Scott P.
@chronsyn.dev
Software engineer. Northern UK. Complains about tech, language sometimes NSFW (frustration, not malice).
"Greetings and friendly wishes to all who may encounter this voyager"
Blog: blog.chronsyn.dev
"Greetings and friendly wishes to all who may encounter this voyager"
Blog: blog.chronsyn.dev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfnN...
There's a bit of setup required beyond the basic docker-compose (e.g. if you want to use rclone destinations), but this looks very good.
I'm doing some test backups (not to prod destinations) right now, and it seems to be going well.
There's a bit of setup required beyond the basic docker-compose (e.g. if you want to use rclone destinations), but this looks very good.
I'm doing some test backups (not to prod destinations) right now, and it seems to be going well.
Finally, a Backup Solution That Doesn't Suck - ZeroByte
YouTube video by NetBird
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfnN...
There's a bit of setup required beyond the basic docker-compose (e.g. if you want to use rclone destinations), but this looks very good.
I'm doing some test backups (not to prod destinations) right now, and it seems to be going well.
There's a bit of setup required beyond the basic docker-compose (e.g. if you want to use rclone destinations), but this looks very good.
I'm doing some test backups (not to prod destinations) right now, and it seems to be going well.
Reposted by Scott P.
Ctrl / CMD - A
Ctrl / CMD - C
In text editor: Ctrl / CMD - V
Congratulations. You are now a |337 h4x0r. #pwnage #Epstein #RoyalFamilyUpdates
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ctrl / CMD - C
In text editor: Ctrl / CMD - V
Congratulations. You are now a |337 h4x0r. #pwnage #Epstein #RoyalFamilyUpdates
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks
Un-redacted text from released documents began circulating on social media on Monday evening
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ctrl / CMD - A
Ctrl / CMD - C
In text editor: Ctrl / CMD - V
Congratulations. You are now a |337 h4x0r. #pwnage #Epstein #RoyalFamilyUpdates
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ctrl / CMD - C
In text editor: Ctrl / CMD - V
Congratulations. You are now a |337 h4x0r. #pwnage #Epstein #RoyalFamilyUpdates
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Scott P.
These cameras are truly horrific. No admin password. Hours of footage - or live feeds - available. Faces can be easily resolved and used to identify people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-...
This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
These cameras are truly horrific. No admin password. Hours of footage - or live feeds - available. Faces can be easily resolved and used to identify people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-...
My EAS local builder CLI project is working! 🎉
Build server running on Mac Mini, Expo project uploaded via a CLI command from my Mac (but could work from any system). Essentially 'EAS on your own cloud'.
There's still a bunch of things to do, so no ETA on release yet.
Build server running on Mac Mini, Expo project uploaded via a CLI command from my Mac (but could work from any system). Essentially 'EAS on your own cloud'.
There's still a bunch of things to do, so no ETA on release yet.
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My EAS local builder CLI project is working! 🎉
Build server running on Mac Mini, Expo project uploaded via a CLI command from my Mac (but could work from any system). Essentially 'EAS on your own cloud'.
There's still a bunch of things to do, so no ETA on release yet.
Build server running on Mac Mini, Expo project uploaded via a CLI command from my Mac (but could work from any system). Essentially 'EAS on your own cloud'.
There's still a bunch of things to do, so no ETA on release yet.
Only just heard that Anthropic bought bun. Legitimate yuk.
Subscription-plans-for-everything and enshittification stops for nobody.
Subscription-plans-for-everything and enshittification stops for nobody.
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Only just heard that Anthropic bought bun. Legitimate yuk.
Subscription-plans-for-everything and enshittification stops for nobody.
Subscription-plans-for-everything and enshittification stops for nobody.
Today is 'Mad Friday' in the UK, where people celebrate their last day of work by going out and getting drunk (significantly more than usual).
But I'm a nerd, so my 'Mad Friday' is gonna be spent working on this open source MeetUp alternative.
But I'm a nerd, so my 'Mad Friday' is gonna be spent working on this open source MeetUp alternative.
December 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Today is 'Mad Friday' in the UK, where people celebrate their last day of work by going out and getting drunk (significantly more than usual).
But I'm a nerd, so my 'Mad Friday' is gonna be spent working on this open source MeetUp alternative.
But I'm a nerd, so my 'Mad Friday' is gonna be spent working on this open source MeetUp alternative.
I started building out my self-hosted EAS builder project. Designed to use the `--local` on a remote server.
Currently, I've got the server-side in a potentially working state (express, multer, zod). Client side won't take too long to build out.
Expecting I'll be able to share more on Friday
Currently, I've got the server-side in a potentially working state (express, multer, zod). Client side won't take too long to build out.
Expecting I'll be able to share more on Friday
December 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I started building out my self-hosted EAS builder project. Designed to use the `--local` on a remote server.
Currently, I've got the server-side in a potentially working state (express, multer, zod). Client side won't take too long to build out.
Expecting I'll be able to share more on Friday
Currently, I've got the server-side in a potentially working state (express, multer, zod). Client side won't take too long to build out.
