PSA: Trouble with Wireguard on Cellular data? Check your MTU!01 Mar 2026
0 minutes, 20 secondstl;dr Change your MTU from 1420 to 1280 if your Android device is having issues connecting to your Wireguard VPN over cellular data. This MTU value should work on both WiFi and cellular data. Slowly discovering the solution For some time now I’ve been baffled why my Wireguard VPN doesn’t work on […]
It was DNS22 Feb 2026
3 minutes, 44 seconds Intro There’s a trope among computer nerds that any complex problem that you’re struggling to figure out WTF is going on, was probably caused by DNS. There’s a whole slew of sites that capture this sentiment including itwasdns.net , itwasdns.io/was-it-dns, itwasdns.org and it’s even available as a T-Shirt! Wait – was […]
The joys of an ad hoc CLI dashboard with watch08 Oct 2025
1 minute, 33 seconds A quick post to spread the love about the watch command – it’s amazing! Prior to your knowledge of watch, maybe you wanted to run a command every 2 seconds, like say hello (credit to SO for this one): But this is tedious and awkward. Maybe you collapse into the ol’ […]
The smallest of laptop charging batteries30 Jun 2025
0 minutes, 55 seconds I have a Framework 13″ (Ryzen 5 7640U w/ 2.8K Matt screen) that has USB-C PD charging like most modern laptops. While it normally ships with a 60W USB-C charger, I’ve gotten away charging it with a teen tiny 45W charger – this is because Framework is totally awesome and went […]
Flameshot + Wayland + multi-monitors in Apr 202525 Apr 2025
1 minute, 32 seconds The tl;dr Set a flatpak env variable and run a CLI call to grant permissions. Jump down to “the fix” at the bottom to see how or read on for a little backstory! The quest For a while now I’ve been really loving daily driving Bluefin on both my laptop and […]
