Blog of Nidal Siddique Oritro — Software Engineer, Engineering Manager. Writing about software, homelab, teams, and AI.https://ioritro.com/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-10-12-yolo26-onnx-for-frigate-tested-and-implemented/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-10-12-yolo26-onnx-for-frigate-tested-and-implemented/YOLO26 doesn't work in Frigate out of the box. Here is why, how i exported it so it does, and how all 10 models did against YOLOv9 on a real recording.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-09-24-the-saga-of-brother-dcp-t530dw-on-linux/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-09-24-the-saga-of-brother-dcp-t530dw-on-linux/Getting a wifi-only Brother ink tank printer to scan straight to my NAS on Linux, and everything that broke on the way there.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-09-22-time-to-audit-your-hermes-agent/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-09-22-time-to-audit-your-hermes-agent/My agent felt like it was losing its memory. It wasn't forgetting — it was reading two hundred files, and a handful of them were lying to it.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:40:00 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-09-12-the-phantom-row/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-09-12-the-phantom-row/My Hermes session database corrupted twice in one week. This is my mind-bending investigation into a problem that doesn't really clear up.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-09-06-i-dont-understand-this-world-anymore/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-09-06-i-dont-understand-this-world-anymore/The world made more sense when i was younger. This is the frustration of watching it make less and less sense — and understanding exactly why.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:23:09 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-08-21-tailscale-said-everything-was-fine/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-08-21-tailscale-said-everything-was-fine/The Tailscale admin console showed a perfectly healthy app connector for an hour while it silently advertised zero routes.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:30:00 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-08-18-the-definitive-guide-on-buying-used-iphones/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-08-18-the-definitive-guide-on-buying-used-iphones/A practical, no-bullshit guide to buying a used iPhone without getting burned — what to check, what to avoid, and how to tell a good deal from a trap.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:48:24 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-07-09-the-rulebook-of-a-good-software-engineer-in-2026/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-07-09-the-rulebook-of-a-good-software-engineer-in-2026/A rulebook to make your life easier as a software engineer, not a complete list, but something to start with.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:57:25 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-06-22-card-compare-using-machine-learning-to-build-the-largest-database-of-credit-card-comparison-website-in-bangladesh/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-06-22-card-compare-using-machine-learning-to-build-the-largest-database-of-credit-card-comparison-website-in-bangladesh/I build a machine learning pipeline that captures, analyze and compares different credit card providers in Bangladesh on a massive scale.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:41:32 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-05-18-fixing-the-elgato-wave-3-on-cachyos-kde/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-05-18-fixing-the-elgato-wave-3-on-cachyos-kde/Switching over to CachyOS wasn't as pretty as i thought it would. All i wanted to do is Gaming. I ended up fixing one issue after another. Some of it has to do with the weird setup i have going on.Mon, 18 May 2026 20:42:57 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-04-14-how-i-built-the-ultimate-internal-ai-for-a-whole-company/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-04-14-how-i-built-the-ultimate-internal-ai-for-a-whole-company/Before you think this as another TechBro pitching his new AI Startup, it's not. I am gonna go into a lot of technical details, so if that's your thing, read on. Believe it or not, this post is 100% hand written, no AI was involved in a post about AI. The cover photo is AI generated, obviously.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:52:35 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-03-13-stop-prompting-start-architecting-the-spec-driven-guide-to-ai-coding/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-03-13-stop-prompting-start-architecting-the-spec-driven-guide-to-ai-coding/Vague prompts get vague code. How to write a spec the AI can't misread: a tech stack anchor, a no-fly list, data flow and a definition of done.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:53:59 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-03-06-i-founded-rajshahi-professionals-network/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-03-06-i-founded-rajshahi-professionals-network/Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:00:00 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-02-15-i-made-some-glance-widgets-sonarr-radarr-portainer/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-02-15-i-made-some-glance-widgets-sonarr-radarr-portainer/Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:36:36 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2026-01-27-grafana-alloy-setup-in-podman/https://ioritro.com/blog/2026-01-27-grafana-alloy-setup-in-podman/Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:51:19 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-12-29-i-am-mentoring-engineers/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-12-29-i-am-mentoring-engineers/Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:49:51 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-11-05-understanding-ai-deep-dive-behind-the-curtain/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-11-05-understanding-ai-deep-dive-behind-the-curtain/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:30:00 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-09-01-frigate-onnx-detection-model/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-09-01-frigate-onnx-detection-model/Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:43:11 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-08-18-mikrotik-winbox-public-dns/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-08-18-mikrotik-winbox-public-dns/Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:43:11 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-06-28-lecture-ai-for-enhanced-efficiency-varendra-university/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-06-28-lecture-ai-for-enhanced-efficiency-varendra-university/Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-06-18-youtube-restricted-mode/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-06-18-youtube-restricted-mode/Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:43:11 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-06-07-a-hunt-for-youtube-short/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-06-07-a-hunt-for-youtube-short/This so-called hunt gave me a different perspective on how hyped up AI is and how data poisoning is obscuring the resultsSat, 07 Jun 2025 14:43:11 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-06-02-bias-in-hiring/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-06-02-bias-in-hiring/Everyone is biased, me included. How affinity bias creeps into hiring, and what to do about it, like structured interviews and diverse panels.Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:43:11 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-03-01-engineering-job-in-corporate-world/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-03-01-engineering-job-in-corporate-world/Fri, 02 May 2025 14:43:11 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-05-02-ai-wont-take-your-job/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-05-02-ai-wont-take-your-job/LLMs can write code, but they can't own context, judgment or the outcome. After almost 15 years in software, here is why i am not panicking.Fri, 02 May 2025 14:43:11 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-04-03-my-homelab-part-3/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-04-03-my-homelab-part-3/Keeping a homelab running for years. Monitoring with Homepage, Dozzle and NTFY, backups, updates and security. Part 3 of 3.Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:43:11 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-04-02-my-homelab-part-2/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-04-02-my-homelab-part-2/How my homelab services get a real domain, SSL and one login. Nginx, Cloudflare DNS, Authelia and LLDAP. Part 2 of 3.Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:43:11 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2025-04-01-my-homelab-part-1/https://ioritro.com/blog/2025-04-01-my-homelab-part-1/Ten years of running a homelab. What runs on mine, how the services work together, and why each one earned its place. Part 1 of 3.Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:43:11 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2024-11-20-folder2text-code-context-for-llm/https://ioritro.com/blog/2024-11-20-folder2text-code-context-for-llm/Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:43:11 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/script/https://ioritro.com/blog/script/Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:43:11 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/plex-opening-up-in-phantom-position/https://ioritro.com/blog/plex-opening-up-in-phantom-position/Mon, 15 May 2023 02:36:03 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2020-11-20-webpack-encore-jquery-not-defined/https://ioritro.com/blog/2020-11-20-webpack-encore-jquery-not-defined/Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:04:06 GMThttps://ioritro.com/blog/2018-10-23-how-to-hack-facebook-id/https://ioritro.com/blog/2018-10-23-how-to-hack-facebook-id/Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:45:24 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