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Way overdue, but with the release of Microsoft PowerToys 0.83.0, my very own PowerToys Awake comes in tow with a bunch of improvements that I wanted to do for a long time. This release is codenamed DAISY023, in reference to, of course, Daisy-023.

How to easily create automatic rich captions for your videos in DaVinci Resolve without having to pay for the Studio version or using third-party plugins.

I talked about Halo Infinite career ranks some time ago, but I kept needing to come back to the idea that I just wanted to have a quickly accessible list that just tells me what rank experience requirements are and how far along to Hero each rank is. No ads, no, fluff, just the table. Said table is now here.

With the launch of Halo Infinite in 2021, 343 Industries introduced the concept of battle passes in Halo. The concept itself is not new in the gaming industry per-se, but it’s new to Halo. It’s effectively a limited time opportunity for players to earn in-game rewards during what is referred to as a season (although that term becomes a bit overloaded now).

How to understand which maps and modes are more likely to come up in Halo Infinite games.

How to query the career rank API to understand tier requirements and get an idea of emblems and rewards.

You can now see some missing medals on Halo Waypoint. Here is how to get to them from the API.

A non-comprehensive list of tools embedded into Windows that can save you precious time and frustration.

I am both surprised and not surprised - AWS announced (close to a month ago) the fact that they are retiring the AWS documentation on GitHub.

I am a big believer in good documentation being an essential part of the product. Good docs are hard to come by for several reasons, not the least being the fact that writing good docs is hard.

How to write API documentation that nobody can use, read, or use as reference.

For some time, I needed a way to use caffeinate on Windows. If you are coming from macOS, you know how useful this utility can be when you want to keep the computer awake for some definite or indefinite time. So, following the engineer mindset, I decided to build my own, starting with a PowerShell script.

How to make your Synology NAS a personal note storage container with minimal friction.

A twist on a project I worked on a couple of years ago, that makes it easier to get the Nest HD camera stream without hacky workarounds.

An approach to making sure that your private keys don’t end up checked in with your source code.