Notes, tools, and stories from my path in IT and automation—built to share lessons, solve problems, and maybe save someone a few steps along the way.
Should I have just bought a Bambu….probably, but where’s the fun in that? Bringing an Ender 5 back to life after years in storage is rarely as simple as powering it on. When I pulled mine out of the basement, I ran into a cascade of issues that range...
The idea This idea’s been sitting in the back of my mind for a while now. I’ve wanted to create something for the version of me who was just getting started in IT unsure of where the road might lead, full of questions, and searching for stories that ...
Ben Climer is an IT professional in the Kansas City area. Hi, I'm Ben Climer. I’ve been taking things apart and figuring out how they work for as long as I can remember. I built my first computer at age eight, mostly out of necessity after breaking t...
I had the chance to attend MSPGeekCon this year, and I’m incredibly grateful to the team for giving me that opportunity. What I expected to be a fairly quiet booth presence turned into something much more productive and energizing. Here’s a recap of ...
In my day-to-day work supporting MSPs and building automations, I often found myself solving the same kinds of problems over and over. Sometimes the fix is small, like a PowerShell script or a DNS record check. Other times, a missing bit of context s...
As someone who works with APIs and automation on a daily basis, I’ve spent more hours than I care to count wrangling OpenAPI schemas. Whether it’s vendors pushing half-baked specs, autogenerated documentation riddled with issues, or circular referenc...
In 2011, when I was still a student at Independence High School, I experienced one of my first major moments in technology. I won the Tennessee SkillsUSA state competition in computer networking and earned a place at the national conference in Kansas...
As I look back on 2023, it was a year that brought a mix of challenges, recognition, and growth across both personal and professional fronts. I wanted to take a moment to reflect on a few highlights that meant a lot to me, and to acknowledge the comm...
