Tony Guntharp

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Bambu Lab, OrcaSlicer, and the Fight Over Who Controls Your Printer

Bambu Lab posted an official statement defending their GitHub takedown of an OrcaSlicer fork. Nearly 1,000 community replies later, the trust crisis in the 3D printing space is deeper than ever. Here's the full breakdown.

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How Bricks & Minifigs Allegedly Stole an Old Man's Star Wars LEGO Collection — And Why the Internet Is Burning It Down

A family's $200,000 Star Wars LEGO collection, a franchise seizure, removed ownership stickers, a YouTuber's "LEGO cult," and a 30-page criminal investigation now with the Marion County DA. A full walkthrough of the Mansell / Bricks & Minifigs case — the documented facts, the Oregon statutes and case law that frame it (ORS 164.085, 164.095, 164.057, 164.061, 124.100; Mustola v. Toddy; Viado v. Domino's), and why BAM Corporate's "independent franchisee" defense doesn't hold up.

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Why Docusaurus Is the Wrong Default for Most Docs Teams

Docusaurus wins demos and loses the long game. For most teams it quietly turns documentation into a frontend project, narrows who can contribute, and accumulates maintenance debt that compounds. Here's what actually goes wrong — and why MkDocs + Material is the better default for team-owned docs.

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Anthropic Just Closed the Subscription Loophole - And Why It Might Backfire

Starting April 4, 2026, Anthropic cut off Claude Pro and Max subscription access for third-party tools like OpenClaw. Here's what happened, why they did it, and why it might be a bad move long-term.

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Week One — Launching DamageLabs, Reviving CLAHub, and Shipping PTM 1.0

In seven days I launched a company site, revived a dead open source project, shipped a 14-year-old gem to 1.0, standardized a production VM, and wrote about all of it. Here's everything that happened in DamageLabs' first week.

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A Warning regarding Liquor Stars

This post server as a warning to consumers concerning purchases at liquorstars.com

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