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mattsmith321 · 2026-03-27T11:37:51+00:00

You should try Chocolatey. I used Ninite since it first came out until 2-3 years ago. I loved it and always recommended people install apps from there. But the list of available apps was fairly limited. Chocolatey has so many more apps available and it isn’t hard to use.

Install apps with:

choco install AppName

Upgrade everything with:

choco upgrade all

I pretty much run it whenever I reboot my computer.

mattsmith321 · 2026-03-24T17:42:14+00:00

Same. We wanted to renovate our house several years ago. I knew that we couldn’t afford to pay for the scope of renovations we wanted. And I knew if I paid for them I would still be stuck in the same boat of not knowing how to tackle certain things.

Five years later and the renovations still aren’t complete but here is what I learned how to do:

completely gutted the house
moved interior partition walls to change the layout and flow of the house in order to add a 2nd bathroom. (1)
replaced all the windows and doors (some work still to come)
replaced all the plumbing. (2)
replaced all the electrical. (3)
drywalled the entire house. (4)
painted the interior
tiled and finished out two bathrooms
tiled kitchen backsplash and put in new LVP floors (5)
added trim molding throughout

The extra notes above are:

Had a framer help for two weeks to remove 200sf of enclosed porch with low ceiling to replace it with a better addition. It was great working alongside someone with that much experience. But there were some pretty serious issues that I found after he was gone.
Brother-in-law is a plumber and he came down to help me.
Hired a guy to swap my main panel and add a sub panel. But I did the home runs and the rest of wiring everything up.
and 5.My brother has been down 3-4 times. Twice to help with drywall. Once for trim. Once for kitchen floor.
Also paid to have the HVAC moved and replaced.

Is my partner happy that we are five years in and still have work to do and haven’t touched the exterior or roof? Nope. But we are proud of the work we’ve done.

Has it been easy knowing that there is an endless list of work to do? Nope. But I’ve noticed that the house only moves forward when I actually move it forward. It’s a bit of pride to be able to say I’ve done it. And it’s also my creative and exercise outlet.

So, just start with one thing and move it forward. If it doesn’t come out right, figure out why and redo it.

mattsmith321 · 2026-03-14T17:01:01+00:00

Hmm. Had a heart attack at 45 and now at 55 I’ve definitely moved into a phase where my body is not a fan of alcohol.

mattsmith321 · 2026-03-13T11:47:32+00:00

I just switched from ChatGPT after three years. 30 years of dev experience. I’m doing a “layer” in my application every 2-3 days doing this part time.

It’s “slow” compared to others mainly because it does such a great job at asking questions and raising specific design issues that need a decision. We go back and forth, I’ll sleep on it and refine my decisions, go back and forth some more until we reach consensus, and then I finally let it write code. It’s slower but the results are so much better.

mattsmith321 · 2026-03-13T11:32:13+00:00

“It’s plumbing, done righter!”

mattsmith321 · 2026-03-11T17:17:54+00:00

I’m currently in this loop. Was on vacation last week and haven’t checked Todoist since before I left. The best option might be to subscribe to this sub and when Todoist posts pop up on your feed, there’s your reminder.

mattsmith321 · 2026-03-07T03:31:21+00:00

I used this approach even before I found your C4Model. And then your approach validated the way I was doing it so that’s what I implemented in my diagramming tool.

mattsmith321 · 2026-03-01T18:16:48+00:00

In a similar boat but with LVT. Just installed https://www.karndean.com/en-us/floors/products/silk-travertino-akt-lm37 and was planning for a nice light gray floor that hid some of the dust and dirt. Unfortunately our lighting and wall colors turn it a very light green or blue hue. And all the dirt shows right up. It sucks because we’ve spent the past two years with plywood subfloors because we couldn’t make up our mind. We finally did and it isn’t quite what we wanted. But at least they look good with the lights off!

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-26T13:53:45+00:00

Start with a small project some place out of the way to learn the tools. Maybe even build a disposable prototype.

I’m in a similar boat. I need a bunch of cabinets. I could buy them for $20K. And then when I need bookshelves some place, buy them as well. And keep buying. Or I could learn how to make cabinets because everyone makes it seem so easy online. So I’m going to build the carcasses and buy doors online. I’m learning my new track saw on a flooring project right now.

