# Posts

## I Beat My 8-Device Wi-Fi Limit with a Raspberry Pi (and Made an IoT Village)

The Day My Wi-Fi Said “Eight Is Enough” My apartment Wi-Fi (ASK4) has a hard cap of 8 devices. That’s adorable until you own a phone, a laptop, a tablet, a TV, a smart speaker, and even a couple of smart plugs. My solution: put all the IoT stuff behind a Raspberry Pi that shows up as one device to the building’s network, but acts like a full-blown Wi-Fi for everything else I own. ...

## The Loop of Doom

It all started after I came back from my trip to Turkey. I was actually doing really good the first three weeks, or at least I think so. Actually, looking back at it, I maybe wasn’t. Well I had to take like two exams and studied for them, but that was also not good enough. I have not really been able to focus on my work and studies lately. I’ve been feeling more down, sad, exhausted. I’ve been wanting to stay alone at home. To rest. And then I get stressed and sad because I’m not doing anything. I get the feeling of worthlessness a lot lately. It’s exhausting. ...

## Cupid is so dumb

The lyrics are being played in my brain day and night. “A hopeless romantic all my life” “Surrounded by couples all the time” “I guess I should take it as a sign” But… “I gave a second chance to Cupid” “But now I’m left here feelin’ stupid” I might’ve given more than two chances to cupid. But I’m still left here felling’ stupid. “I look for his arrows every day” ...

## Sending End‑to‑End Encrypted Email (E2EE) without losing friends

A practical, mildly opinionated guide to sending encrypted email that normal people can actually read.

## La Plaza: The Falcones & the Morettis

Two dynasties in Sicily collide: a funeral party for a dead Don, a gilded heir with a fatal flaw, and a whisper-soft romance that could start a war.

## Sadness

Honestly, I don’t know why I’m doing any of this. I really don’t. I think for me this is a scape from reality. A scape from the sad thing that happened earlier this month. A scape from feeling used, or let’s say abused if you will, and then thrown away. Just like a piece of trash. It’s been hurting more and more. I’ve been lying to myself that I don’t care. That I’ve moved on. ...

## New features for my blog! Adding Comments + RSS to Hugo PaperMod (Giscus and Isso FTW)

Short story: I wanted comments and a proper RSS feed on my Hugo + PaperMod site. Longer story: I spent 30 minutes poking around, and now you don’t have to. Here’s exactly what I did. I’ve been wanting to add comment section to my blog for a while. There are a few problems. I don’t want to get attacked by bots or random people for no reason. I don’t want to allow weird things to happen. I don’t want to have a database for it. So… I decided to take a path which is not necesserially the best. It requires a third party to act on your behalf, but it is not as scary as it sounds. According to Github: ...

## Danya

Daniel Naroditsky has passed away. I’ve never been a pro chess player, but I do follow some of the fun ones, and occasionally Magnus. I like Fabi a lot, but my all-time favorite is Hikaru. Danya was my favorite commentator. Someone who was so fun to watch explaining complex positions. I think he was indeed, if not the best, one of the best at it. The occasion is grim. However, let’s remember the immense pressure he was under. Let’s remember how he was accused of cheating by Kramnik many, many times. By a former world champion. Someone who has accused many and has ruined their lives for no reason. The likes of Hikaru! ...

## Skin routine

I don’t know how to answer the “why?” or “whyyyyy?” or even “why the f***?” I have a skin routine. Last year, after I came to Germany, I asked a female friend about how to do skin care. She touched my face and said, “Knock on wood, you have good skin!”. So… idk why I decided to take extra care of my skin, but I did! Generally speaking, things like this make me feel good about myself. Like I’m doing something positive while not being tortured! It’s always fun to rub cream on your face or gently massage it. Even cleaning the face skin feels refreshing. Everything also smells nice! ...

## A Tiny 'Views' Badge Sent Me Down a Rabbit Hole (PaperMod + Busuanzi + Debugging --> swapped with GoatCounter the GOAT)

I tried to add a simple ‘views’ counter to my PaperMod blog. It worked—until it didn’t. Here’s the story of blank numbers, a mysterious Chinese message, and the final fix.

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