I ditched OPNsense for UniFi, and the speed gain wasn't the real win
…Related Why I use OPNsense over pfSense, and why I don't trust Netgate at all Both platforms have their uses, but Netgate has a lot of controversial history. UniFi makes my…
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After 20 years on macOS alone, Little Snitch just landed on Linux, and Windows still doesn't have it
…The app is available as RPM, DEB, and PKG.TAR.ZST formats so it supports most major distros, and if you're an Arch user, I also found a pre-built version…
Your self-hosted setup is a mess of IP addresses until you do this one thing
…A clean address is much easier to trust, remember, and explain than an internal IP and a random port number, especially when you're talking to friends or family members who don…
I stopped choosing between VS Code, Google Antigravity, and Cursor and built a hybrid workflow that uses the best of them
…Here is how I made them play nice together, and why a multi-tool stack might just boost your developer productivity. Related Google Antigravity supports VS Code extensions, but I found myself…
These 4 Linux tools solve problems the default apps shouldn't have left unsolved
…or tied to an account you have to trust. It still covers the basics you expect, like browser integration and cross-platform support, so it works for daily use without much friction…
The Linux desktop's biggest upgrade was learning when not to ask the user
Jeff Butts May 8, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system…
No, vertically mounting your GPU does not destroy performance — here's what actually happens
…At some point, you have to stop chasing edge-case fears and start trusting the hardware in front of you. Modern GPUs aren’t fragile, and they aren’t secretly waiting to…
AMD's answer to DLSS arrived half-baked, and now nobody's using FSR Redstone
…That aside, support has been sparse, and outside of a handful of early showcases and limited implementations, most of Redstone's promised capabilities haven't meaningfully propagated across the games people are…
I upgraded to a fast SSD and my system was still slow — here's what I missed
…Software, drivers, and configuration matter more than you think How misconfigurations quietly hold your SSD back But hardware wasn’t the only thing holding things back. I didn’t know driver support…
Four NVMe slots changed how I think about home lab storage, and a $170 mini PC made it click
Jeff Butts Apr 29, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system…