Extant 2000 – SMAD Portal
I Built a Mission Engineering Platform and It’s Live — Here’s How It Works So I shipped a thing. It’s called SMAD Portal, and it’s a web app for spacecraft mission engineering. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of…
Convert QCow2 Image to a Docker Volume
Below is a practical, step‑by‑step workflow for turning a qcow2 disk image into a Docker volume that you can attach to containers. The process assumes you have a Linux host with root (or sudo) privileges and the necessary tools installed.
Convert QCow2 image to AWS AMI
Moving workloads from on‑premises virtualization environments to Amazon Web Services (AWS) often starts with a disk image. QEMU’s native QCOW2 format is compact and widely used, but AWS expects an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that it can launch as an EC2…
How to Isolate QEMU Hosts
A practical, layered approach you can use to keep a group of QEMU guests isolated from each other and from the rest of your infrastructure. The idea is to combine Linux kernel‑level isolation mechanisms (network namespaces, cgroups, and security modules)…
Windows 2000 Hardening Script
Below is a simple batch‑file you can run on a Windows 2000 Advanced Server to apply a few common hardening steps.Because Windows 2000 predates PowerShell, the script sticks to built‑in command‑line utilities that are available out‑of‑the‑box.…
Windows XP Hardening Script
Introduction A Windows Server is often the backbone of an organization’s IT infrastructure—hosting Active Directory, file shares, web applications, databases, and countless internal services. Because it sits at the core of corporate operations, a…
Developing a Claude Code Addin for Visual Studio 2005
Introduction Visual Studio 2005 (VS 2005) may feel dated compared to today’s modern IDEs, but it still serves a niche of legacy projects that require its specific toolchain. One powerful way to extend VS 2005 is through add‑ins written in .NET that hook…
Hitt Hosting
Introduction In today’s digital economy, a reliable online presence is no longer optional—it’s essential. Whether you’re a startup launching its first product, an established brand expanding its reach, or an individual looking to showcase a portfolio,…
Flamenet
In an era dominated by cloud‑native architectures, container orchestration, and AI‑driven services, a growing niche of technologists is turning back the clock to explore the charm—and challenges—of legacy hardware. One such effort is Flamenet, a…
Vmware Workstation Specific Virtual Disk
I went to defragment one of my virtual machines that was performing poorly. When I went to defrag, I received the error “The specific virtual disk needs repair” Reason: the specific virtual disk needs repair. The above happened to me on…