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Both HDMI ports on the Orange Pi 5 Plus show as disconnected at the kernel level despite a physically connected cable. The fix is a kernel force-enable flag and an Xorg config that bypasses HPD detection entirely.

Setting up ES-DE and RetroArch on an Orange Pi 5 Plus: working around the GCC 15 EmulationStation build failure, fixing GLX and Wayland issues, tuning RetroArch for low latency, wiring up cores and an Xbox controller, and organising a large ROM library.

Root-causing random hard resets on an Orange Pi 5 Plus (underpowered USB-C supply, not PD), governor tuning after the fix, and a fully automated VNC over SSH setup for headless remote access from Windows — including audio streaming.

A practical guide to reducing token usage in Claude Code CLI — covering context management, memory, /compact, session structure, and working directory strategies.

Three things the first version of fp-control was missing: Adjusted Function Points, a mode for measuring changes to deployed systems, and a file format that does not choke a small agent on a large system.

How I replaced a Flask app with a vendor-agnostic AI skill that guides any agent through IFPUG Function Point Analysis — including a self-contained HTML report, dark mode, and session continuity.

A simple workflow for migrating data between different databases, without relying on specific technologies beyond SQL itself.