Expecting I'll be able to share more on Friday
Reposted by Scott P.
HTML invoker commands are newly baseline! Here's how they work…
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
HTML invoker commands are newly baseline! Here's how they work…
Reposted by Scott P.
Wouldn't it be nice to have all platforms in a single
@storybook.js.org window?
@chmal.it and myself worked on this prototype to stream your local simulators to the Storybook canvas. Let us know if you're interested in this!
@storybook.js.org window?
@chmal.it and myself worked on this prototype to stream your local simulators to the Storybook canvas. Let us know if you're interested in this!
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Wouldn't it be nice to have all platforms in a single
@storybook.js.org window?
@chmal.it and myself worked on this prototype to stream your local simulators to the Storybook canvas. Let us know if you're interested in this!
@storybook.js.org window?
@chmal.it and myself worked on this prototype to stream your local simulators to the Storybook canvas. Let us know if you're interested in this!
I just published a new package - `npx with-env-config`: www.npmjs.com/package/with...
Designed to simplify configuring your env file for various services for various frameworks and environments (e.g. local, staging, prod) using an interactive CLI.
Source: github.com/ChronSyn/wit...
Designed to simplify configuring your env file for various services for various frameworks and environments (e.g. local, staging, prod) using an interactive CLI.
Source: github.com/ChronSyn/wit...
www.npmjs.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I just published a new package - `npx with-env-config`: www.npmjs.com/package/with...
Designed to simplify configuring your env file for various services for various frameworks and environments (e.g. local, staging, prod) using an interactive CLI.
Source: github.com/ChronSyn/wit...
Designed to simplify configuring your env file for various services for various frameworks and environments (e.g. local, staging, prod) using an interactive CLI.
Source: github.com/ChronSyn/wit...
I caved and decided to order an M4 Pro Mac Mini to act as an Expo build server. 64GB + 1TB, but I've got an 8TB NVME space (don't ask) that's going inside a dock.
My plan is to build a couple of scripts. One which will zip 'userland' code, and upload to the Mac which will trigger the build.
My plan is to build a couple of scripts. One which will zip 'userland' code, and upload to the Mac which will trigger the build.
December 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I caved and decided to order an M4 Pro Mac Mini to act as an Expo build server. 64GB + 1TB, but I've got an 8TB NVME space (don't ask) that's going inside a dock.
My plan is to build a couple of scripts. One which will zip 'userland' code, and upload to the Mac which will trigger the build.
My plan is to build a couple of scripts. One which will zip 'userland' code, and upload to the Mac which will trigger the build.
I feel strongly that models hosted on the Ollama website should not include 'cloud' options without also including local options.
I run Ollama specifically because I don't want a cloud service.
I run Ollama specifically because I don't want a cloud service.
December 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I feel strongly that models hosted on the Ollama website should not include 'cloud' options without also including local options.
I run Ollama specifically because I don't want a cloud service.
I run Ollama specifically because I don't want a cloud service.
Evergreen experiences: Explaining why MQTT is oftentimes better than polling in a smart home environment.
"Why not just request data updates 100 times a second". Do you even hear yourself right now?
Do you go to the post office 100 times a day and ask them if they've got any new mail for you?
"Why not just request data updates 100 times a second". Do you even hear yourself right now?
Do you go to the post office 100 times a day and ask them if they've got any new mail for you?
December 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Evergreen experiences: Explaining why MQTT is oftentimes better than polling in a smart home environment.
"Why not just request data updates 100 times a second". Do you even hear yourself right now?
Do you go to the post office 100 times a day and ask them if they've got any new mail for you?
"Why not just request data updates 100 times a second". Do you even hear yourself right now?
Do you go to the post office 100 times a day and ask them if they've got any new mail for you?
Reposted by Scott P.
If, like me, you’re finding the winter darkness oppressive, and you’re a night owl, and you can’t wait until the shortest day of the year to start feeling a sense of optimism again:
Today is the day of the earliest sunset. The evenings get longer from today. You’re welcome.
Today is the day of the earliest sunset. The evenings get longer from today. You’re welcome.
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If, like me, you’re finding the winter darkness oppressive, and you’re a night owl, and you can’t wait until the shortest day of the year to start feeling a sense of optimism again:
Today is the day of the earliest sunset. The evenings get longer from today. You’re welcome.
Today is the day of the earliest sunset. The evenings get longer from today. You’re welcome.
Decided on a name for my open MeetUp alternative project, bought the domain. Not as catchy as MeetUp, but names and available domains are always a pain.
Guess it's officially 'side-project' status now.
Guess it's officially 'side-project' status now.
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Decided on a name for my open MeetUp alternative project, bought the domain. Not as catchy as MeetUp, but names and available domains are always a pain.
Guess it's officially 'side-project' status now.
Guess it's officially 'side-project' status now.
Reposted by Scott P.
🍎 Apparently it's iOS Widget day today at Expo. We shipped a video earlier and now we have a tutorial blog post about how to implement iOS Widgets in Expo apps.
