Journal
Notes from the code side.
Software work, technical writeups, systems thinking, lessons learned, and the kinds of fixes or ideas that would otherwise disappear into commit history.
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A log for software, projects, and things worth figuring out.
I’m Josh, though most people online know me as Citricguy. This site is more of a log than a blog. It’s where I keep track of software work, systems problems, projects, 3D printing detours, electronics, experiments, and the occasional thing that seemed useful enough to write down before I forgot how I solved it.
Workshop
Build logs from the bench.
Projects, 3D printing, electronics, automation, design, prototypes, and hands-on experiments that are easier to understand once they've been built, broken, and adjusted a few times.
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Latest entries
New journal notes and workshop build logs, kept in a compact reverse-chronological stream.
LatestJournalNov 1, 2026
Thoughts
Debugging the plumbing
A ticking water meter, several suspicious old valves, and a lesson in what a troubleshooting test actually proves.
TroubleshootingPlumbingHome Maintenance
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Nov 1, 2026WorkshopElectronics
Tracking a 2012 Honda CR-V battery drain to Fuse 28
Taking a computer technician's troubleshooting habits under the hood: a car that needs to go to sleep, two meters, and a much smaller place to look for a battery drain.
Aug 13, 2026JournalTech
I Thought I Was Keeping Up
AI-assisted development is moving faster than line-by-line review can comfortably follow, raising new questions about trust, control, and what meaningful oversight looks like.
Jun 22, 2026JournalTech
Who is Doing the Reps? Staying Fit in an AI-Assisted Workflow
A practical look at using AI heavily without letting core skills soften, costs disappear from view, or the workflow become helpless without the machine.
Solved
Problems I only intend to solve once.
- UbuntuNvidia
Ubuntu 26.04 NVIDIA black screens after suspend: fbcon=nodefer workaround
Black screens after deep suspend on a Dell XPS 8940 with Ubuntu 26.04 and NVIDIA 595.99.02. The fbcon=nodefer workaround, matching logs, verification, and rollback.
- Windows 11Secure Boot
Windows 11 Freezes Exactly 5 Minutes After Boot but Works in Safe Mode: Secure-Boot-Update Fix
A Dell XPS 8700 running Windows 11 Pro hard-froze about five minutes after boot but worked in Safe Mode. Disabling the Secure-Boot-Update scheduled task stopped it.
Albums & playlists
Released albums, fixed-order mixtapes, and future playlists that collect studio tracks into something slightly more intentional.
Album13 tracks
Island Bass Emergency
We still cannot believe they let us release an album, so we did the responsible thing: immediately became a repeat offender.
Album21 tracks
A Mildly Concerning Mixtape
A short release note for the first official-ish citricguy album, created through a highly normal amount of effort to improve car shuffle.
Work, occasionally
I also take on select consulting and project-based work from time to time, usually around web systems, integrations, data, technical problem-solving, and the kinds of messy practical issues that benefit from experience and some judgment.
I'm most interested in good problems and good people. The rest is usually easier to figure out.