I stopped throwing out old hardware after discovering Proxmox
…The same holds true for ancient server mobos with DDR3 memory sticks you can find for dirt-cheap prices on flea markets. That’s quite the contrast from my first encounter with…
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A $65 handheld emulator beats anything Nintendo currently sells for retro gaming
…both the RG35XXSP and the RG34XXSP extensively, and they feel shockingly high-quality for retro, emulation-focused handhelds sold at a price tag slightly above $60, undercutting far more expensive, similar devices…
I gave Claude and NotebookLM the same job for a week — and fired one of them
…Claude OS Windows, macOS Individual pricing Free plan available; $17/month Pro plan Group pricing $100/month per person for the Max plan See at Claude NotebookLM See at NotebookLM
Running Claude Code locally saved me money, but that wasn't even the real win
…Claude Haiku 4.5 Quick responses, high-volume tasks, cost-sensitive use Fastest Lowest Near-frontier performance at the cheapest price point. Sonnet is my workhorse, and Haiku is good when I…
The best GPU I ever used wasn't the most expensive one
…Despite the GTX 1660 Ti delivering better-than-expected performance at 1080p, the real shocker for me was that it stood its own even at 1440p. In 2021, I was itching for…
The Lenovo Yoga 7a is gorgeous, but AMD's Ryzen AI 7 445 feels like a downgrade
…This unit is currently priced at $1250, though its normal price is listed at $1600. The lower spec model starts at $1230. Lenovo Yoga 7a 2-in-1 (2026) 7 /10 CPU…
Encrypting DNS queries through Pi-hole is where the real privacy happens, and it only took 10 minutes
…I've heard of Pi-hole many, many times , but I'd never actually known how to install it, so when I finally decided to give it a try, I was shocked…
This is the mini PC that finally made me display my home server instead of burying it
…It does have plenty of features that home lab enthusiasts will want, like two Ethernet ports, three SSD slots, and support for up to 128GB of RAM, but again, the price is…
Belkin bricked my Wemo plugs, and it was the best thing that ever happened to my smart home
…I ultimately landed on TP-Link's Tapo Matter Smart Plug Mini and picked up a reasonably priced three-pack on Amazon for $20, a shockingly low price given what I was…
AMD's handheld driver support is so bad that Linux is starting to look like the better choice
…How long until other AMD-based handhelds get slow-walked drivers? The Z1 Extreme APU seemingly ran out of driver support after two and a half years, which is shockingly short for…