Ubuntu just showed Microsoft how to add AI without the mess
…support open-weight models so people can run them and ensure it's not phoning home without permission. The training data may be closed off, but you'll be able to trust…
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My home lab dashboards were a mess until I let ChatGPT tie them together
Jeff Butts May 10, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system…
I built a backend-heavy SaaS app in Lovable and Claude Code, and the difference was obvious
…During testing, I ran into a bug where tasks were not appearing correctly on the Kanban board, especially when selecting “All Tasks.” I simply described the issue to Claude Code, and it…
Intel's $949 GPU has 32GB of VRAM for local AI, but the software is why Nvidia keeps winning
…and then archives or pivots away from it before the ecosystem has a chance to mature. It makes it hard to trust that whatever Intel recommends today will still be supported in…
SteamOS scared Microsoft into making Windows less like Windows
…After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to technician for all computer issues, he found his passion for writing and decided to use his skill…
I upgraded to a fast SSD and my system was still slow — here's what I missed
…Thermal throttling and sustained performance issues Why peak speeds don’t last under real workloads And that constant activity led me to another issue: heat. Modern SSDs, especially NVMe drives, can get…
Your last backup completing successfully doesn't mean your data is actually recoverable
…corrupted files, and I’d recommend doing that very often if your storage provider doesn’t support integrity scans or skips out on file versioning. Related I stopped trusting Google Drive with…
TrueNAS just made sharing files from your NAS as easy as a Google Drive link
…it still requires a degree of trust and setup to make it possible for other users to access the WebShare. I did notice some issues, though, which is to be expected with…
Stop automating your smart home, it's making things worse
Jeff Butts Apr 8, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system…
Intel's Nova Lake could fix the one thing that's driven builders to AMD for over five years
…same socket, which undermined builder trust and pushed many toward AMD's more straightforward platform commitment. 04 / 8 AMD AMD's AM4 socket was officially supported from its launch year through what…