Dmytrii Lysak

qBittorrent macOS 5.2.3: Enable Sequential Download Automatically When a Torrent Is Added

Keywords: qBittorrent macOS, sequential download, Download in sequential order, torrent added hook, Run external program, WebUI API, LaunchAgent, launchd, Keychain, toggleSequentialDownload.

Goal

When qBittorrent adds a torrent, automatically enable Download in sequential order for that torrent.

This is an event-driven qBittorrent WebUI hook. It does not poll, run a background daemon, or require a macOS LaunchAgent.

MCP Startup Timeout in Codex or Claude: Diagnose Node.js TLS First

If Codex, Claude, or another MCP client reports that playwright, context7, next-devtools, or another MCP server timed out during startup, do not increase the startup timeout first.

A common root cause is that the Node.js runtime used to launch npx cannot validate the TLS certificate from the npm registry. The MCP server has not even started yet: npx is waiting on npm metadata or retrying a failed HTTPS request.

Typical symptoms:

MCP client for `playwright` timed out after 30 seconds

How to create a Free-tier Aiven PostgreSQL 18 service using the `avn` CLI (when it's missing from the web UI)

Last verified: 2026-07-25 Tags: Aiven, PostgreSQL 18, Aiven CLI, avn, free tier, free-1-1gb, preview version, managed Postgres, database provisioning TL;DR: As of this writing, Aiven's web console only lets you pick PostgreSQL up to version 17 on the Free plan, because PG 18 is still tagged preview. The Aiven CLI has no such restriction — you can create a Free PostgreSQL 18 service directly with avn service create.

Why this is needed

Aiven's Free plan (free-1-1gb) is normally created through the web console, but the console's version picker only offers PostgreSQL versions that Aiven has promoted out of preview status. At the time of writing, PostgreSQL 18 is available but still marked preview, so it does not show up as a selectable option in the UI — even though the underlying platform fully supports provisioning it.

OBS Studio — optimal config for MacBook Pro M1 Pro (32GB, Retina 3456x2234)

Scenario: local recording only (no streaming). Source — macOS Screen Capture (Apple ScreenCaptureKit), full-display capture.

Instructions for an AI agent

If you were handed this gist, apply the settings below to the user's OBS config:

~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/basic/profiles/<Profile>/basic.ini
~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/basic/scenes/.json

Keep Discord running during work hours only (macOS · launchd)

Fix: Codex SQLite logs ~640 TB/year SSD write issue

Fixes openai/codex#28224.

Codex writes millions of TRACE-level rows per day to ~/.codex/logs_2.sqlite via insert-and-prune churn, rapidly consuming SSD write endurance.

Files

block-logs-trigger.sh — watcher script
com.codex.block-logs-trigger.plist — macOS LaunchAgent

	// ==UserScript==
	// @name Swappa Font Awesome Fix (Embedded Original Fonts)
	// @namespace https://github.com/Lysak
	// @version 2026-06-17
	// @description Uses locally embedded Swappa Font Awesome webfonts to bypass Cloudflare font challenges
	// @author Dmytrii Lysak
	// @match https://swappa.com/*
	// @match https://.swappa.com/
	// @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=swappa.com

	httrack "https://example-2026.localhost/" \
	-O "example-2026.localhost" \
	-%v \
	--robots=0 \
	-%P \
	-n \
	-F "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36"

	mkdir -p ~/audiobooks
	cd ~/audiobooks

	for i in $(seq -w 1 17); do
	curl -fL "https://s1.reasd.org/7292/OUZA_${i}_rendered.mp3" \
	-o "Отель 'У загиблого альпініста' ${i}.mp3"
	done

	/* smoke-script.js
	* – plynulý kouř, fade-in/fade-out
	* – pozastaví se, když HERO2 není v záběru (IntersectionObserver)
	* – probuzení záložky/telefonu už neodskakuje
	*/
	(function () {
	const smokeURL = './images/Smoke-Element-white.png';

	/* ---------- laditelné parametry ---------- */
	const smokeSpeed = 1.4;