I turned an 8th Gen Intel PC into a retro console, and it surprised me
…Upgrades on these components will help with responsiveness, but they won't be necessary to get started with retro gaming. Kingston NV3 1TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD A solid PCIe 4…
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I finally consolidated my desk cables down to one dock, and my setup has never been cleaner
…It's a problem I wanted to solve so that I could reduce everyday friction in my setup. So, I got myself a Thunderbolt 5 dock . This single-dock setup using an…
I spent $90 on a power conditioner, and it fixed my entire home theater setup
…has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting to the bottom of complicated topics…
I found these Docker containers by accident, and now they run my entire setup
…The Docker image is also absurdly lightweight at only 28MB, and the setup is about as minimal as Docker gets - one command, one container, no database or config files to dig through…
My dual-display travel setup fits in an envelope and it's not a MacBook
…Related I replaced my monitor with a projector - here's how it went While it works well for gaming and media consumption, things start to get sketchy when you use a projector…
I run Snapcast on a Raspberry Pi, and it's a Sonos replacement that cost me nothing
…This setup is mostly for local music files. To integrate streaming services, Home Assistant, and more, my colleague Jeff Butt's recommendation is a good starting point. You can install Shairport Sync…
Claude Code's real power comes from the tweaks nobody wants to talk about
Claude Code gets better when you stop chasing flashy workflows and start tightening the boring setup details.
I stopped choosing between SMB, NFS, and iSCSI, and my NAS finally makes sense
…tweaking different permissions just to get my shares working reliably on Windows. Ever since I’ve gone down the Windows Server rabbit hole, I’ve also started tinkering with the advanced SMB…
Proxmox's real advantage isn't the platform, it's what the community built around it
…But once you have to actually live with your setup day after day, Proxmox starts to stand out less for the platform itself and more for everything around it . Proxmox with helper…
This self-hosted alternative to Plex and Jellyfin works way better than I expected
…Emby’s free tier has a catch you need to know Getting started is pain-free Emby is available on most platforms: computing (Windows, Linux, macOS), NAS (QNAP, Synology, OpenMediaVault, unRAID, FreeNAS…