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Adafruit Plastic Waste

Adafruit’s inventory management and packaging wastes a lot of single-use plastic.

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Building CircuitPython for Espressif on macOS

It was non-trivial to to get CircuitPython building on macOS, largely due to haphazard documentation from Adafruit. This article hopes to improve that.

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CloudKit Sharing

How to write a multi-platform SwiftUI application that supports iCloud collaboration.

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Replacing the Chuck Guard Gas Spring on the Tormach 15L Slant-PRO Lathe

Two ways to replace the gas spring that holds up the chuck guard on the Tormach 15L Slant-PRO lathe.

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Credit Freezes are Cumbersome

Credit freezes are cumbersome to unlock and doing so and increases risk.

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