Engineering, AI & Retro Hardware

Learn how to use custom browser events for lightweight, decoupled communication between distant React components—no state management library required.

Stop spending your weekend in Jira, GitHub, and Slack. Use this prompt to turn your git history and PRs into a polished year-in-review report.

A single prompt that makes Claude think like a security expert, product manager, lawyer, and engineer to find what's missing before you let real users in.

A breakdown of every URL that appears when you run npx supabase status, and what each endpoint is actually for.

I ask AI to write a bunch of tests, then delete most of them. Sounds weird, but it works way better than trying to guide AI from the start.

After sitting covered for a year, it's time to see if this 507ci V8 Cadillac still fires up.

Found this 1981 IBM PC on Craigslist. Let's tear it down and see if it still boots.

A modular 3D printed stand system for organizing and storing multiple laptops during repair. Holds up to 20 laptops side-by-side on shelves.

Testing VGA to HDMI adapters with retro PCs reveals why many don't support 720x400 DOS text mode resolution. Essential knowledge for retro computing.

Repairing a budget 2003 Dell PC with a Celeron CPU that's literally held together with tape. Things get interesting when parts start failing.

Window shopping for 80s and 90s classics that would fit the Radwood scene.

A complete teardown of an HP port replicator showing the internal circuitry, connector pinouts, and mechanical design of a docking station.

Tackling battery replacement, spark plugs, and an exhaust manifold gasket leak on my 1995 Ford RV.

Replacing the missing fender liner on my 2006 Ford Mustang with eBay parts.

A surprising sight at the 2024 Radwood car show in San Francisco - a pristine 1975 Cadillac Eldorado among the 80s and 90s classics.

Pure adrenaline as I take a 700+ horsepower Dodge Challenger Hellcat around the SPEEDVEGAS track and test its drifting capabilities.

I compiled DOSBox Staging from source on a 400MHz Via Eden thin client. It took 4+ hours. Running Doom afterwards was... painful.

A quick trip to the junkyard on Sunday to find headlight wiring connectors for my 2006 Ford Mustang project. Plus a demo of my wire stripper tool.

Diagnosing and replacing fuel injectors on a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee that left me stranded.

A quick guide to accessing the instrument cluster trim for cleaning and maintenance.