…setup faster and more reliable Well, that's where the other change comes in and where the real work happens. Effectively, instead of running all my media services on the streaming box…
…On macOS, you can install it using Homebrew and then start the service with ollama serve. This runs a local API at http://localhost:11434, which is what everything else talks to…
…It's free, open-source, feature-rich, and does everything I need — quietly and reliably. Here's a breakdown of what it is, what I like about it, and how you can…
…Sign in to your XDA account As much as I adore self-hosted services, I still have to use cloud platforms for mission-critical services. For example, I don't plan to…
…I’d stack services on it, push it into roles better suited to bigger hardware, and then wonder why the experience felt just a little annoying all the time. The Raspberry Pi…
…I bought it because I wanted fast, reliable 3D printing without turning every project into a maintenance ritual. For the most part, the hardware delivered on that promise almost immediately. The more…
…My P1S has been one of the most reliable printers I’ve used, and I don’t want to pretend otherwise. It prints quickly, handles multicolor jobs well, and removes much of…
…The friction started right after Anthropic introduced peak-hour throttling of its services on the platform. This meant that the available tokens were consumed much more quickly whenever the demand for the…
…I’d rather have the network service in its own full system, with its own failure domain. Samba and NFS file servers Storage services punish messy ownership choices Simple file sharing can…
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account Building a home lab to handle all your services and experiments…