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I recycled an old Intel Arc card for a local LLM server, and the results were surprisingly decent
My old Intel Arc A750 runs Gemma 4 faster than I expected, and it cost me nothing to find out
I paired Claude Code with Wispr Flow, and my 5-minute prompts now take 60 seconds
My prompts got better without taking longer
5 free Windows apps made me stop using the built-in ones
I stopped settling for Windows' default tools and built a setup that works better for me.
This ESP32 device automatically tells you about every plane that flies over your head
Just set it up and watch the planes go by.
A Docker container now strips the ads out of every podcast before it reaches my phone
It's been a game-changer for me.
5 Docker containers replaced my most expensive subscriptions
I cut the clutter from my monthly software bill with Docker.
I ditched Docker for WSL containers in my homelab, and here's what failed first
Not a lot, to be honest.
I asked ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to do something I normally handle myself, and the results surprised me
What happens when three AI assistants plan the same road trip from scratch?
Emulators made my childhood games look worse until I enabled one simple shader
A rare case where color bleeding is ideal.
I tested the Windows 11 tweaks everyone recommends, and almost all of them were a waste of time
A deep dive into Windows 11 tweaks that promise dramatic gains but mostly replace polish with fragile fixes.
I turned my browser into my entire productivity workspace, and I'm using fewer desktop apps than ever
Who needs desktop apps anyway?
I gave Home Assistant a local LLM for voice control, then turned it off for most of what I say
Now I get the best of both worlds.
I compared the same movie on Blu-ray and streaming, and I wasn’t prepared for the difference
The difference was like 1080p Blu-ray and UHD 4K Blu-ray.
My old router was fine all along — these default settings were the real problem
I almost dropped $200 on a Wi-Fi 7 router.
I gave my Claude Code sessions two crucial skills, and now they actually finish what I start
Everyone keeps installing plugins, but two simple skills is what actually improved my workflow
Your GPU's legacy PCIe slot is slower than it should be, but that's not why you should replace it
The slot itself is the last thing you need to worry about.
My local LLM now names and sorts every screenshot I take, and I'll never manually organize them again
Hours saved with one tiny script
Someone turned a 60s Grundig Musikgerät radio into a networked speaker with an ESP32
The switches and dials all still work, albeit with different functions now.
You, too, can turn your spare Raspberry Pi 5 into a Proxmox virtualization host
It's not perfect, but it works.
The Halloween Documents revealed how Microsoft planned to extinguish Linux, but the open-source community turned it into a weapon
Its leak gave the open-source community vital intel versus the big leagues.
I stopped screenshotting error messages after wiring a local model directly into my terminal
Why leave the terminal if you don't have to?
I ditched Android TV’s cluttered home screen for this beautifully simple launcher
The Monet screensaver is basic and elegant for Android TV.
