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nora10•1d ago

Zip ties vs velcro: I re-did my whole server rack in an afternoon and now I can't decide which side I'm on

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taylorcarr•2d ago

Vent: electrician at my shop in Tulsa swore zip ties were fine for bundled Cat6, now I'm redoing 40 runs

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ivan211•3d ago

Rant: I called zip ties a hack job for 15 years, then I saw the back of my friend's server rack

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charlie_fisher45•4d ago

Dropped $22 on a roll of velcro straps from the hardware store on Main St and my toddler can't yank the router cables out anymore

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the_henry•4d ago

Pro tip: ditch the zip ties, velcro straps actually changed my setup

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tarab54•5d ago

Serious question, how do you hide 8 feet of router and TV wires in a rented apartment?

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wendy674•7d ago

Hot take: my wife said my power strip looked like spaghetti, so I zip tied it to the leg of the desk

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kelly823•7d ago

I had to pick between a $9 zip tie hack and a $40 raceway kit in my new Denver apartment, and I picked wrong

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ellis.charles•9d ago

My landlord saw 11 cords behind my TV and just stared at me for like 10 seconds

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mason.paige•10d ago

PSA: my cat chewed through my monitor cable and I fixed it with a $2 part from the hardware store

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mason.paige•10d ago

PSA: I zip tied my TV cables into one big loop and made the buzzing worse

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loganhart•10d ago

Vent: spent 7 hours routing one ethernet cable through my wall in Boise

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fisher.diana•11d ago

My old boss in Detroit swore by zip ties, and I finally realized he was wrong after 40 minutes of cursing

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hernandez.ben•13d ago

Dropped $85 on a cable management kit that made my desk look worse, now I'm wondering if I'm the only one who got played

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carr.willow•13d ago

Moved into a Seattle apartment 3 weeks ago and the last tenant stapled speaker wire along every baseboard

Cable Clutter Confessions

c/cable-clutter-confessions

A place to share messy cable setups, ask for cheap hiding tricks, and show off your neatest wire fixes.

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