About WLTechBlog

The written half of the WLTechBlog YouTube channel. The videos show the work; this site keeps the artifacts: full writeups, the tools we build, honest buying advice, and corrections when we get something wrong. No SEO sludge, no ten-paragraph intro before the recipe.

Josh. Electronics bench in the Arizona desert, a shelf of cheap hardware that mostly respects its owner, and a standing grudge against clouds with subscriptions attached. Also co-pilots The Roamstead, an off-grid homestead channel, where the projects involve more solar panels and fewer solder fumes.

We don't just review open source — we build it. WLTechBlog maintains the easy installers for thingino, the open-source firmware for Ingenic-based IP cameras, and built ironkey-unlocker, which unlocks Kingston's Linux-ignored encrypted drive. Everything we ship is free, open, and documented.

Products are bought with our own money unless a video says otherwise. Inbound sponsorship offers face one test: would we have requested this product ourselves? If yes, product-only is fine. If no, it takes a fee or it takes a hike — off-thesis content isn't for sale at product prices. Affiliate links are marked as such, and a bad review stays a bad review even when the link is in the description.

Comments on this site are open and moderated. Quick questions work best on X or in YouTube comments. Business inquiries go through YouTube's contact button on the channel page.