…a laptop, I was always dreaming of an overkill gaming PC. Now I've got that too, but it hasn't stopped me dreaming of bigger and better components. I never will…
…I'd assumed that with a 60W max per port, all eight PoE-enabled ports would be usable at that wattage. I was mistaken, and it meant I couldn't run some…
…Some even got slightly less portable. These drawbacks, for some, make the battery life gains seem underwhelming, but when I got introduced to SimpleDeckyTDP, it started to feel less like a hardware…
…I deployed it as a stack on Portainer using Docker Compose. The configuration only needed the persistent volume paths and a port to live on. The service was up and running in…
…Once I stopped blurring lines, a mini PC became a practical choice. Then, I found it difficult to go back. Related 4 Raspberry Pi projects I abandoned after realizing sub-$150 mini…
…entire ecosystems around their PCs. That's when motherboard connectivity determines how gracefully that ecosystem scales over time. Related Please stop treating your USB hubs as port replicators It's not quite…
…And over time, my PC has started to feel a bit heavier, and slower in daily operations, even when nothing demanding is running. Now, here's the thing, most of my tasks…
…I then opted for a simple workaround; I stopped using IPv6 altogether on my Windows PC and Mac. But that is a temporary fix, something I’ll need to address properly down…
…If it had Ethernet, USB ports, and enough Linux support to boot, I figured it should be doing more. I’d stack services on it, push it into roles better suited to…
…The ones that’d often lose connection started working non-stop. The Zigbee coordinator was always available since I plugged it directly into the USB port, without an extension cable. Compiling and…