Dual screens on a gaming laptop sounds absurd until you try it for a week
…The performance-per-buck isn't up to the ratio of other gaming laptops, but what other laptop can boast two screens to use, or put as big a smile on your…
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Claude Code is powerful, but this one setting made it far more useful for real projects
…new Claude desktop app , the embedded browser preview felt like magic. I could watch Claude spin up my local development server, modify a React component, and autonomously take screenshots to verify its…
I ran Gemma 4 and Qwen 3.5 for the same local tasks, and one pulled miles ahead
…The two I keep coming back to are Gemma 4 (the E4B variant on desktop, E2B on mobile) and Qwen 3.5 9B. I've used both for a while now and…
I don't use HDMI, and I never will
…However, ever since the digital switchover from VGA and DVI, I've used a single display cable standard exclusively for my desktop PCs and laptops. That's DisplayPort, whether over a full…
4 ways this free Microsoft app fixed my slow, cluttered PC with one click
…Having a lighting-fast desktop right next to it didn't help, because I was constantly drawing comparisons that the old Lenovo has no business being on the losing end of. I…
I started using Claude Design and haven't opened Adobe or Figma since
…It's powered by Claude Opus 4.7 and available at claude.ai/design , not in the desktop app (but you can just do what I did and install Claude.ai as…
Most Decky plugins are useless, but these ones actually changed how I use my Steam Deck
…While Steam tracks per-game playtime, I find it helpful to see my weekly stats, broken down per day, so I know how much time I'm spending. The PlayTime plugin might…
I built a NAS with enterprise SAS drives, and the hidden costs nearly matched new SATA drives
…Related If you don't already have one, an HBA card is a great addition to your home server A reliable way to add more storage The price-per-terabyte is impressive…
I ditched my budgeting app for Claude and my spending finally stopped spiraling
…My actual budget tracker has months of real data in it that I'd rather not screenshot for the internet. That said, the process is identical to what I actually do. The…
I put Google's Gemma 4 on my homelab and Tailscale on my phone — and cancelled Claude Pro
…At that point, the setup already felt surprisingly usable from the desktop. The real shift happened when I stopped treating it like a desktop-only tool. Tailscale is the part that actually…