I ditched half my Obsidian plugins and my vault actually got better
…In the end, I was so exhausted from managing the tool that I had no brainpower left to actually use it. For example, I managed to connect my Google Keep account with…
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I set up a home server for the first time and these 5 apps changed everything
…Nextcloud has an app store with add-ons for notes, bookmarks, tasks, password management, and more. It's not going to match Google's polish feature for feature, but it doesn't…
I stopped buying smart home gadgets and started building them for a fraction of the price
…He has worked as an editor and managed teams since 2015. His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account…
This $900 network switch has been flawless for nearly a decade, but it was still a mistake
…Make the switch your own When buying a managed switch, ensure that it has everything you require to manage the network. Not all switches will fully support VLAN tagging, for instance. Some…
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NAS makers are slowly admitting people want home servers, not just storage boxes
…At some point in the last few years, subscription costs began to pile up , streaming libraries fragment further every quarter, and the idea of paying indefinitely for software you could run yourself…
Plex’s $750 Plex Pass Lifetime price hike finally convinced me to switch to Jellyfin
…you buy the hardware once, install a well-supported piece of software, manage your own storage, and build a library that works exactly the way you want — n othing out of the…
HexOS can finally manage your NAS locally instead of through the cloud, and it fixes its biggest flaw
…The catch, and it was a big one, was that HexOS's entire management interface lived in the cloud. You installed the software on your own hardware, but to actually use it…
4 Claude Code slash commands I use daily that make me more productive
…Lighter models like Haiku are more efficient for everyday tasks, whereas Sonnet is a good balance between cost and capability. The real benefit of the /model command isn’t switching models; it…
Premium TVs ship with bargain-bin networking speeds, and it's getting harder to ignore
…If I plug a TV into Ethernet, I’m not doing it for nostalgia or because I enjoy cable management. I’m doing it because I want stable performance, fewer wireless dropouts…
Used enterprise workstations are the home lab upgrade everyone overlooks
…These three-to-five-year-old workstations from Dell, HP, or Lenovo have been decommissioned from a corporate hardware refresh cycle, and for a fraction of what they cost brand-new, the…