I practically live in the terminal now, and these 6 apps are why
…Related 6 CLI tools I install before anything else on a new Linux machine I've set up these terminal utilities on every Linux system in my arsenal htop A process viewer…
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Home Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
…If you’re as big a fan of microcontrollers as I am, you can install ESPHome on Home Assistant and program ESP32 and Raspberry Pi Pico MCUs to your heart’s content…
These 4 PC drivers will tank your performance if you skip them
…The easiest way to avoid unnecessary PC problems Driver updates may not be the most exciting part of owning a PC, and you certainly don't need to install every single update…
Home Assistant's intimidating reputation is completely undeserved once you survive the first week
…Adding devices to Home Assistant is as simple as locating their integrations (or installing the right apps, if they aren’t available by default) and filling in their connection details. I’ve…
Windows 11 buries its best features for power-users deep behind the worst menus
…We're talking about over 70 utilities that let you monitor processes, analyze system behavior, manage startup entries, and troubleshoot issues at a level far beyond that Task Manager can handle. Tools…
Most "slow PC" advice you'll find online is 20 years out of date, and some of it is making things worse
…The true irony is that a lot of these tools install their own background services, their own update agents, and their own tray icons, meaning the thing you downloaded to speed up…
Claude Code turned my terminal into something I actually use every day
…Maybe you were following a YouTube tutorial or a troubleshooting guide that told you to paste some command and hit enter. As a non-developer, that was also my first introduction to…
I tried caring about ChatGPT and Claude, but I still haven't found a real need for LLMs
…See at Claude Related My local LLM is the best productivity tool I've installed in years, and it costs nothing to run It turned out to be more useful than I…
Moving cheap IoT gear to a guest network solved more problems than I expected
…Most of them weren't actual devices they used, like a PC, phone, or NAS , but instead, they were IoT devices that were installed and forgotten about: a camera, a doorbell, a…
The Linux desktop's biggest upgrade was learning when not to ask the user
…needed to be. Installing updates, connecting displays, switching audio devices, and pairing Bluetooth accessories could all turn into little decision trees. Sometimes that was useful, especially when troubleshooting something unusual. Most of…