Your Raspberry Pi will outlast your PC if you stop treating it like one
…You only find out that the microSD’s reliability is deteriorating months later. After all, a card's flash has a finite number of write cycles, and it’s not tested under…
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Raspberry Pi 5's price hike pushed me toward mini PCs, and now I can't justify going back
…My home projects quietly changed over time No involvement of GPIO pins A Jellyfin server for media streaming. Pi-hole for network-wide ad blocking. Immich for photo management. Nginx for reverse…
Building my own NAS taught me why prebuilt enclosures are holding you back
…Once you start loading it with files, backups, containers, media streaming, network monitoring, and other tasks, the underlying hardware can get bogged down. This can even lead to slower transfer speeds and…
I replaced Claude Pro with a local 9B model for a week, and finally found out what I was paying $20 a month for
…For someone primarily using Claude as a design learning tool , that reliability without setup is what I’m paying for. The subscription makes more sense now The context window is the other…
The gaming industry's biggest lie is about what your setup needs — here's what actually matters
…They look flashy in YouTube thumbnails and Twitch streams, sure, but after sitting in enough of them over the years, you'll realize they're all style and very little substance. Most…
I connected my dumb appliances to Home Assistant, and it felt like upgrading my whole house
…By treating an appliance's power consumption as a rich data stream, Home Assistant can interpret its physical states locally and non-invasively. The real breakthrough comes from open-source and pattern…
5 home networking choices I regret making
…Likewise, if you stream games or movies over your local server, switching to a 2.5GbE (or ideally, 5Gbe) connection will provide a more responsive experience. I really hope 2025 becomes the…
5 awesome Linux features that will blow the mind of a Windows user
…Gnome is one of the more popular DEs and is used by Ubuntu among others because of its reliability and simplistic design. A Linux install with Gnome will even give macOS a…
Smart home devices are sneaking around your Pi-hole, and your dashboard won't catch them
…Devices may have hardcoded DNS servers, which can sometimes be the case with smart TVs, streaming sticks, budget IoT hardware, and even some mobile apps. Even if your router is configured to…
Your OLED TV has a hidden problem that manufacturers don't mention
…See, OLED is hard to manufacture reliably, and the panels that make it off the line are near-perfect. The combination of those two things can cause all kinds of unwanted effects…