I moved my home lab to a new house after years of 24/7 use, and here’s what broke
…of issues once I fired it back up, and during the troubleshooting process, I learned some lessons in what to do (and not to do) for next time. Related 3 reasons I…
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4 tricks I use to get better videos from Gemini Omni every time
…Treat creative prompts like a movie shot Direct it like a videographer, not like a search engine One of the key lessons I learned fairly quickly with Gemini Omni is that it…
Claude Code found the quiet problems hiding in my Home Assistant setup, and I've been ignoring them for months
…It found the small ones I’d learned to ignore. That’s why I decided to let Claude Code inspect my setup instead of waiting for the next weird failure to push…
The year of the Linux desktop already happened, just not on desktops
…it again? The second generation of the Steam Machine is a promising concept that learned important lessons from the Steam Deck. It creates a mostly unified hardware platform and it's developed…
I built a perfectly segmented home network, then spent six months poking holes back through it
…Here’s what I’d do differently if I started over Things to sort before touching VLANs My first lesson is: segment the home network by risk, not by device class. Isolating…
Home Assistant slows down over time, but there's a nuclear option most people don't realize
…Embracing a clean slate allows you to shed years of technical debt, optimize your data, IOPS, and design a hardened logical ecosystem using the lessons you learned the hard way. It only…
This tool translates your thoughts into LinkedIn speak, and the results are horrifyingly accurate
…Currently pursuing a degree in computer science, Mahnoor brings both a journalist's eye and a technical foundation to her coverage of how AI is reshaping the way we work and learn…
I connected Claude to my calendar, email, and notes, and it stopped feeling like a chatbot
…Currently pursuing a degree in computer science, Mahnoor brings both a journalist's eye and a technical foundation to her coverage of how AI is reshaping the way we work and learn…
My NAS ran out of space, but the real problem wasn't the size of my drives
…Related I replaced cloud storage with a local NAS and learned this the hard way Abandoning big tech for a local NAS might not be a smart choice A NAS can be…
My perfect self-hosted setup became my biggest productivity killer
The invaluable lesson I learned too late in my self-hosting journey.