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I. Origins and Intentions: A Narrow Vision The Agile Manifesto’s Authors and Context The Agile Manifesto was authored in 2001 by 17 software developers, primarily consultants and small-team practitioners focused on rapid delivery and adaptability. Their goal was to push back against heavyweight “waterfall” processes. However, they were solving their own problems in limited environments—small,…

macOS Finder Crash Fix & Reset Tips If Finder is crashing, not relaunching, or missing UI elements, here are step-by-step methods to fix or restore expected behavior. Method 1: Restart Finder with killall Copy killall Finder Method 2: Manually Restart Finder Copy open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app Method 3: Using launchctl Copy launchctl stop com.apple.Finder launchctl start com.apple.Finder…

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MP3 Manager Throttle & LED Display Tone Generator Midi & Sound Manager Meters and Knife Switch

This describes a project for the Apple II to have a simple and robust reboot option. The intent of this post is to be repository for describing the project, rationale, solutions considered, and status of the project. I have spent many months chasing affordable options to perform a simple and reliable reboot. In a very…

This sketch monitors the web via wifi and resets the modem if the network is unavailable for an extended period of time // //ESP8266 NodeMCU CP2102 ESP-12E Development Board with 1306 OLED display (128×32) // #include “setup.h” void setup() {pinMode(16/*D0 (LED1) */,OUTPUT); pinMode(2/*D4 (LED2) */,OUTPUT); pinMode(15/*D8 (speaker) */,OUTPUT); pinMode(0/*D3 (relay)*/,OUTPUT); display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC,0x3C); display.dim(true); display.setTextSize(2); display.setTextColor(WHITE); show;…

C++ for the Arduino ESP8266 NodeMCU to control 4 remote LEDs/Relays and HTML for control from a webpage. This project was completed in 30 minutes with about 4 or 5 brief sentences given to chat.openai.com. The code worked flawlessly the first time both functionality and syntax.

the segments are wired oddly making software a bit wonky for the 2 rows. The segments are …. 0123 7654 #include <LedControl.h> int p; byte x, y, s; byte z[65] = {}; LedControl lc = LedControl(11, 13, 7, 8); // DIN,CLK,CS,SEGS void setup() { int devices = lc.getDeviceCount(); for (int address = 0; address <…

Emulation only but still load of fun.