I built a perfectly segmented home network, then spent six months poking holes back through it
…And a lab VLAN for a Raspberry Pi 4 running as a smart home hub and a mini PC as a home lab server. I set the firewall rules to default deny…
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Home Assistant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home's infrastructure
…The former was running on a compact mini PC, and by compact, I mean ridiculously small. It had an Intel chip, barely any RAM, and almost no storage, making it perfect for…
Home Assistant's best integrations aren't the obvious ones – here's what actually changed my setup
…and projectors configured as media players in my HASS hub. Then you’ve got the automation benefits from this package. For example, I’ve created workflows that automatically dim my LEDs when…
This $10 fix made my expensive TV's internet way faster
…After months of debating panel types, refresh rates, HDR performance, and, of course, budget, I finally pulled the trigger on a new Mini-LED TV earlier this year. Of course, I've…
3 reasons your monitor upgrade matters a lot more than your next GPU upgrade
…You couldn't hope to get a decent OLED monitor from a reputable brand for under $800–$900, and 4K 160–180Hz monitors weren't available for under $600. Combining OLED, 4K…
I built my own Googlebook with a Raspberry Pi, local LLMs, and old hardware
…One shower thought led to another, and soon, I had a DIY Googlebook that features an obscure Chromium-based distro, runs on my Raspberry Pi, and harnesses the 26B and 35B MoE…
VRR is the one feature I wouldn’t compromise on when buying a new TV
…Do you want to go with mini-LED or OLED? HDMI 2.1 is definitely a must. But what about the size? Should you go big or get a higher-end, cheaper…
I turned my Raspberry Pi into a pocket Linux server that runs from a power bank, and it's weirdly useful
Ayush Pande May 15, 2026, 8:00 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…
Nvidia just solved their VRAM problem, but not by giving out more VRAM
…Sign in to your XDA account For years now, the GPU conversation has revolved around VRAM, and rightly so. 6GB became 8GB, and 8GB became the new minimum, which, suddenly, started feeling…
3 Google TV settings I changed after the Gemini update that made my TV actually useful
…This reduces the amount of data Gemini tries to pull in and avoids the part of the setup process that most often causes the loop. Related RGB Mini-LED is the next…