Ixion's blog

Creative Freedom vs. Corporate Gatekeeping: How Visa and Mastercard Shape What Games You Can Buy

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

An objective look at the recent events surrounding the delisting of a wide range of adult games from Steam and Itch.io, the trend of payment processor-based censorship, and what it means for queer content creators in the future.

Setting up a self-hosted ZITADEL OAuth service on Ubuntu 22.04 with Tailscale

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A walk-through guide for setting up ZITADEL, a self-hosted IAM solution written in Go, and integrating it with Tailscale.

How to run Home Assistant on Apple Silicon using VMware Fusion

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

How to set up the Home Assistant OS on M1 Macs using a virtual machine with working discovery and USB passthrough

Setting up a secure Mastodon server in 2024

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

What I’ve learned about hardening a public Mastodon server after a year of it being public

How to root your LG webOS TV in 2024

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I wrote a proof-of-concept for CVE-2023-6319, which allows rooting many modern webOS TVs and installing the Homebrew channel on them

How to watch 4K YouTube in Safari

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

YouTube no longer allows 4K playback on Safari, but you don’t have to switch to Chrome, here’s the solution

The actual solution to iPhone Wi-Fi syncing not working

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Guide to fixing “Show this iPhone when on Wi-Fi” not working on macOS using Xcode “Devices and Simulators” window. This will also fix AltStore’s wireless resigning if it’s not working for you.

Home Assistant on M1 Macs using Colima

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

How to set up Home Assistant on M1 Macs using Colima and Docker containers, without breaking discovery

How to make your RGB RAM turn off when going to sleep

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Are you annoyed by your RGB RAM LEDs staying on when your PC goes to sleep? I’ve made a script that aims to solve this issue.

Can't download Windows due to error 715-123130? Use a different browser.

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 17:40:03 +0300

The solution for error code 715-123130 ended up being quite simple, despite the unhelpful error message.

webOS: how to disable the screensaver in your LG app

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 17:35:03 +0300

I’ve made a web app for my LG OLED TV, and I’ve encountered an issue where the TV would constantly be showing the fireworks screensaver every 2 minutes or so, even while the app was playing video. Long story short, there is a solution.

My Dropbox Horror Story — A Tale of Customer Support Woe

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

My experience with losing all of my Dropbox files and being stonewalled by Dropbox Support

How to fix "failed to select a version for the requirement" in Rust's Cargo

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Local registry cache corruption can cause issues where Cargo won’t be able to find new versions of packages. Here’s the solution.

Western Digital drives and kernel panics on M1 Macs

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been experiencing a strange kernel panic related to the SoC watchdog on my M1 Mac for many months, and I believe I might’ve found a fix.

How to recover BitWarden data with only a PIN

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

You forgot your master password. It happens to the best of us. Don’t worry about your passwords however, for there is a way to recover them if you still remember your PIN

Xiaomi Aqara Hub in Home Assistant, without HomeKit

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Guide to rooting lumi.gateway.aqhm01 and making it work with Home Assistant without resorting to HomeKit.

Hackintosh setup notes for ASUS H110M, Intel i5-8500 and UHD 630

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Hackintosh build guide for a PC with ASUS H110M, Intel i5-8500 and UHD 630.

First one

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome to my personal World Wide Web internet page! Here’s some information about me as of October 2019.

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Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

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Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m the current maintainer of Vibrancy Continued, an extension that enables transparency for VSCode with 200k+ downloads to date. I also write and share various open-source software that helps many people solve their problems with ease, such as Annemone, Root My WebOS TV and StreamDeck Animated Screensaver. Additionally, I run a this blog where I share knowledge I’ve gained while solving problems I’ve encountered in my own journey, which is read by many thousands of people every month.