The best network upgrade I ever made wasn't a new router
…labs capable of transferring files in the same amount of time it takes to finish reading this sentence. Routers are typically the first thing that comes to mind when you think about…
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Your old phone is a better home server than a Raspberry Pi
…Before getting rid of your old phone, think about whether it can be repurposed, because it's probably perfect for your home lab and might even be better than a Raspberry Pi…
My family can now browse my self-hosted photos from anywhere, but not the way you'd think
…That last 10% can feel like an insurmountable gap for non-techie folk like my family, who probably think VPN stands for "very prudent news." My library is full of photos my…
I silenced my network stack, and all it cost me was my sanity
…Related Buying a network cabinet is the best and most pointless addition to my home lab Upgrading the home lab and LAN with a network cabinet, which I didn't need. The…
7 things you can do with your old Windows 10 PC instead of trading it in
…If you put Linux on your PC, you could very well be looking at ten extra years with that machine if you really want to. Not every Linux distro is going to…
I switched my local AI setup to AMD's Lemonade after Nvidia support landed, and solved my local AI portability problem
…Lemonade See at Official Site See at Github Portability beats peak performance for everything I build One server, four very different machines I live for simplicity in my home lab. I don…
I stopped using my Raspberry Pi as a server, and this $100 mini PC made everything easier
…So I looked on sites like eBay for decommissioned corporate machines in tiny or small form factor instead. I scrolled through several HP mini PCs, Dell OptiPlex PCs, and Lenovo ThinkCentre mini…
Stop ignoring your spare PCIe x1 slot — it's more useful than half the upgrades you buy
…TP-Link 10GB PCIe Network Card (TX401) $100 at Amazon Related Your home lab needs better networking more than faster storage or memory Attack the biggest bottleneck of your home lab before…
This Kamrui mini PC proves you don't need to spend big on homelab hardware anymore
…This mini PC is a versatile piece of hardware that will work great as a desktop replacement or part of your home lab. The best part is that this mini PC is…
6 local LLMs I've used that prove they're not just smaller versions of cloud models
…machine with proper unified memory to work, so a Mac with around 96GB or a DGX Spark-esque machine will work. I've been running V4 Flash on a Lenovo ThinkStation PGX…