I turned my old phone into a security camera that saves to my home server for free
…your old Android phone, which has a high-quality sensor, a built-in battery, and a Wi-Fi chip that is likely faster than any $30 camera you can pick up from…
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3 Docker containers that turned my $80 used mini PC into a complete home office server
…Over the years, his work has also appeared in leading publications such as Android Police, Android Authority, CNET, PCMag, and more. Outside of his professional work, Dhruv is an avid fan of…
I tested Claude Code against 3 open-source alternatives, and one came surprisingly close
Anurag Singh Apr 5, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Anurag is an experienced journalist and author who’s been covering tech for the past 5 years, with a focus on Windows, Android…
I wrote a script to run Claude Code with my local LLM, and skipping the cloud has never been easier
…My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and smartphones such as performance, and I’ve been working in the tech industry…
Most smart home gear gets worse once you connect it to the cloud
…Letting a cloud platform receive data from my surveillance cameras sounds terrible from a privacy standpoint, and the same holds true about the reports generated by my smart locks, presence detection modules…
I replaced Otter.ai with a better self-hosted voice transcription tool that's completely free
Anurag Singh Apr 24, 2026, 1:01 PM EDT Anurag is an experienced journalist and author who’s been covering tech for the past 5 years, with a focus on Windows, Android…
I tried playing PC games on my phone, and the only thing that worked was a community rebuild of the most controversial app in the scene
…My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and smartphones such as performance, and I’ve been working in the tech industry…
Forget OneNote, Evernote, and Notion, this free open-source note-taking app is way better
…You can find his work on AndroidPolice, GuidingTech and TechWiser. Whether it’s demystifying system updates, deciphering error codes, or exploring hidden features, Parth’s prose guides readers through the binary maze…
My entire smart home runs on a single Docker container now, and I'm never going back
…You can find his work on AndroidPolice, GuidingTech and TechWiser. Whether it’s demystifying system updates, deciphering error codes, or exploring hidden features, Parth’s prose guides readers through the binary maze…
I replaced my browser bookmarks with a single text file, and my links finally stayed organized
…Over the years, his work has also appeared in leading publications such as Android Police, Android Authority, CNET, PCMag, and more. Outside of his professional work, Dhruv is an avid fan of…