Sep 24, 2026

The Saga of Brother DCP-T530DW Printer on Linux

Getting a wifi-only Brother ink tank printer to scan straight to my NAS on Linux, and everything that broke on the way there.

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Sep 22, 2026

Time to audit your hermes agent

My agent felt like it was losing its memory. It wasn't forgetting — it was reading two hundred files, and a handful of them were lying to it.

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Sep 12, 2026

Hermes Database Corruption: The phantom row

My Hermes session database corrupted twice in one week. This is my mind-bending investigation into a problem that doesn't really clear up.

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Sep 06, 2026

I don't understand this world anymore

The world made more sense when i was younger. This is the frustration of watching it make less and less sense — and understanding exactly why.

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Aug 21, 2026

Tailscale said everything was fine: it wasn't.

The Tailscale admin console showed a perfectly healthy app connector for an hour while it silently advertised zero routes.

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Aug 18, 2026

The definitive guide on buying used iPhones

A practical, no-bullshit guide to buying a used iPhone without getting burned — what to check, what to avoid, and how to tell a good deal from a trap.

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Jul 09, 2026

The rulebook of a good software engineer in 2026

A rulebook to make your life easier as a software engineer, not a complete list, but something to start with.

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Jun 22, 2026

Card Compare | Using Machine learning to build the largest database of credit card comparison website in Bangladesh

I build a machine learning pipeline that captures, analyze and compares different credit card providers in Bangladesh on a massive scale.

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May 18, 2026

Fixing the Elgato Wave 3 on CachyOS + KDE

Switching over to CachyOS wasn't as pretty as i thought it would. All i wanted to do is Gaming. I ended up fixing one issue after another. Some of it has to do with the weird setup i have going on.

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Apr 14, 2026

How I built the ultimate internal AI for a whole company

Before you think this as another TechBro pitching his new AI Startup, it's not. I am gonna go into a lot of technical details, so if that's your thing, read on. Believe it or not, this post is 100% hand written, no AI was involved in a post about AI. The cover photo is AI generated, obviously.

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