Been heads-down on something I'm pretty hyped about: SlipStream — a custom firmware aimed squarely at 5G/LTE CPE routers (first target: the MikroTik ATL 5G R16), built for people who actually live on a cellular link — gamers, WFH, rural/fixed-wireless — not enterprise NOC admins.
The pitch: stock router OSes are powerful but radio-blind and buried under menus 99% of home users will never touch. SlipStream throws out the enterprise bloat and focuses on what actually matters on a 5G/LTE connection:
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RAT- & duplex-aware latency shaping — it knows NSA vs SA, TDD vs FDD, and co-optimises the radio AND the queue for the best consistent latency, not just peak speed. Caps throughput right at the "knee" where consistency breaks and scores your link with a single Consistency Score.
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eSIM / MVNO management — compare operators by real signal + capability (FUP, caps, duplex) and swap with a safety net that auto-reverts if it fails. Your line never gets stranded.
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Antenna aiming — actual link-budget + terrain analysis telling you where to point. Yes, really.
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A cockpit GUI a generation ahead of WebFig — live dashboards, real-time charts, one-knob esports / balanced / throughput modes, and an always-one-tap safe-wide / revert / panic bar.
It's alpha and very WIP, but the design's coming together — some shots below:
Safety-first by design: first builds run entirely from RAM — a reboot puts you back on stock, so it literally can't brick your router. Install is shaping up to be "plug in ethernet, run one tool, done."
Stay Tuned.. 