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“We tried configuring an off-the-shelf tool for our cycle. Too many fields we don’t need, missing the ones we do…So I just built what we needed. Took a night and a morning,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

If the thought of configuring a VPN makes you break out in a cold sweat, this one’s for you.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026

The team's chief innovation is configuring their "neutral atom array" to be able to dynamically change its layout by moving and connecting atoms -- this is called "entangling" in physics parlance -- mid-computation.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023

Apple, Google and Samsung all have instructions on their sites for configuring cloud backup on their gear.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2023

You'll use your own home directory, a subdirectory of /home, for configuring your own preferences and storing your personal data.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John