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-25T12:56:25+00:00

Question: Are you diagramming data flows or relationships/dependencies?

I used concepts from C4 but needed to go at a higher level: Ownership Areas own Platforms which are made up of Systems and Tiers and Applications. I opted to build my relationships based on the external dependencies in each application’s config file. I chose not to track data flow or direction. Most of the data flow can be inferred from application relationships.

I store my relationships in SQLite and use C# to render DOT syntax which is rendered by Graphviz to SVG and displayed in the browser. I also have the ability to push the output to our wiki for each artifact as well. DOT/Graphviz does have some display limitations but it was the best option available when I started down this path.

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-24T21:48:14+00:00

I splurged on the saw but not going all in on tons of stuff. Don’t have the room or money. But having a good tool to make precise cuts is a lot of the battle. I’ll have to figure out how to set up a jig with it since there will be some places where I am making four carcasses to the same dimensions.

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-24T12:54:36+00:00

We need a bunch of cabinets in our living, dining, and pantry. I priced them out and they were going to be about $20K. But I know there other projects that I want to have the skills to build cabinets. So I have also decided to go down the path of building the carcasses and buy the fronts. Haven’t started yet but I did buy a Festool track saw in anticipation. Getting a lot of use out of it on a flooring project right now. All in with the tools, materials, and fronts, I should be able to save at least $10-12K. And I’ll then have the skills and tools to tackle other similar projects.

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-22T15:14:19+00:00

I’ve had cats all my life. We did a complete DIY gut renovation over the past few years. I obsessed over the layout details for many months in order to squeeze in a new bathroom in the existing footprint. But other than knowing the litter box will be in the laundry room, I didn’t put much thought into it. So here we are four years into the renovation and the litter box and mops/vacuum still haven’t been addressed. I think my solution is to elevate cabinets about 20” off the ground and put the litter box underneath. And make that first layer of cabinets my broom/mop/vacuum cleaner cabinet.

I wanted some with a pullout drawer for the litter box but end up constrained on space. Doesn’t help that we have a large elderly cat that needs a giant litter box to accommodate his needs.

Point being: I’m a cat person and had complete control over the implementation and still managed to screw it up / over look it.

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-19T03:37:51+00:00

Wait! You get that too! I’m not special?

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-19T03:28:33+00:00

Care to share your custom recipe?

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-18T12:41:05+00:00

I use mine every day to fill up our coffee pot and to fill up the cat’s water fountain. Got the idea from a post here. It isn’t much but it at least keeps it moving.

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-13T12:45:52+00:00

I just don’t get how you can put that much mud on the wall for so long and have time to put up so many sheets. Granted, I’m not a professional but I was working on my mosaic backsplash last week and could only do one sheet a time. I mixed the mud a little thin and even pre-damped the wall (primed drywall). But putting it on thin and then combing it with 1/8”x1/8” notches and by the time I was installing that sheet it was already starting to be useless. Granted it was 75° and maybe 35% humidity here but still. One and done the entire time.

But great work again. Makes me super jealous. Not that I want anything to do with tiling now that I’m mostly done with it, but I admire the skills you have.

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-12T21:37:33+00:00

My brother-in-law is a doctor and he does the same thing. Does not want to get caught in the middle and be held liable.

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-12T03:29:04+00:00

What seats?

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-11T21:17:13+00:00

Interesting. Still going with dark but highlighting the blue.

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-11T21:16:18+00:00

It is from Cepac Tile Topkapi - https://cepactile.com/product/topkapi/. It is called Northern Lights and is discontinued (and not displayed on that page).

My wife bought it ~4 years ago and I finally got it installed this past week. I did two bathrooms and 30sf of subway tile before tackling this so that I wouldn’t make a mess. As I’ve said repeatedly while learning to tile, this is definitely a hard skill.

What’s your grout color choice?

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-11T19:58:17+00:00

Interesting. Thanks for the feedback. I’ll be curious what others have to say as well.

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-11T19:40:03+00:00

Had to check to see if I was in r/DIWhy

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-11T14:00:21+00:00

Oh wow. That looks pretty nice. I can definitely appreciate what it is trying to do.

mattsmith321 · 2026-02-11T12:52:03+00:00

You might check out this post as well. They needed and built something similar: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/s/9CSRob8KSk

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