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Running the Xiaomi Poco X3 Without a Battery
In my previous post, I explained how to install postmarketOS on a Xiaomi Poco X3. While having a Linux-powered mini-PC is great, running it as a 24/7 server presents a challenge: the battery.
August 27, 2026
How to Install postmarketOS on Xiaomi Poco X3
Mobile hardware capabilities have advanced significantly in recent years. It is incredible how much power we carry in our pockets every day, which often remains largely underutilized.
May 25, 2026
How I stopped caring about passwords once and for all
Not so long ago we heard news about huge password breaches like Collection #1. The scale is quite concerning but this type of password breaches sadly happen quite often. There are even sites like have i been pwned? where you can find out how many times your passwords have been leaked.
March 9, 2019
Reducing my Google dependency
As a fan of their search engine, I quickly jumped to try lots of Google’s services. Even before having an smartphone I was already using GMail or Google Calendar. With time, I started using many other services from them as they keep providing and ever more integrated experience:
March 2, 2019
Leaving Blogger in favor of Jekyll and GitHub
For almost 6 years, this blog had been hosted at Blogger, and it was a pretty decent experience: you can get up and running with your blog pretty fast. They supported using your own domain which was exactly what I was looking for. However, I was not so comfortable hosting my site on Google: since they decided to kill Google Reader, I was a bit skeptical that they will shut down the service at any point. Anyway, I had to do something with the blog: it was still using HTTP and, since HTTPS if finally gaining traction (thank you Let’s encrypt!), I was planning to configure SSL sooner than later.
February 25, 2019