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Getting macOS running on a QEMU virtual machine in Debian 12 bookworm
Running macOS in a VM isn’t exactly a flawless experience—but it can be surprisingly usable once it’s set up right. It’s not buttery smooth, and you won’t be editing video or doing heavy dev work, but for testing, exploring, or getting around Apple’s hardware requirements, it gets the job done. As someone who primarily works…
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Skipping the App Stores: Why I Choose Web Apps and Direct Downloads Instead
As someone who dabbles in web development and has experimented with Android apps, I recently thought about trying my hand at iOS development. After all, mobile apps are where the money is, right? But I quickly ran into a massive roadblock: Apple makes it ridiculously hard to even get started unless you’re already deep in…
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Converting TeamPicker to Progressive Web App
This last week I have been working at converting my TeamPicker app to a progressive web app. This type of app, unlike traditional apps that you download from Google Play or Apple App Store, are completely web based. Users visit the app as a website in the browser, and are able to add the site…
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How to install Vu360 on Windows 11
Vu360 is an old windows program for construction companies and builders for performing “takeoffs”. This basically means drawing around the dimensions on a pdf file with takeoff software that allows you to set a scale on the pdf file. Takeoff software provides many obvious advantages to measuring physical paper blueprints and manually entering values into…
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How to dismantle Acer Aspire X1700 Desktop PC
Recently I took apart an old pc, my Dads first pc in fact.Here I have posted some pictures of the insides of the pc. The Acer Aspire X1700 is a very old computer at this point. Likely around 20 years old. When I first received permission to tinker with this beauty, she ran windows 7…
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Struggling to Make Sense of the Challenges with Proxmox LXC
Proxmox lxc containers are different from a traditional vm (virtual machine) in that it uses proxmox as it’s operating system. I don’t fully understand how they work but yesterday I tried downloading ubuntu 24.10 server from proxmox’s built in container store. It seems that proxmox’s servers must be down because every download failed, saying that…