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I ran Gemma 4 (26B) on a 10-year-old-GPU, and it's reliable enough to replace the cloud
…Related Nvidia stopped supporting my GPU, so I started self-hosting LLMs with it I self-support my gpu now because Nvidia won't I went with the Vulkan variant of llama…
Your soundbar won't talk to your TV, and manufacturers act like that's normal
…is that eARC is often marketed on capability, while users are stuck dealing with reliability issues. Support for Dolby Atmos, uncompressed multichannel audio, and higher-bandwidth formats sounds great on a product…
I ditched Spotify for Jellyfin, and this app made offline driving music actually work
…This is the greatest Jellyfin app for playing music on Android, and it supports everything I need from a music app and then some. A gorgeous UI, reliable playback for when you…
This Alienware deal proves you don't have to overspend on gaming monitors
…This 27-inch gaming monitor features a 240Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, and support for technologies like Nvidia's G-Sync and VESA's Adaptive Sync certification. What's great about…
Your NAS doesn't need to be all-SSD, and TrueNAS proved it to me
…I wanted a single system that could manage large volumes of data reliably, serve those files across devices, and handle media too while at it, while offering reliability and a hands-off…
I stopped trying to replace my Nvidia Shield and built something better instead
…Between AI upscaling, long-term software support, and generally excellent hardware, everything just worked. That is, until it broke down by itself. Well, not quite as straightforward as that. Apps stopped working…
The biggest local LLM on your machine is useless if it can't call a single tool, no matter how many parameters it has
…Parameter count tells you almost nothing about whether a model will reliably call the right tool when you ask it to do something. If you're building an agent, tool-calling reliability…
Home Assistant freed me from the smart home brand wars, and now I buy whatever works
…their roles and work together reliably. Home Assistant gives me a larger control plane, so I don’t have to wait for one brand to support another’s sensor, switch, or scene…
I moved everything to Proxmox and learned that fewer boxes doesn't mean more reliable
Jeff Butts Apr 3, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system…