Jamie Counsell's personal website.https://jamiecounsell.me/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/tips-for-optimizing-unraid/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/tips-for-optimizing-unraid/I've spent a lot of time over the last year optimizing my Unraid server. I moved from an Intel NUC7i5BNB to a custom server and have learned a lot on the way and I'm hoping I can share some of that knowledge with you.Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamiecounsell.me/posts/raspberry-pi-gpio-with-godot/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/raspberry-pi-gpio-with-godot/With a very simple approach, you can have Godot-powered hardware in a few minutes. Use `pigpio` and Godot's `OS.execute()` function to control GPIO pins on your Raspberry Pi with Godot.Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamiecounsell.me/posts/zero-kelvin-devlog-1/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/zero-kelvin-devlog-1/A few friends and I have set out on a multi-year project to develop a successor to Taito's 1983 game, Ice Cold Beer. This is the first devlog post covering the concept, goals, and progress we've made for Zero Kelvin.Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamiecounsell.me/posts/managing-dependency-sessions-in-serverless-azure/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/managing-dependency-sessions-in-serverless-azure/This post describes the challenge of working with dependencies that require sessions (databases, redis, etc) in serverless arhcitecture. Namely, how to properly manage session creation and disposal.Sun, 25 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamiecounsell.me/posts/django-dynamic-email-settings/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/django-dynamic-email-settings/Django DES allows Django administrators to configure email settings in real-time using the Django Admin Panel.Sun, 10 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamiecounsell.me/posts/django-pwned-passwords/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/django-pwned-passwords/django-pwned-passwords is a Django Password Validator that automatically and securely checks users' passwords against a database of breached passwords.Sat, 05 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamiecounsell.me/posts/sort-apps-in-the-django-admin/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/sort-apps-in-the-django-admin/The Django admin panel sorts applications by alphabetical order. Using a bit of code, you can customize the Django app order in settings.py.Thu, 18 May 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamiecounsell.me/posts/solved-update-unavailable-with-this-apple-id/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/solved-update-unavailable-with-this-apple-id/If the applications arrived in an "unregistered" state, there must be some way to revert them to that state. Surely enough, there is.Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamiecounsell.me/posts/less-color-schemes-using-grunt/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/less-color-schemes-using-grunt/Deploying Ruby on Rails on a DigitalOcean Droplet running CentOS and Phusion Passenger. Have a web server running in 20 minutes!Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamiecounsell.me/posts/deploying-a-rails-app-the-easy-way/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/deploying-a-rails-app-the-easy-way/Deploying Ruby on Rails on a DigitalOcean Droplet running CentOS and Phusion Passenger. Have a web server running in 20 minutes!Tue, 28 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamiecounsell.me/posts/using-nextcloud-for-ghost-static-files/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/using-nextcloud-for-ghost-static-files/A how-to guide to installing NextCloud alongside ghost with nginx to manage static file hosting for images, javascript, and css.Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamiecounsell.me/posts/orion-delta-extruder-jam-fix/https://jamiecounsell.me/posts/orion-delta-extruder-jam-fix/In this post I will cover the steps to resolve a stripped filament line that prevents extrusion on your Orion Delta printer.Wed, 01 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT