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Solved Android Google Pixel 7 (any USB-C phone)
Phone only charges when the cable sits at the perfect angle

A USB-C phone that charges intermittently, needs the cable wedged just so, or won't click in fully usually isn't a bad port or battery — it's compressed pocket lint at the bottom of the connector. Two minutes with a toothpick fixed it.

2026-07-05 easy verified
Solved cross-platform npm registry account
npm publish fails because 2FA is a passkey and there's no OTP to enter

Your npm account uses a WebAuthn/Touch ID passkey for 2FA, so interactive npm publish can't prompt for a 6-digit OTP and the publish stalls or 401s. Publish with a Classic Automation token, which bypasses the 2FA prompt.

2026-06-21 moderate verified
Solved Linux Caddy web server (Linux VPS)
Caddy reload hangs forever after adding a new domain

Adding a vhost for a brand-new domain and running caddy reload hangs indefinitely. Caddy is blocking on an ACME certificate for a domain whose DNS doesn't point at the box yet. Point DNS first, or reload — never restart — a shared Caddy.

2026-06-18 moderate verified
Solved Windows Windows 11 PC (WSL2 + Ubuntu, Docker Desktop)
WSL2 ate 80 GB of disk and deleting files doesn't get it back

The ext4.vhdx behind a WSL2 distro grows on demand but never shrinks on its own — deleting files inside Linux frees nothing on the Windows side. Trim inside the distro, shut WSL down, then compact the virtual disk with Optimize-VHD or diskpart.

2026-06-18 moderate verified
Solved iOS iPhone / iPad (Safari)
Website icon is blank when saved to iPhone Home Screen

"Add to Home Screen" on iOS shows a blank or screenshot icon instead of your app icon, even though the favicon works in the browser tab. iOS ignores SVG apple-touch-icons — you must serve a 180×180 PNG.

2026-06-15 easy verified
Solved Linux Sunshine host (headless Linux, RTX GPU) + Moonlight client
Moonlight won't connect to a headless PC (RTSP Error 60)

Moonlight pairs but fails to start the stream with "RTSP Error 60" on a headless Sunshine host. A zombie session or a hit start-limit is wedging the Sunshine service — clear the stuck session and restart it.

2026-06-05 moderate verified

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