Open-source developer and tech educator, Kyle A.K.A TechSquidTV. Software development tutorials, videos, and fun code experiments.https://techsquidtv.com/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/chrome-media-keys/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/chrome-media-keys/Ever noticed you haven't been able to use your keyboard's media keys to play and pause music while chrome is open? Let's see why.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/choosing-a-standing-desk/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/choosing-a-standing-desk/How do you choose the best standing desk? When I moved into my apartment I set out to answer this and ended up with a $1000 desk. Here's what I learned.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/creating-custom-chatgpt-agents-for-fun-and-for-profit/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/creating-custom-chatgpt-agents-for-fun-and-for-profit/OpenAI released custom "gpts", or custom agents we can instruct through prompts and apis. Let's take a look at how to make, share, (and profit?) from these gptshttps://techsquidtv.com/blog/generating-open-graph-images-for-astro/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/generating-open-graph-images-for-astro/Here's how I automatically generate preview images for every post on my Astro blog. Make sure you have open graph images for social sharing.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/ditching-wordpress-for-nuxtjs-and-netlify/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/ditching-wordpress-for-nuxtjs-and-netlify/Wordpress is expensive to host and a pain to maintain. Why I broke up with WordPress, and started using NuxtJS and Netlify entirely for free.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/the-flash-should-be-blue-and-how-sonic-got-it-right/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/the-flash-should-be-blue-and-how-sonic-got-it-right/The Flash in DC comics wears a red suit, but if he was moving faster-than-light, he would actually be blue. The reason is likely not what you think.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/facebook-already-created-garrys-mod-vr/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/facebook-already-created-garrys-mod-vr/Facebook's Horizon Worlds gives us the VR sandbox we've wanted and it feels like Garry's Mod for the modern era. Don't write of Meta too quickly, try it out!https://techsquidtv.com/blog/astro-fetching-youtube-videos-with-rss/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/astro-fetching-youtube-videos-with-rss/Fetching the latest YouTube videos for your website doesn't require a backend server or even API keys. Fetch the latest videos statically with Astro.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/learning-docker-compose-with-wordpress/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/learning-docker-compose-with-wordpress/Docker makes it easy to manage and develop online web applications and Docker-Compose makes it simple to manage multiple Docker containers.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/how-vector-databases-make-ai-smart/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/how-vector-databases-make-ai-smart/LLMs can answer questions they have been trained to answer. But how can you teach an old LLM new tricks? How Vector Databases are the unseen hero of AI.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/how-to-speed-test-your-vps/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/how-to-speed-test-your-vps/Is your VPS provider giving you adequate upload and download speeds? Use the speedtest-cli package to run a speed test from the terminal and find out.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/i-made-an-esp32-on-call-beeper/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/i-made-an-esp32-on-call-beeper/I built a retro-style beeper (pager) for Sentry's Hack Week 2025. Let's see what we can accomplish in a week with somewhat limited experience and AI.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/kubernetes-in-10-minutes/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/kubernetes-in-10-minutes/What is Kubernetes? TechSquidTV breaks down how large companies use Kubernetes to power the internet, in 10 minutes in this YouTube video.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/making-a-home-media-server-with-plex-and-docker-compose/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/making-a-home-media-server-with-plex-and-docker-compose/Become the ultimate cord cutter and make your own Netflix-like service at home with an old computer running Docker-Compose and Plex.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/synology-ds920plus-nas/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/synology-ds920plus-nas/A review and deep-dive of Synology's DS920+, RAID, and data storage. Watch TechSquidTV's video on Raid 5 and using a home nas.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/testing-shell-scripts-with-bats/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/testing-shell-scripts-with-bats/You rely on bash scripts the same as any other program, but I bet you aren't testing them. Implement unit tests for your critical Bash scripts with BATS.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/the-windows-ugly-sweater/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/the-windows-ugly-sweater/Microsoft made a Windows XP themed ugly Christmas sweater, and it's the only tech company swag I care about. Checkout this unboxing video.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/what-is-docker/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/what-is-docker/Docker allows you to “containerize” applications and scripts. Like a virtual machine, but even faster. Let's build a container.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/will-we-ever-be-able-to-download-our-brains-like-in-westworld/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/will-we-ever-be-able-to-download-our-brains-like-in-westworld/AI and Machine Learning are progressing at and incredible pace. Will humans ever be able to "download" their brains like in Westworld?https://techsquidtv.com/blog/steam-deck-sd-card-labels/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/steam-deck-sd-card-labels/Discover how to transform your Steam Deck SD cards into nostalgic game cartridges with this free and open-source design system.https://techsquidtv.com/blog/your-terminal-is-ugly/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/your-terminal-is-ugly/Make your Unix terminal beautiful and functional. Just because you live in the command line doesn't mean you have to live in the 80'shttps://techsquidtv.com/blog/how-to-create-a-good-github-issue/https://techsquidtv.com/blog/how-to-create-a-good-github-issue/Help others help you by creating a good GitHub issue. A guide to creating a high-quality issues and improving your chance of getting help using C.A.R.E.S.