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Migrating from ROMAC to Indolent Forge Nesting

An honest cost-of-ownership comparison for steel shops running ROMAC Length and Plate Nesting. Plus an interactive cost widget so you can run the math on your own assumptions.

6 min readMigration guide
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Microsoft 365 device-code auth for Tauri desktop apps

The OAuth flow Microsoft designed specifically for desktop apps — and the edge cases the docs leave out. Real Rust implementation, refresh-token rotation, conditional-access challenges, and what to build vs what to use.

10 min

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