SimpleDepiction Launch

Announcing SimpleDepiction.com Hi folks! Weekly Beers has been working on a new project recently, and we've just launched the first iteration of it! It's called SimpleDepiction, and it's an extremely easy-to-use, free AI image generator that requires no account, no payment, and no tokens. Just type in what you…

Homelab Part 1: Deploying Home Assistant on Proxmox

To kick off the first post in a series of posts on Home Assistant, let’s chat about getting Home Assistant running at home. Home Assistant itself has very low system requirements - around 4GB RAM with just about any relatively modern CPU. People often times dedicate a Raspberry Pi…

Smart Home 2.0 w/ Home Assistant

Hi all! After many years of fooling with Google Home & cheap WiFI-based IoT devices, I’ve finally decided to go down the Home Assistant rabbit hole. I’ve gotten so worn out of the same old process for my current smart-home setup: buy new devices, download their special proprietary app,…

ChatGPT Code Generation Examples Part 1

As has everyone else, I’ve been spending some time trying to work ChatGPT into my daily workflows. One of the most powerful examples I’ve found recently is it’s code generation ability. These examples were so impressive to me that I’ve been sharing them with everyone I’…

Tracking Planes with ADS-B and RTL-SDR

Intro Over the last couple of months, I’ve become mildly obsessed with pulling out flightradar24 every time I see a plane passing overhead. If you’re not familiar with the app, it’s a real-time flight tracking app that plots planes on a map and lets you view information…