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Electronics and 3D Prints that I sell ...
etsy.com/shop/JPElectron 3D Prints I've designed/modified ... printables.com/@JPMakesStuff Sample files and technical resources ... Google Drive share Software I've created ... github.com/JPElectron?tab=repositories As of May, 2020 I have open sourced all of the software previously featured on this site, and in October, 2020 consolidated my once flagship product "DNS Redirector" to be open source as well. It should be noted that I never included any back-doors, telemetry, or re-occurring activation and never sold any subscription. I released DNS Redirector to the public in 2003 (that's 3 years before OpenDNS) and so today you should be weary of similar offerings, using copied technology, re-sold at a much higher price, and with the added risk of cloud and subscription dependency. Let's be clear, I don't agree with "cloud technologies" whenever possible... Disturbing ideals exist nowadays, perpetuated by Windows 10, and further forced upon consumers by other copy-cats seeking to legitimize a business model in which software... A] needs to be a cloud connected (adding multiple points of failure, not the least of which is working Internet access, such that the product is totally cloud dependent) B] would primarily be a method to sell usage data "out the back door" at a higher value than the price of the product to the end-user C] is somehow entitlement to a re-occurring revenue stream (subscription) where the consumer receives far less value and much more risk D] features "web 2.0" design elements, constantly added, regardless of the user base wanting such changes, and with total dis-regard for previous documentation and training As these new norms grew un-checked, my distaste for software development, especially on Microsoft Windows, grew to the point that I'm less than excited to be involved. Perhaps in another 10 years, after the all the trouble of ransomware, and hacking, and auto-updating failure nonsense ... when the world adopts (returns to) the "next big thing" of on-prem and offline systems that are reliable, resilient, and tested ... might I then return to software as a reputable business. If you need more examples of how "cloud" and "subscription" are simply buzz-words for bad technology...
- Your Amazon Alexa IFTTT automations are about to stop working
- $400 baby monitor vendor demands monthly subscription - BambuLab bug causes printers to start printing in the middle of the night - Xbox under fire as outages leave many unable to play - BMW Wants to Charge a subscription for Heated Seats - Amazon gave Ring doorbell videos to US police 11 times without permission - Public CDNs Are Useless and Dangerous - Furious customers blast Amazon as an outage knocks Ring doorbells, baby monitors, and Alexa - Microsoft Azure cloud vulnerability is the 'worst you can imagine' - EufyCam Users Should Turn Off Their Security Cams Immediately - Amazon’s Ring is the largest civilian surveillance network the US has ever seen - Google Play declared our educational coding App is Malware and accused us of Ad Fraud - A Casino Gets Hacked Through a Fish-Tank Thermometer - When online suites go down, we need options not on the cloud - After A Major Hack, U.S. Looks To Fix A Cyber Blind Spot - Your 'smart home' is watching – and possibly sharing your data with the police - Once again, someone tampered with an entire drinking water supply via the internet - Ubiquiti Breach is more Catastrophic than advertised - SolarWinds compromise back in March now being thwarted in December - Best Buy's Insignia smart home gear about to become dumb - Smart ovens have been turning on overnight and preheating to 400 degrees - Buyer beware, Used nest cameras let people spy on you - Social robot Jibo does one last dance before its servers shut down - Honeywell gets frosty reception after remote smart thermostat tech freezes up for a week - For Owners of Amazon's Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching Too - Lowe's exits smart home market, Iris platform will stop working - Logitech to shut down "service and support" for Harmony Link devices in 2018 - Huge Vulnerability Discovered in the Ring Doorbell - Ring doorbell vulnerability lets people snoop even after a password change - DRM-laden juicer is a scam |