Terminal automation outgrew shell scripts, and Claude's Routines are proof
Jeff Butts Apr 23, 2026, 1:01 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…
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AMD is giving its users the best GPU upgrade this year, and it's not a GPU at all
…Up until a few years ago, more frames and better visuals came only with a newer, bigger graphics card, and, of course, a bigger dent in the bank account. Now, however, things…
Your router's MAC address filter is security theater, and here's what actually protects your Wi-Fi
Jeff Butts Apr 5, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system…
I gave my local LLM persistent context, and it finally stopped making the same mistakes
…Related I replaced Claude Pro with a local 9B model for a week, and finally found out what I was paying $20 a month for The gap was smaller than I expected…
I ran local AI models on a six-year-old laptop with no GPU, and they actually worked
…This was definitely a bigger problem a few years ago, but the local AI landscape today has evolved significantly. Now, we have smaller, more efficient models that work in tandem with better…
Home Assistant freed me from the smart home brand wars, and now I buy whatever works
Jeff Butts Apr 30, 2026, 1:30 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…
Curtain automation is fun, but the weird smart home projects are where things get really useful
…Use a tiny ESP32-based IR blaster to bridge the gap. Now, whenever you start your gaming routine, the PC turns on the smart lights, dims, and your 10-year-old receiver…
Nvidia's new VRAM compression trick just gave it a reason to keep selling 8GB GPUs
…Devs and GPU manufacturers have spent years optimizing everything around textures, and yet, textures themselves have remained stubbornly heavyweight. Related DLSS closed the gap to native resolution so well that native gamers…
Faster 3D prints came out cleaner, and I finally understand why default speed is just a safety net
Jeff Butts May 23, 2026, 12:00 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…
Your soundbar won't talk to your TV, and manufacturers act like that's normal
Jeff Butts Mar 29, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system…