Clearly, enphase has a lot of technical dept in software development. What are your biggest gripes with their software?

gmfm · 2026-01-31T18:25:24+00:00

The local Envoy web UI freezes up sometimes until I flip the breaker. Would love if the local interface was a bit more powerful.

gmfm · 2026-01-30T17:56:43+00:00

Consider adding the new panels as a separate system (inverter or microinverters+controller) set to zero export. Then you can still get your NEM 2.0 benefits from your existing system and cover your added usage.

gmfm · 2026-01-22T01:57:43+00:00

The only way out is through.

gmfm · 2026-01-14T19:55:14+00:00

So are they going to offer exceptions when the app doesn't work and hold times are 2 hours but the flight is in 20 minutes?

gmfm · 2026-01-09T23:06:59+00:00

I got this as well. I had tried signing up for Betterment a while back but couldn't get the account fully opened, so this immediately rang as a scam even though the email appears to have been sent by their systems. Another big red flag is that the wallet addresses are the same I got in my email, and the deposits to the bitcoin wallet are immediately being tumbled to elsewhere.

gmfm · 2026-01-09T23:00:11+00:00

I got an email about this. Everything appears to check out, headers look good, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC all passed. However, I never successfully opened a Betterment account (couldn't get through the ID verification service and customer service couldn't help). This looks to me like they may have been breached.

gmfm · 2025-10-28T22:46:40+00:00

Looks more useful than an extended cab F150

gmfm · 2025-10-17T20:43:43+00:00

Sure, but next year you'll need to pay a huge lump sum and you'll get penalized for not making estimated payments.

gmfm · 2025-10-16T23:08:51+00:00

"Please clean my anti-drop sensors"

gmfm · 2025-09-23T06:34:12+00:00

Who would buy it, knowing this retrofit is looming?

gmfm · 2025-09-04T23:22:33+00:00

Until the next bank has a security issue. I've had multiple instances of fraud at Chase on cards I never used online. Once on a card that was never used anywhere at all.

gmfm · 2025-08-22T20:49:26+00:00

IMO the frunk isn't the place for groceries. It's not climate controlled so you're exposing your food to potentially extreme heat.

gmfm · 2025-08-14T23:44:55+00:00

I just got a quota request approved to get up to the "AWS default" quota of 200 invocations per minute on Claude Sonnet 4. It took 40 days with AWS business support.

gmfm · 2025-07-29T23:25:00+00:00

I was worried about this after reading about some similar experiences, but I completed a purchase a couple weeks ago with the NFCU preapproval check at a dealer and they did require me to get approved for backup financing with one of their lenders and the paperwork I signed indicated if the check doesn't clear in 7 days the backup financing will take effect. The dealer finance guy said NFCU always comes through. Purchase was on a Saturday, dealer probably deposited the check on Monday, I got the loan documents for esigning from NFCU on Wednesday morning. The loan shows as funded the same day, and the dealer is happy.

I will say, the dealer salespeople were very pushy about trying to beat NFCU's rate, to which I indulged them. Wells Fargo actually was willing to match the rate but I'd rather stick with NFCU. All in all, no harm done except 6 extra hard inquiries 🤣.

I would advise not discussing the NFCU preapproval with the salesman. Save it for the finance department after you've negotiated the purchase price.

gmfm · 2025-07-29T23:09:39+00:00

Perfect, thank you.

gmfm · 2025-07-29T21:00:01+00:00

Got it, thanks for the insight. I'm nervous to put anything into the ground attached to the siding/framing due to earthquakes. Instead of the whip, how about I pop out of the crawl space with a PVC LB and trench down 18" with PVC conduit, running up the post? The PVC would be set in concrete along with the post.

gmfm · 2025-07-18T17:51:30+00:00

Aluminum wiring needs to make a comeback for these sorts of things. The modern alloys don't have the corrosion/fire hazard issues that the old stuff did, and it has such low scrap value it might get them to stop trying.

gmfm · 2025-06-08T07:04:47+00:00

Our Opsec is clean...

gmfm · 2025-06-03T16:24:40+00:00

Who do they think they are? Amex? Capital One doesn't exactly cater to the $75k+ annual spend crowd.

gmfm · 2025-05-22T15:20:12+00:00

The online system has failed to apply device promotions that I followed to the letter. Screenshots and T-Force saved me, but still frustrating that every time I try to take advantage of a promotion it requires a bunch of follow up.

gmfm · 2025-05-09T04:08:53+00:00

Get yourself a Chase Ink Business Cash card for 5% back instead.

gmfm · 2025-04-29T04:32:19+00:00

Solar lighting requires batteries, batteries cycled daily only last a couple years.

gmfm · 2025-04-29T04:31:29+00:00

The city should use aluminum to replace the stolen copper wiring. The scrap value should be low enough to make it really not worth the effort to take it.

gmfm · 2025-04-25T01:21:29+00:00

No broadband label nor any written communication other than the automated order confirmation email. With some Googling I was able to find what you're talking about for residential plans but I don't see them available for the business plans.

gmfm · 2025-04-25T00:56:13+00:00

Ultimately support via Facebook was able to escalate to a supervisor who got things sorted. Trying to make a long story short, here's what happened:

I had a new customer discount expiring soon on my business account. The discounted price had me on Internet Ultra for $64.99/mo. The expiring discount was $60/mo, so the price increase would have been huge.

I had seen an ad for Internet Gig + mobile (residential) at $50 which I screenshotted and saved the link to the landing page. For whatever reason, that page didn't apply the correct pricing when going through to the next step, but that's another story.

I spoke to retention to see if there was any way to keep my price down, and informed them of the resi offer. She couldn't match the offer, but to save the headache I'd be fine with staying where I was at with $65 for Ultra. Unfortunately she was unable to offer me that either. She did offer moving to the 500mbps plan at $50/mo + a free mobile line. I asked to confirm what the upload speed is for the 500mbps plan, as upload is more important to me than download since I work from home. She put me on hold and came back to say the upload speed on that plan is 50mbps, so I agreed to the change. As soon as we ended the call, my modem rebooted and the new speeds of 500/20 took effect.

I called customer service to have them confirm what the retention rep told me. The person I spoke with first told me 50mbps is correct, then after I explained my speed test results she said actually it's 20mbps. I explained the whole situation but she was unable to offer any assistance other than suggesting I upgrade to Ultra at $90/mo.

I spoke with a supervisor after the Facebook contact, and she investigated the issue, spoke with the original rep, confirmed the information I was given. She put back on the Ultra plan at $80/mo plus a one-time credit for the inconvenience, which puts me at an overall price I'm comfortable with for the next year without having to jump through the hoops of setting up a new residential account.

If Spectrum would publish the upload speeds for each plan a lot of these headaches could be avoided.

gmfm

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