Wi-Fi signal bars are lying to you, and this app finally showed me the truth
…Sign in to your XDA account I recently reached my breaking point with an underperforming mesh Wi-Fi system and ripped the whole thing out of my house. In theory, I simply…
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I stopped using motion sensors after my smart home learned to read my PC's state
…Make sure you run it as an administrator so it can hook cleanly into Windows System Events as a background utility. If you don't do this, you might find yourself being…
I moved my home lab to a new house after years of 24/7 use, and here’s what broke
…I had pulled my GTX 1070 out of the system to move it safely, and I actually had it in my main system for some testing at the time. I didn't…
Windows 11 buries its best features for power-users deep behind the worst menus
…It essentially gives you a single folder that lists hundreds of advanced system settings in one place, from administrative tools to deep configuration options that are otherwise scattered across Control Panel and…
Linux has quietly become more forward-thinking than Windows, and these 6 features prove it
…tools and WSL , but Linux still feels fundamentally designed around remote administration in ways Windows simply does not. The operating system expects modularity and remote workflows from the very beginning. So when…
I started my home lab with a mini PC instead of a Raspberry Pi, and the difference was massive
…Ever since the OG was released all the way back in 2012, the SBC has advanced into one powerful compact system with a single board. The Raspberry Pi 5 has an impressive…
I automated my entire read-it-later workflow with a local LLM so every article I save gets summarized overnight
Korbin Brown Mar 21, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Korbin is a Linux system administrator who spends most of his time in a terminal figuring out how things actually work. Over the…
NAS makers are slowly admitting people want home servers, not just storage boxes
…What used to require either a deep knowledge of Linux system administration or a willingness to suffer through hours of trial and error has become a much more manageable experience for someone…
I ditched cloud smart home devices for local control, and my house finally works
…True reliability requires moving to 100% local control, which means buying dedicated local hardware, switching protocols, and managing the system yourself. It is an administrative chore and might feel like a long…
Claude Code works best when you stop asking it to code
…since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He holds an undergraduate degree in English, a Master's degree…