Pointing your router antennas straight up is quietly killing your Wi-Fi
…If you're in a multi-floor home, you see where I'm going with this. Related Can you have too many mesh network nodes? Mesh networks are a great way to…
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4 Android Auto apps that make EV range anxiety a thing of the past
…that time, I've picked up a few EV charging tips and tricks. I have a Level 2 charger at home and power up my car in my driveway most of the…
I replaced 6 paid subscriptions with a homelab on an old laptop — here's the full stack
…For example, if the Vaultwarden container goes down, I am locked out of all my online accounts; similarly, if Pi-hole is misconfigured or down, my whole home network will go down…
The NAS feature I use every day isn't storage, it's Docker
…Sign in to your XDA account When I first started using my NAS, it was for the traditional use case — storage that I could access on my home network. However, with multiple…
A single mini PC replaced my Raspberry Pi cluster and nearly cut my power use in half
…For an always-on home lab, one system wins anyway Lower friction matters more than theoretical hardware flexibility That said, the more practical my home lab became, the weaker the cluster argument…
My entire home lab cost less than a new GPU, and it does more for me too
…networking. He also competed in semi-pro Counter-Strike for 8 years, making him intimately familiar with everything to do with peripherals. Sign in to your XDA account Investing in your home…
Most DIY smart home buttons are terrible, so I built one that actually feels good
…premium tactile experience, even if the smart-home action still depends on firmware and network latency. This can solve the frustration that every smart home enthusiast feels when buying a $20 Zigbee…
One tiny change made my local LLMs more useful than ChatGPT for real work
…And unlike ChatGPT, both the AI models and the knowledge base they can harness remain on my home network, so I don’t have to worry about cloud-based clankers gaining access…
The real reason you should move to Proxmox isn't virtualization
…Sign in to your XDA account Home server platforms have become more accessible and varied over the years, to the point where you can build a reliable virtualization rig regardless of whether…
My gaming connection was dying until I checked what was under my rug
…I've gained a decent amount of networking knowledge from my time in college, so I'm no stranger to router reboots and connection tests, but I recently ran into an issue…