features)

Fix ClickUp slowness and menus for GitHub and Clips not loading.

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Setup Tuya 4 Gang Light Switch with Home Assistant ZHA Integration (Zigbee) Blueprint

Home Assistant blueprint to get Tuya 4-gang Zigbee light switch working via the ZHA integration.

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How to set Lifx Light Theme in HomeAssistant Manually & In Automations (2024)

Learn how to set Lifx lights themes in HomeAssistant manually and via automations with the latest 2024 changes.

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Get Roomba Password & BLID Code & App (Plus code change)

Get the code fixes and instructions to run the Roomba980-Python script to get your iRobot Roomba device BLID & password locally.

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Shopify + Zapier: How to Itemize Order Line Item Properties

Turn Shopify order line item properties into a clean key-value object in a Zapier Code step.

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Bulk Unlock PDFs on macOS: remove PDF password

Unlocking (removing passwords from) many PDFs on macOS is sadly not a built-in thing, it can be done with a simple app you can get via homebrew: qpdf. This homebrew app will let you remove a password…

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4 Ways to Protect & Secure Your Email Address Against Hackers

How do you know if your email is safe from potential hackers? What precautionary steps can you take to secure your email address and ramp up your email security game? Find out in this article. If our…

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5 Best Alternative Browsers to Try If You're Tired of Chrome

We may have been using Chrome for years, but that doesn't mean it's the only browser out there. Check out these alternative browsers and leverage their features to turbo-boost your productivity. Last…

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[Solved] AWS CloudFront + S3 Returns 403 Forbidden Error On Page Refresh With Static Hosting

CloudFront Distributions offer many tools to help host static (and dynamic) websites through it, though it doesn't auto-configure itself. Such as when you're trying to access a route in your React,…

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Install Docker Compose Plugin V2 On Synology DSM 7

If you install Docker on your Synology system, you will get two executables on the command line: docker, and docker-compose but no docker compose plugin! Thankfully, we can quickly and easily fix…

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Fix Airpods Max Tight Fix | Adjust Clamping Force

Make the AirPods Max less tight (make them stop hurting your head) in less than 2-minutes (or so).

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Launch Uptime Kuma & Uptime Kuma API with Docker in a production setup

Uptime Kuma is a wonderful open-source and free web monitoring platform (https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma) though it's missing one crucial feature: an API. At least, until now. API Container…