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My "Ledge-Lab" is a disaster waiting to happen. Need advice on mounting, cable management, and dust control!
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My "Ledge-Lab" is a disaster waiting to happen. Need advice on mounting, cable management, and dust control!

Hello fellow homelabbers!

I need some serious help saving my setup before gravity does its thing (it has already a few times). Right now, my entire network and server setup is balancing on a super narrow window ledge, and it’s a chaotic spaghetti mess of cables.

Here is what I am currently working with:
- Raspberry Pi 5 running a 1TB NVMe SSD the back thing next to spoke guard. (I'm using Docker to host Jellyfin, Immich, qBittorrent, and a ton of other services).

- A TP-Link AX23 (v2) and my ISP's fiber modem/ONT.

- A bulky power strip (spike guard), power adapters, excess ethernet slack, and a delicate fiber optic cable just hanging out.

My main goals are:

  1. Preventing a fall: I need to get this off the ledge. I'm open to wall-mounting or enclosures, but I'm not sure what the cleanest approach is.
  2. Thermals vs. Dust: I want to protect the Pi 5 and the router from dust, but since the Pi is running an NVMe drive and handling all my media and backups, I can't just seal it in an airtight box without cooking it. Also im using the official rpi case and an active cooler inside
  3. Cable Management: I need a safe way to deal with the slack, especially managing that fragile yellow fiber line without snapping it.

Additional the black wire that's tied to a cloth on left can be removed since it's an old cable for TV. Which is not used anymore.
Sorry for the mess but it just got built up with time. Looks ugly and prone to falling. Also I live in a hot and humid city.

u/MasterAlan101 — 7 days ago
▲ 4 r/Durgapur

Planning a short trip to Durgapur + day trip to Shantiniketan. Need recommendations for cafes & bus transit!

Hey r/durgapur,

I’ll be visiting Durgapur soon for a 3-night stay to catch up with a friend who is also not from durgapur (but thats the only place with airport) and do a bit of solo exploring. I’m looking for some local advice to smooth out my itinerary.

Two main things I need help with:

  1. Shantiniketan - I plan to take a day trip out to Shantiniketan. What is the current situation with morning buses from the City Center Bus Stand to Bolpur? Are there reliable AC options, or should I look into local trains/cabs instead? Any specific timing tips to ensure I get a full day there?
  2. Cafe and chill spots- I’m looking for a few good lifestyle cafes or aesthetic food spots around City Centre. Looking for places with a great, relaxed ambiance where two people can sit down for a quiet conversation without loud chaotic crowds.

Any advice on hidden gems for peaceful alone time around the city (like nice parks or quiet lakeside spots) would also be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for the help

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u/MasterAlan101 — 14 days ago
▲ 0 r/contacts

[Suggestions] Creating a lens tracker app, need suggestions

Hello fellow contact lens wearers. I've been wearing contacts for around 5 years now. I wear cooper vision toric lenses and lately (last 1 year or so) I've this habit of sleeping in my lenses because I'm lazy to remove them at night. Also I forget when I last opened the monthly pair causing me to over wear it.

I plan on creating an app that sends reminder to remove the contact lens also prompting the bad effects it could lead to your eye in case your wear and sleep through which users would atleast take things seriously. Also user can track when they opened the pair so they can know when to replace the same.

The features I plan to have:
- Daily reminder for removal
- Replacement reminder
- Inventory tracking
- Water content details for the exact product you use
- Home Screen Widget
- Some basic hygiene and information regarding contact lenses
- Home Screen Widget
- Heat map of how good you are adhering to the wear times

I'm open for any suggestions for more features and any other issues you face in order to fix the same. I plan to have no ads on the app. It's just so people don't ruin their eyes like I do and increase awareness and help.

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u/MasterAlan101 — 1 month ago