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Step-by-step, task-oriented guides — do this, in this order, to get this result.

RetrogamingHow-To May 7, 2026 3 min read

How to Configure Per-Game Overrides in RetroArch

A complete walkthrough setting up configuration that applies only to a specific game, or only to a specific core, without changing your global defaults for everything else.

#howto#retroarch#configuration
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SRE & DevOpsHow-To April 29, 2026 3 min read

How to Set Up Kubernetes NetworkPolicies

A complete walkthrough restricting which pods can talk to which — Kubernetes allows all pod-to-pod traffic by default, and NetworkPolicies are how you actually change that.

#howto#networkpolicy#kubernetes
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SRE & DevOpsHow-To April 28, 2026 3 min read

How to Implement GitOps with ArgoCD

A complete walkthrough setting up ArgoCD so a Git repository becomes the single source of truth for your cluster state — deploy by merging, not by running kubectl commands manually.

#howto#gitops#argocd
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SRE & DevOpsHow-To April 27, 2026 3 min read

How to Write a Helm Chart from Scratch

A complete walkthrough building a Helm chart for a simple application — templates, values, and the conventions that make a chart genuinely reusable rather than a one-off wrapper around raw YAML.

#howto#helm#kubernetes
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FreeDOSHow-To April 19, 2026 3 min read

How to Partition a Disk with FDISK on FreeDOS

A complete walkthrough creating a primary partition, an extended partition with logical drives, and setting the active boot partition — the way DOS disks have always been organized.

#howto#fdisk#partitioning
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FreeDOSHow-To April 17, 2026 2 min read

How to Set Up a Development Environment on FreeDOS

A complete walkthrough installing a C compiler and assembler on FreeDOS and building your first program — for anyone wanting to write software for DOS rather than just run it.

#howto#development#open-watcom
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FreeDOSHow-To April 16, 2026 2 min read

How to Set Up FreeDOS for Playing Classic DOS Games

A complete walkthrough getting sound, mouse, and memory configured correctly for DOS-era gaming — the three things almost every classic game setup guide assumes you already have working.

#howto#gaming#sound-blaster
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