To build a cloud-native advanced data protection solution, Barracuda Networks used #AzureCosmosDB, Azure Functions, Azure #Kubernetes Service and more. Read the story: customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/14…

At-home test kits are now available through U.S. Postal Service. Per the website, here's what you need to know: 🏠Limit of one order per residential address 🦠One order includes 4 individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests 📨Orders will ship free starting in late January special.usps.com/testkits

I am not sure what the right actions are, but we must stand with Ukraine🇺🇦 and demand Russia stop its invasion. #StandWithUkraine resist.bot/petitions/PJCM…

Woot! Rep. Debbie Dingell can you help move this forward in the house? Let's make changing the ⏰ a thing of the past.

The President has signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, and we have signed on to electrify everything! Use our brand new household savings calculator to start your electric journey today. rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-calcul…

The basement ceiling is being spray-painted black, causing a dramatic increase in the VOC level throughout the house. All windows and air filters are activated!

As a company from eastern Germany, we know that building a wall to try and keep people from leaving isn't a good idea.

Finally created a blog post about how to add electric costs to Home Assistant for DTE customers andyblyler.com/post/2024/01/0… #HomeAssistant

Tracking Water Usage in Home Assistant with AquaHawk andyblyler.com/posts/2025/12/…

Gave my site a facelift + modernized the stack (custom Tailwind theme, modern icons, faster JS). Also set up POSSE: publish once here, then syndicate out to the social platforms.

Mole is a tool I have always wanted. A simple, open source utility for macOS that can clean up storage by clearing caches, finding orphaned application data, optimizing databases, and showing you exactly what’s eating your disk space. It is like giving your system an oil change!

I had trouble setting up an ARM-based Windows laptop to connect to a printer over the holidays because drivers were x86/x64 only. Had to set up a Raspberry Pi as a print server to fix it. It’s 2026, why are printers still such a pain?

Spot on. Engineers aren’t being replaced by AI. We’re evolving. Less typing, more guiding. The real value is domain knowledge, context, and judgment that AI needs from us. dzombak.com/blog/2026/01/w…

Discovered xxHash, a blazingly fast non-cryptographic hash algorithm. Perfect for uniqueness checks on long strings when you need speed over security. xxhash.com

Drop Site obtained harrowing footage of the latest killing which appears to be from the perspective of the woman in pink filming from the sidewalk

My main takeaway from Project Glasswing Claude Mythos Preview: this is a bad time to keep putting off updates. If you manage endpoints, browsers, phones, or firmware, go clean it up now. “Later” is how routine neglect becomes a headline.

Working on the patio today! Sun is out, cold brew is delicious, and getting a lot of work done. Working outside is such a mood enhancer.

Codex Desktop hammers trustd/syspolicyd so hard other apps won’t launch. Temp binaries under ~/.codex/tmp/ trigger fresh Gatekeeper cycles. Syspolicyd is serial, everything waits. Turned off SIP to work around it, which doesn’t feel great. github.com/openai/codex/i…