Ah yes, the homelab, where 'quick photo sharing setup' quietly becomes a weekend. While you're in there, oaifai handles the WiFi side: a terminal UI to scan connect on netplan Ubuntu Server: github.com/p32929/oaifai
Nice static IP guide. Netplan YAML is great, right up until one typo eats your connectivity. oaifai gives you a terminal UI to scan & connect WiFi on Ubuntu Server without hand-editing it: github.com/p32929/oaifai
Solid netplan walkthrough — though I admire anyone who genuinely enjoys editing that YAML by hand. For the headless crowd who'd rather not, oaifai wraps scan connect in a terminal UI: github.com/p32929/oaifai
A rule written in the blood of many midnight troubleshooting sessions. If WiFi is the culprit, oaifai lets you scan connect from the terminal on netplan servers — quick enough to still make bedtime: github.com/p32929/oaifai
Bold of Claude to run netplan apply without a permission slip. For headless netplan boxes I'd rather click than pray — oaifai is a Rust TUI that scans connects WiFi, zero hand-edited YAML: github.com/p32929/oaifai
The classic 'netplan matched a NIC that doesn't exist' adventure — nothing bonds you to a server like a rescue-mode field trip. oaifai is a terminal UI to scan connect WiFi on netplan Ubuntu, no YAML spelunking: github.com/p32929/oaifai
oaifai is a terminal UI for WiFi on netplan-based Ubuntu Server. Run it, scan networks, pick one, type the password, done. No YAML. No GUI. No spaces-vs-tabs existential crisis.
Connecting a headless Ubuntu server to WiFi in 2026 still means SSHing in to hand-edit netplan YAML and praying the indentation gods are merciful. Someone finally built the obvious fix. 🧵
Yeah I don’t know, Claude directly edited netplan config and ran netplan apply without asking permission, and bricked my machine. It’s decent at infra but lacks some necessary caution.
Which meant: no connectivity. So I had to walk in, boot into rescue mode, mount the system hard disk and then manually adjust the netplan config to match the new network card.
So on OS bringup the netplan config would match onto an non-existing network card. The whole configuration did not apply and the new interface remained unconfigured.
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