I ditched Copilot on VS Code for this free extension, and it's miles ahead
…Related I rebuilt my VS Code setup from scratch this year, and it's the fastest it's ever been My VS Code was drowning in extensions I’m not fond of…
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One DNS tool did what two containers couldn't, and I'm not going back to Pi-hole
…If anything went wrong, I had to troubleshoot two containers and two configurations. With time, that became a friction point, and two containers solving one problem started to feel like unnecessary overhead…
I ditched half my Obsidian plugins and my vault actually got better
…I went back to a vanilla setup with just plain Markdown text, simple backlinks, and the core features like graph view , canvas, backlinks, and tables. When you strip away the custom databases…
Your Raspberry Pi will outlast your PC if you stop treating it like one
…When that happens, dashboards and utilities feel sluggish and unresponsive. That regularly takes you down the troubleshooting rabbit hole, and you might end up with a few workarounds, like increasing swap space…
This cheap and top-rated $40 portable monitor is perfect for your home lab
…can be paired with your Switch 2 for a mobile gaming setup. Personally, I've used a few portable monitors, and while it's not something I rely on every day, it…
Most people never check this one router setting, and it's why their internet feels slow
…I tried switching hardware and even a couple of software tools that promised a speed boost. Nothing worked. So I went down the rabbit hole to troubleshoot my network more deeply and…
Your NAS permissions are probably a mess, and a single flat share fixes it
…John may not be able to access a specific folder, and when troubleshooting, it'll take longer to parse through all the unique permissions. And good luck adding new account permissions across…
Stop treating Proxmox's firewall like an optional feature — it's your lab's clearest safety net
…That works when you have a tiny setup, and you've touched every service recently. It works much less well once your environment starts growing sideways and accumulating little exceptions. That's…
My perfect self-hosted setup became my biggest productivity killer
…Instead of focusing on writing and creating, I was busy configuring, updating, and troubleshooting. Self-hosting gives you powerful capabilities, but it also makes it very easy to justify extra complexity. Over…
Docker Manager finally gave me a container management UI I can use on smartphones
…controlling containers spread across multiple home lab nodes – and it’s the reason I’ve moved on from a Termux + SSH setup when troubleshooting my self-hosted apps from my smartphone. Related…