Take a look and let us know if you run into any problems: https://expo.dev/blog/how-to-implement-ios-widgets-in-expo-apps
Take a look and let us know if you run into any problems: https://expo.dev/blog/how-to-implement-ios-widgets-in-expo-apps
How to implement iOS widgets in Expo apps
Learn how Glow uses Expo and Swift widgets to build a widget-first affirmations app that shares data with React Native and lives on iOS home screens.
expo.dev
December 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🍎 Apparently it's iOS Widget day today at Expo. We shipped a video earlier and now we have a tutorial blog post about how to implement iOS Widgets in Expo apps.
Take a look and let us know if you run into any problems: https://expo.dev/blog/how-to-implement-ios-widgets-in-expo-apps
Take a look and let us know if you run into any problems: https://expo.dev/blog/how-to-implement-ios-widgets-in-expo-apps
Reposted by Scott P.
More than half of smartphone users use their accessibility settings
andycarter.dev/blog/more-th...
#accessibility #a11y
andycarter.dev/blog/more-th...
#accessibility #a11y
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
More than half of smartphone users use their accessibility settings
andycarter.dev/blog/more-th...
#accessibility #a11y
andycarter.dev/blog/more-th...
#accessibility #a11y
I took a few weeks away from building out my free open source MeetUp alternative, but decided to start working on it again a little today.
I'm still intending to release it at some point, but I'm also not prepared to get burnt out on it, so slow development whenever I feel I want to.
I'm still intending to release it at some point, but I'm also not prepared to get burnt out on it, so slow development whenever I feel I want to.
December 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I took a few weeks away from building out my free open source MeetUp alternative, but decided to start working on it again a little today.
I'm still intending to release it at some point, but I'm also not prepared to get burnt out on it, so slow development whenever I feel I want to.
I'm still intending to release it at some point, but I'm also not prepared to get burnt out on it, so slow development whenever I feel I want to.
Reposted by Scott P.
Tomorrow we take the first big step towards Bee Network Rail. 🐝
Fares will be simpler and in most cases lower for people travelling between our stations in GM.
Tickets valid on any service. 🙌🏻
Fares will be simpler and in most cases lower for people travelling between our stations in GM.
Tickets valid on any service. 🙌🏻
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Tomorrow we take the first big step towards Bee Network Rail. 🐝
Fares will be simpler and in most cases lower for people travelling between our stations in GM.
Tickets valid on any service. 🙌🏻
Fares will be simpler and in most cases lower for people travelling between our stations in GM.
Tickets valid on any service. 🙌🏻
This weekend, I tried to build an N8N workflow to work with Expo EAS. Ended up extending the docker image to include eas-cli.
Then I realised I won't be able to access platform build tools from within Docker (not without risky docker-escape mechanisms - which absolutely is not an option).
Then I realised I won't be able to access platform build tools from within Docker (not without risky docker-escape mechanisms - which absolutely is not an option).
December 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This weekend, I tried to build an N8N workflow to work with Expo EAS. Ended up extending the docker image to include eas-cli.
Then I realised I won't be able to access platform build tools from within Docker (not without risky docker-escape mechanisms - which absolutely is not an option).
Then I realised I won't be able to access platform build tools from within Docker (not without risky docker-escape mechanisms - which absolutely is not an option).
Reposted by Scott P.
#FrontEndSheff where AI is getting the code it generates from.
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#FrontEndSheff where AI is getting the code it generates from.
N8N wins again. Setup a workflow which will automatically block bluesky users which indicate that they're going to start spamming "help my family" gofundme scam posts.
If some legit accounts get caught up in it, I'm sorry, but I have zero patience for scammers.
If some legit accounts get caught up in it, I'm sorry, but I have zero patience for scammers.
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
N8N wins again. Setup a workflow which will automatically block bluesky users which indicate that they're going to start spamming "help my family" gofundme scam posts.
If some legit accounts get caught up in it, I'm sorry, but I have zero patience for scammers.
If some legit accounts get caught up in it, I'm sorry, but I have zero patience for scammers.
I hate gatekeeping.
Except when someone emails me with some marketing spiel, and says "If you're not the decision-maker, please forward this to the right person".
No mate, I won't be doing that, because fuck you.
Except when someone emails me with some marketing spiel, and says "If you're not the decision-maker, please forward this to the right person".
No mate, I won't be doing that, because fuck you.
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I hate gatekeeping.
Except when someone emails me with some marketing spiel, and says "If you're not the decision-maker, please forward this to the right person".
No mate, I won't be doing that, because fuck you.
Except when someone emails me with some marketing spiel, and says "If you're not the decision-maker, please forward this to the right person".
No mate, I won't be doing that, because fuck you.
Rachel Reeves: "We are freezing known Russian assets - but let me be clear, I don't actually mean the honorable member for Clacton"
(The MP for Clacton is Nigel Farage)
😂😂😂
(The MP for Clacton is Nigel Farage)
😂😂😂
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Rachel Reeves: "We are freezing known Russian assets - but let me be clear, I don't actually mean the honorable member for Clacton"
(The MP for Clacton is Nigel Farage)
😂😂😂
(The MP for Clacton is Nigel Farage)
😂😂😂