I replaced Portainer, Grafana, and Prometheus with this stack
…Portanier missed it, but if you want to take an action on a container, you must first select it and then use the top bar to do an action like start, stop…
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Your fastest USB port might not be your best, and I found that out the hard way
1w agoNative PC ports are quietly replacing emulation as the best way to preserve old games
1w agoI stopped paying for Obsidian after discovering VS Code can handle my notes just as well with the right extensions
1w agoI stopped using motion sensors after my smart home learned to read my PC's state
1w agoYour old Android phone is a better thin client than most mini PCs
…In 2026, though, you've got more options than carrying a low-powered PC around. Recently, I decided to give desktop-mode on Android phones a shot. I was trying to solve…
Stop blaming your ISP: most home networks are failing you in ways speed won't fix
Ty Sherback Apr 2, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
You're spending too much on your motherboard, and it's not helping performance
…the component that's holding your PC back. You're paying a premium for features you don't need More PCIe lanes and USB ports sound great, but are you actually going…
I asked Claude to improve my home lab and it was wild
…Related Claude Code works best when you stop asking it to code Claude Code became far more useful once I stopped treating it like a code generator and started using it to…
This lesser-known USB-C feature never really took off
…and PC technology, she has built countless computers, keyboards and other peripherals - knowing them inside and out. Sign in to your XDA account Look inside your phone's USB-C port . You…
Stop blaming your receiver — this 40-year-old AV standard is killing your surround sound
…Related 3 devices you should always connect to your TV’s eARC port Reserving that port for things that actually use it can dramatically improve your entertainment experience. What is TOSLINK, and…
Your bad Wi-Fi isn't your ISP or PC's fault if you're following these 4 practices
…networking hardware You wouldn't expect your PC to work forever, so why are you letting your network hardware run into the ground? Stop working against your own Wi-Fi Faster internet…
Most Pi-hole setups leak your browsing to your ISP — here's the encryption layer that stops it
…Now a Computing Writer at XDA, Shekhar leverages his deep background in NAS, storage solutions, and PC internals to help readers master their tech. Sign in to your XDA account Pi-hole…
I stopped jumping between monitoring dashboards with one Claude Code command
…Now a Computing Writer at XDA, Shekhar leverages his deep background in NAS, storage solutions, and PC internals to help readers master their tech. Sign in to your XDA account I had…