I started scheduling tasks in ChatGPT and it's been a major productivity booster

The assistant that follows up.

I tried three AI note-taking apps against my messy real notes, and only one kept up

Turns out "messy" was the real stress test

I built a NAS with enterprise gear and learned why it costs $1 per day to run

It's not the best option.

6 smart home devices anyone can build with a cheap ESP32 and an even cheaper sensor

These are some great DIY projects that you can do for cheap.

I tried going back to Windows, but these Linux features keep me from returning

Open-source is where my heart is.

I replaced Google Calendar with a free self-hosted app, and I'm not going back

My private calendar also

A $25 managed switch taught me more about networking than years of looking at router dashboards

A strong layer 2 switch can be a great springboard for actually learning about your home network

I let Google Antigravity 2.0 write a microservice from scratch while I ate lunch, and I’m mildly terrified

I watched my prompt become infrastructure.

My 3D printer shouldn't care what brand my filament is, and OpenPrintTag proves it

OpenPrintTag could make smart filament recognition less dependent on first-party spools and give 3D printer users more freedom.

I gave my local LLM email access without handing over my entire inbox

My local LLM can access my emails easily, and without flooding the context window.