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The request path from the mobile client to T3 and its local coding-agent providers. T3 Code is a useful way to keep a coding-agent environment running on a server while controlling it from a browser or mobile device. I wanted to run it on hardware that was inexpensive, quiet, and...

Browser automation tools are convenient until each project quietly downloads another browser. On macOS, Puppeteer and Playwright can each keep several gigabytes of Chromium builds in their caches, even when Google Chrome is already installed and up to date. For local automation that only needs Chrome, I use the system...

As an automation and infrastructure engineer, I try to treat my local self-hosted environments with the same architectural rigor I apply to client deployments. Lately, I’ve been running several local servers and containerized services via Docker on an Orange Pi Zero 3. It’s a highly capable little ARM board, but...

If you’ve recently upgraded to Docker Engine - Community Version 29, you might have hit a frustrating API version mismatch error. Specifically, you might see an error indicating that a minimum API version >= 1.44 is required. This often happens when your tools or CI/CD agents are trying to communicate...