These lightweight editors are faster than VS Code, but Microsoft's 100,000 extensions keep me hostage
… All three of them are open source, and they're noticeably snappier than VS Code , especially on machines with modest hardware. …
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Decommissioned office PCs are the secret home lab upgrade nobody talks about
… That said, there's no shying away from the power bill that follows after bagging those office PC deals and hardware for building a modern home lab. Starting off with used office PCs is the best bet Every buck I saved by not spending on new hardware went into upgrades that mattered. …
PlayStation's digital pricing got so bad that the $80 disc drive became my best purchase
… It also doesn't work when you go hunting for a game disc through online marketplaces, where just a few lines of conversation can get you a better deal on a game than its online version has ever been priced at. What's even better is how seamless the hardware side of this is, as well. …
AMD is giving older Radeon cards an unexpected upgrade, but it's a bigger deal than it appears
… It remains unclear, however, how far the FSR 4.1 integration will extend to handheld hardware. …
I almost bought a used Nvidia Tesla GPU for my home lab, then I read what owners actually deal with
… Related Cheap enterprise networking gear exposes the flaws in expensive consumer hardware Ex-enterprise networking hardware removes all artificial limits from your network The supported path is rough vGPU support was dropped, though you can get it to work The way NVIDIA intends you to use a Tesla c… …
Physical media looks better, but Plex gives me the one thing discs never could
… An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. …
Sony just erased 551 movies from users' libraries, and it proves why I still buy physical media
Jasmine Mannan Jul 10, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. …
This one self-hosted app turned my old PC into a home server I rely on
… One feature I ended up using more than I expected was the built-in app marketplace. …
I started my home lab with a full-size PC, and now I can't imagine using anything else
… Let the old tower be the place you make your beginner mistakes cheaply and learn what a home lab actually demands of its hardware. …
Your desktop might already support one of the best storage upgrades nobody thinks to try
… Buying used hardware from data center refreshes requires a bit of research and some basic verification steps. …