Every time I come across this debate I can't help but think of this comic. Thanks to @LegalizeBrain for this round.

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/jpeg

This heat wave is absolutely bone crushing, and I'm so glad that I installed central air two years ago.

But if you are without central air, or you're dealing with a heat wave for the first time because it's reaching areas that don't historically get this hot, here are a few tips from my years of poverty in a desert:

ok, so my work to get closer to being more 'decentralised' as far as tech goes, gets closer to the end.

* self hosting my family mail including calendaring and contacts
* self hosting files and pictures
* self hosting DNS
* self hosting VPN.

All using opersource of course.

Biggest challenge was setting up the local and offsite backups and making sure that it is all actually recoverable - lots of testing...

So what should i focus on next ? Suggestions ?

#linux #selfhosting #mailcow #pihole #nextcloud

Wanna change the world with us? We're hiring! A special call out to those with Windows and *Linux* chops. Other key must haves in the "What you need" section.

https://ats.rippling.com/framework/jobs/66ee8c26-51c1-49a1-a0f0-41a4aad476fd

New video! Featuring my favorite static site generator (@11ty) and how I overhauled my band's 90s-themed website with it.

https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/fYydYFPnuknT7pwXp7kA7P

One of my recent projects has been creating a #solar powered #aeroponics (similar to #hydroponics) 3D printed vertical tower #garden.

It uses a popular modular #3dprinted tower design where water is pumped up a central column and allowed to cascade down over the roots of the growing plants.

Usually people attach their towers to mains but I wanted to make it solar powered and also report data back to my home #grafana dashboard.

Finally got round to documenting the progress - https://git.solarcene.community/smallsolar/VerticalGarden

If you use "AI agents" (LLMs calling tools in a loop) you need to be aware of the Lethal Trifecta

Any time you combine access to private data, exposure to untrusted content and the ability to externally communicate an attacker can trick the system into stealing your data https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/the-lethal-trifecta/