You, too, can run this adorable pixel aquarium on your EP32 CYD

Give your hardware a fun thing to do.

GentleOS/16 is a vintage hobby OS that runs off a 48-year-old CPU and 192KB of RAM

Blow the dust off that 8086 CPU in your attic.

I revived a cheap Android tablet by turning it into a Home Assistant control panel

Your old Android tablet is a better Home Assistant panel than anything you can buy

Your motherboard is throttling your PCIe slots in BIOS, and you probably don't know how to fix it

Your motherboard's BIOS may be silently limiting PCIe performance. A quick settings audit can unlock the full potential of your hardware.

I stopped checking my home lab backups manually after Claude Code helped me build these checks

Claude Code helped me replace manual Proxmox backup checks with readable scripts, making my home lab easier to trust.

Linux gaming needs immutable distros more than it needs freedom

Standardization is good (sometimes)

4 PC settings you've never touched that are silently costing you performance

Don't leave free performance on the table

NotebookLM and Claude finally turned my reading into something actionable

I stopped hoarding highlights after combining NotebookLM and Claude into one workflow.

Sonos users are vibe-coding their own apps, and I tested the best 3

Try out local music control

Treating your ISP's router as the brain of your home network is the biggest mistake you can make

You're settling for the bare minimum.