A nostalgic retrospective on a photo of the Software Creations BBS infrastructure from the early 1990s, showing approximately 64 DOS machines (possibly reaching 134 nodes total) configured as a multi-line bulletin board system, with analysis of the hardware requirements, networking setup, and operational challenges of maintaining such a large distributed system.
A guide to configuring a Vodafone Mobile Broadband 4G USB dongle (ZTE K5161z) on Linux, explaining the dual-mode USB device initialization process and network interface setup.
A detailed technical walkthrough of setting up a Home Assistant-based irrigation automation system using MQTT, Zigbee sensors, and local networking with Proxmox virtualization, while avoiding cloud dependencies through Cloudflare Tunnels and Zero Trust security.