Pi-hole unable to start as container

While running Pi-hole in a container, suddenly it was unable to start successfully. I was attempting to start it from Synology’s Docker UI. It would go into a loop, crashing upon startup. Logs would show: Error: Unable to update package cache. Please try "apt-get update"[cont-init.

Sudden failure on Synology NAS DSM login

Out of the sudden I was unable to authenticate to my Synology NAS via the Web UI (DSM). I was able to enter username & password, but the system was unable to verify my 2FA token. I made sure my credentials were right (I use a password manager, so manual error was unlikely).

Unable to use CLI tools for Xcode

Trying to use GNU Make in my Mac, I was stuck: 1 2 3 % make test xcrun: error: active developer path ("/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer") does not exist Use `sudo xcode-select --switch path/to/Xcode.app` to specify the Xcode that you wish to use for command line developer tools, or use `xcode-select --install` to install the standalone command line developer tools.

I-94 update after receiving I-797A

The I-94 website by U.S. Customs and Border Protection is a great source of information for travelers to the United States. One of the most popular features is the ability to query an individual’s records of entry & exit to the United States.

Laravel Cache is mandatory

I was configuring a Laravel 5.7 application, and had a Queue with an Amazon SQS driver. Laravel built-in cache was NOT used explicitly by the application, so I pointed it to a non-existent Redis host. This will be important later. To my surprise, when running the queue worker, the application was fataling as it was trying to use Redis and was failing to connect.