Codepope's Development Hell

What do you get when you take the taste of the 80s and the Z80s and mix it with a dash of modern vibes? You get the MicroBeast; retro, but not…

In which I become irritated at the practical state of desktop Ubuntu…

There´s nothing like a new Linux as a distraction and Asahi Linux Fedora Remix said ‘Get this on an M1’. So, here I am running on Asahi… Let me tell you more.

So the latest distraction I have indulged in, much to my chagrin as I’d actually like to achieve something is redoing my day to day desktop toolchain.

A dive into the idea of personal infrastructure and workflows and laptops.

I built a Go app to move bookmarks

A dip into the better Python hacking experience with MicroPython and PyCharm (and Pico boards and more)

So the Turing Pi 2 landed and I went to get it up and running… and then I ran into an issue I should have realised earlier, so much earlier.

I got a Lidar and it’s been a daft experience as none of the ‘supplied’ software works with it…

So I have this fancy DAB radio and I wanted to control it over Wifi from my phone. A journey of old protocols and odd limitations began…