This is the mini PC that finally made me display my home server instead of burying it
…You get two 2.5 GbE ports, meaning you can use it as a router, a firewall, or as a Home Assistant controller with one NIC on your IoT device network and…
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OLED burn-in fear is keeping people on worse monitors for no reason in 2026
…auto-hide the taskbar, use dark mode, let the display sleep when you walk away, don't run brightness at maximum all day and leave the built-in pixel-shifting and panel…
I almost bought a used Nvidia Tesla GPU for my home lab, then I read what owners actually deal with
…situation and physical compatibility issues are just too much to bear for most enthusiasts, including myself. Related Cheap enterprise networking gear exposes the flaws in expensive consumer hardware Ex-enterprise networking hardware…
HP's cyberboard looked revolutionary until I actually used it
…It has a paltry two USB-C ports, one of which is USB4, so it can power the EliteBoard and send a display signal to your monitor, or the second slower port…
After 20 years on macOS alone, Little Snitch just landed on Linux, and Windows still doesn't have it
…Related How to monitor your home network traffic with a Raspberry Pi You don't need expensive equipment to monitor your home network. All you need is a Raspberry Pi and a…
I found the best Home Assistant dashboard for my iPad
…The app automatically dims the display after a set period of inactivity and lets you adjust things like overlay opacity, fade duration, and idle timeouts. More than just a control plane Get…
I built a $15 ESP32 display that lets me monitor my Bambu Lab printer from my desk
…Each sensor update triggers a lambda that formats the value and pushes it to an LVGL label on the display. There's no polling, no delays, and it's all event-driven…
I ran Linux for two years without actually understanding it, and WSL2 made that possible
…Hardware compatibility, GPU drivers, display management, device support, Office applications, gaming, and recovery remain under Windows. WSLg is another example of how far WSL has come. Being able to launch Linux GUI…
Your monitor's USB hub does more than a docking station, and costs nothing extra
…One cable goes in, and everything else, from power and display, to peripherals and networking, is handled. For clean desk enthusiasts, USB docking stations feel tailor-made . However, in practice, most setups…
This $35 ESP32 touchscreen makes Meshtastic feel less like a commitment, and you still get a great display if it doesn't stick
…It's cheap, easy to use, and comes pre-flashed. And if you don't like it, you can always just use it like a regular ESP32-powered display instead! $35 at…