Hi, I'm Andy Morrell
Former Microsoft MVP · Architect · Principal · Leader · Live Coder · Public Speaker
I build things with code, talk about it at conferences, and stream it live. This is my corner of the internet: articles on tech and architecture, a blog about life, and an always-evolving CV.
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VoStack: Building a Four-Screen Dashboard from USB Touchscreens
Four 5" VoCore USB touchscreens, a C# driver written from the protocol up, a SkiaSharp dashboard fed by Beszel and Jellyfin, and a 3D-printed enclosure designed in OpenSCAD. Plus what happened when half the screens turned out to be dead.
Moving My Main PC to Linux: Fedora Plasma 44
Why my main dev and gaming PC now runs Fedora KDE Plasma 44, why the sim rig is staying on Windows, and the Cam Link driver and camera keep-alive I ended up building with Claude to get my webcam working.
Homelab AI: Squeezing a 64k Context Window into 8GB VRAM (at 50 TK/s)
How to bypass VRAM limits and run Qwen 3.5 9B with a massive 64k context window on an old 8GB RTX 2080. No model quantization required, just pure Docker environment and KV cache optimization delivering 50 tokens per second inside VS Code via Continue.
Latest Blog Posts
View all →Getting Back to Where I Want to Be
From Microsoft MVP and running my own business full-time, through a tough 2023 market, and back to full-time employment. And why I'm now ready to get back on Twitch.
Jellyfin Plugins: Run Now and More
Both Jellyfin plugins got updates this week. The big one is a Run Now button so you do not have to wait for the next library scan.
SHED: Tracking Purchases and Sales
The latest SHED update adds purchase and sale tracking to help our Elite Dangerous group keep tabs on the economy side of things.