Posts from April 2026

Posts from April 2026 (4)

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  Published on

  2026-04-28 2:50 p.m.

  Authors

  koskila

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  copilotgithubGitHubCopilot

  GitHub Copilot's Freemium Era Is Over

  A week ago I wrote about how the all-you-can-eat AI buffet is seemingly coming to an end, and how practically every major AI vendor has been tightening the screws. I noted that Microsoft looked like a relative outlier — still following the all-inclusive (for M365 Copilot) or generous grants (GitHub Copilot's "Premium Requests") models, while competitors were moving to token metering. Well, that didn't last long.

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  Published on

  2026-04-21 2:53 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  AIEconomicscopilotSaaSGitHubCopilot

  Freebie AI is coming to an end

  In this article, I'm going to break the bad news for you: The all-you-can-eat AI buffet is closing. In the near future, we'll all get to pay by the pound.

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  Published on

  2026-04-14 2:42 a.m.

  Authors

  Koskila

  Tags

  HomeAssistantBresserElisaKotiakkuhomeautomation

  How to estimate solar panel output in Home Assistant with a Lux/UV sensor

  In this article, I'll share how I estimate solar panel output in Home Assistant using a simple Lux/UV sensor from my Bresser 7-in-1 weather station, after losing direct access to inverter data when I got a home battery system.

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  Published on

  2026-04-07 2:10 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  blazor

  Blazor Server in Azure App Service 404 errors

  This article explains another dumb issue I ran into. Suddenly - without a warning - a Blazor app running on an Azure App Service starts becoming unresponsive. And this happens without any changes by you. How do we start investigating this? Where do we go from here? Why are we still here, just to suffer? The answer is YES, we are still here, just to suffer. And as part of YOUR suffering, you get to read this article, which is a step-by-step guide to fixing this issue. So, let's get started.

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