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• Software Engineering·9 min read

  Patch a Linux Install From Windows Without Booting It

  A dual-boot Linux NVMe my firmware refused to boot was months behind on patches. The fix: don't boot it. Mount its disk as a secondary disk in a throwaway Hyper-V VM, chroot in, and patch it offline — all from Windows.

• Software Engineering·8 min read

  Testing the hype -- real work tells a different story

  Four local models, eight hosted models, two modest coding tasks, and the same uncomfortable result: useful drafts, but no autonomous worker.