Navidrome & Feishin - self hosted Apple Music/Spotify alternative
Despite spending countless hours setting up Music Assistant on Home Assistant, I realised I hated it and now use Navidrome and Feishin for local music streaming.
Airplay on Linux - how it works and what it needs
Introducing a desktop app called DespairPlay GUI, that inspects the Linux AirPlay sender stack (Avahi, PipeWire RAOP, firewall/mDNS) and shows which parts of this confusing house of cards are installed and active
Some freelance enquiry red flags
I had an enquiry from a potential web design client this week that contained quite a few ‘red flags’. I’ve learned to spot troublesome projects over the years so here are three of the signs it might not go well.
Migrating this blog from WordPress to GravCMS v2
Migrating from WordPress to GravCMS v2 was fairly straightforward, with all recent content and my custom WordPress theme included.
Tech rant: Developers - have proper support not just a Discord server
Running a website, forum or ticket system is hard, and providing support is unpaid extra work that can lead to burnout. However relying on Discord as the sole support system is not OK.