Stop automating your smart home, it's making things worse
…He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning here at XDA. Sign in to your XDA account I used to think a smart home…
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I connected Claude Code to my home server through MCP, and now I manage my entire lab by talking to it
…He is the founder of TechLatest, where he has spent years providing technical analysis on hardware and Windows ecosystems. Now a Computing Writer at XDA, Shekhar leverages his deep background in NAS…
I finally started using Duplicati and I should have sooner
…Other useful add-ons include the ability to monitor backups from anywhere, an insights dashboard, a dedicated home menu, and more. Open-source and free A major USP There is no shortage…
Testing new LLMs shouldn't require five subscriptions, and OpenRouter proves it
…A home lab script, a writing helper, a local dashboard, or a coding tool doesn’t need a corporate AI procurement strategy. It needs a model that behaves well, costs the right…
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…He is the founder of TechLatest, where he has spent years providing technical analysis on hardware and Windows ecosystems. Now a Computing Writer at XDA, Shekhar leverages his deep background in NAS…
I switched from Proxmox to its FreeBSD counterpart on my home server – here's how it went
Ayush Pande Apr 12, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
I used Claude wrong for months, here’s the setup that actually works
…I would land on the homepage, ask whatever was on my mind, get an answer, and close the tab. Sometimes the responses were useful. More often, it was generic enough to be…
Plex wants you to pay $750 for everything Jellyfin can do for free
…Even downloading your own movies, or using your own hardware for hardware-accelerated streaming are locked behind the Plex Pass. Add premium music features, SDR-to-HDR tone mapping, restrictions based on…