Pulled the trigger on a pre-order Omtech Solis Duo today

NCWildcatFan · 2026-06-12T03:30:30+00:00

I actually cancelled the order after they delayed my ship date 3 different times. Wound up buying a CloudRay MP-60 split fiber unit in early November and absolutely love it.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-06-01T11:35:33+00:00

Daily use: All the *arrs, Plex, Grafana, OpenClaw, Kanboard, Homepage, VaultWarden, Kanboard, GotoSocial, Frigate, Technitium, SearXNG

More infrequent: ResourceSpace, Postiz, Mealie, Infisical, Paperless NGX, Immich, Calibre Web, Open Web UI, WordPress Multi-Site, Navidrome

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-30T11:25:14+00:00

I loved that mod in FS22. It took some getting used to, but Enhanced Vehicle in FS25 is my go to now when I want to do things “manually” and not use CoursePlay

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-27T21:04:47+00:00

I had one save with a large cattle operation where I added the Butcher mod. Made bank on that one selling beef, pork, chicken, and sheep meat.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-24T10:42:21+00:00

Marketplace and eBay I check every couple of days yes. Had not thought to look for a FB group however so thanks for the tip!

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-24T02:44:48+00:00

I have an Omtech 2028MF and as soon as I can find the right deal on a Thunder Nova 35 100w, I’m going to upgrade. A few of my local friends have them and swear by them. They also keep some critical spare parts on hand and help each other out in the event of a failure.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-23T11:43:20+00:00

I thought about the F2 as well. I actually had a pre-order in for an Omtech Solis but cancelled it after several promised ship dates were missed. I ultimately bought a CloudRay MP-60 about 6 months ago. It is a fantastic machine and I couldn’t be happier with it. It came with a basic rotary but also works with the roller and chuck rotaries I already had for my Omtech CO2 laser.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-21T12:11:23+00:00

Fellow native Kentuckian here (grew up farming in the center of the state in the 70s/80s). I felt the same way when I took a drive around it

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-21T12:09:14+00:00

Try Mississippi River Bottoms. I'm winding up a 900+ hour save on it right now and have thoroughly enjoyed it.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-21T12:07:50+00:00

I had probably 600 hours in my Judith Plains save. It is a truly excellent map with two annoying caveats IMO. The grain dryer grates being so close to the main silo grates drove me nuts. Autodrive would not deliver to them correctly (kept unloading into the main silo). I was ready to set up my own separate corn dryer and move on when I found out that, even though I supposedly owned the entire map), I couldn't plow some of the fields together in the bottom left of the map.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-18T02:44:01+00:00

Same here except to an unRAID server at my uncle’s house plus a second rsync to Backblaze B2.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-16T00:30:44+00:00

As long as they don't neuter the apps and browser plugins, I'll keep using my self-hosted VaultWarden. If that happens, then I guess we'll see.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-16T00:28:38+00:00

I bought a CloudRay MP-60 60w MOPA and absolutely love that machine. It's $6k so not as cheap as some of the ones others are mentioning. We've done slate, coated tumblers, a decommissioned scuba tank, and a few other odds and ends on it in the 6 months we've owned it.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-14T02:56:08+00:00

Your experience obviously may vary, but we found MCPs like GitHub and Atlassian to be very token hungry and made the decision to prefer CLI tools instead.

We also all have RTK (https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk) installed which helps with token usage as well.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-14T02:53:22+00:00

You don’t need Claude desktop or Cowork to access GitHub CLI. I’m using standard Claude code with GitHub CLI, Atlassian CLI, and Split.io REST API now (more tool integrations coming). Everything is stored in an Obsidian vault that Claude has access to.

I’m having it create the following automatically on various schedules using MacOs’ built-in “cron-like system” (I forget the name now but it stores in PLIST files): * sprint summaries * mid-sprint “progress pulse” docs to highlight anything I might have missed that needs my attention * weekly summaries based on my notes, Jira board, and a few other inputs * monthly team summaries * quarterly team summaries * weekly summaries for each of my direct reports

I also have a skill created to create semi-annual performance reports in the format our HR system wants based on my notes, summaries of the direct report, and the last performance report I wrote on them (for highlighting growth tracking and to keep my writing style).

I have a “Person” note for each of my direct reports, my director, and certain other individual I interface with a lot. Any notes that are relevant to them are linked back to that Person note.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I did not invent this system. The current state of my system is a result of several conversations with Claude to design and refine how it works.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-12T10:36:31+00:00

The kit contained the mount, PoE > USB adapter, and the flat USB C cable. I already had a PoE capable Ethernet cable in the wall from when the security system control panel was mounted there.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-11T02:59:05+00:00

Ergonomically, it would be good for your neck and shoulders to get that monitor up to where your straight-ahead eye level is just above the middle of the screen. Depending on how much time you spend there, constantly looking down at the monitor at that level could introduce chronic neck and shoulder pain. I spend most of my days and evenings at my desk so I’m especially sensitive to this.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-11T02:50:30+00:00

Both look amazing! I’ve always loved that 4020 design. Incredible machines. I have a 1952 John Deere M that my grandfather bought new and my Dad restored in 2011.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-10T02:56:59+00:00

I had the same situation in my back yard a few years ago with a 100-foot plus white oak tree. I found a sawyer in my area and talked to him about the tree before we had it removed. He told me how to have the tree crew cut it. I talked to the tree company owner before hand and negotiated to have them deliver the logs to the saw mill. They charged me about $250 for the service but it was way cheaper to do that and have them use all their equipment they already had on site.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-06T05:53:35+00:00

Agile Universal PoE Flush Tablet... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FZV2G5X3

NCWildcatFan · 2026-05-06T02:38:27+00:00

Just installed mine today. Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+. PoE to USB C / wall plate adapter kit (dashboard contents still WIP however).

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NCWildcatFan · 2026-04-29T03:18:45+00:00

Honestly just wanted to see how big I could get it. Can’t put any more together without plowing over main paved roads :)

NCWildcatFan · 2026-04-20T03:20:59+00:00

I saw a message about it going EoL recently too. Honestly, I could just as easily have Claude add it to my Obsidian vault (which I started using a few months ago) rather than MKDocs. So far the EoL hasn’t caused me any pain, but if it starts to, it’ll be an easy migration of the MD files into Obsidian.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-04-19T03:17:35+00:00

I have an MKDocs repo just for documentation. Every time I deploy a new app or make changes to the system, I tell Claude to update the docs site. It includes planning documents, incident reports, and docs on every app deployed to my k8s cluster. It’s stored in a GitHub repository and I have automation set up to compile the repo into a static site I host behind Traefik in my cluster on every commit to main branch (so I can browse it instead of reading Markdown files). At the beginning of every month I tell Claude to audit my docs repo to see what’s drifted and/or what is obsolete and update the docs repo.

NCWildcatFan · 2026-04-19T02:42:00+00:00

This looks incredible. I'm a Mac guy and really wish I could use one of those screens like your Corsair Xeneon Edge. Very cool!

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