I monitor my PC with Home Assistant, and it's a bigger deal than I realized
…Sign in to your XDA account I used to think my PC was just a tool, but after integrating it into my home lab, I’ve realized it’s actually the heart…
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I built a retro gaming library on my NAS, and RomM makes it feel like Plex for games
…He writes for XDA-Developers, where he focuses on topics like productivity, networking, self-hosting, and more. Over the years, his work has also appeared in leading publications such as Android Police…
I used Claude to code an entire website, and it worked better than I expected
…After that, I tried building a portfolio website, a few tools, and some other small projects, but I never really succeeded in getting things to the point I wanted. It usually takes…
I started using VS Code with GitHub Wiki and I should have sooner
…The web editor is simple, but that simplicity becomes a problem when you are dealing with longer guides, docs, or anything that needs consistency. You do not get a proper side-by…
Fedora's Atomic desktop model is quietly becoming the future of Linux for normal people
…The only way around this is to use a toolbox container instead. But for users who install a lot of tools this way, it can be an instant deal-breaker. That said…
I stopped opening the Windows 11 Settings app once I learned the right PowerShell commands
…It's a pain to deal with excessively nested menus to reach an option. Windows search is equally bad, and you can find basic settings with it, but not the deeply nested…
I spent a month with Cursor, Google Antigravity, and Windsurf – and there is a clear winner
…Sign in to your XDA account The dream of the AI-powered developer setup has always been a smarter autocomplete – a tool that could guess your next line before you typed it…
I built my entire second brain in Claude Projects, and NotebookLM can't compete anymore
Mahnoor Faisal May 13, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
I tried Google's new Antigravity 2.0, and I'm sticking with Claude Code
…The developer keynote has now turned into the product keynote, and suddenly everyone's interested in what's new within the AI tools all the big tech companies are so aggressively pushing…
This free Photoshop alternative does what GIMP and Krita can't, and I stopped looking after trying it
…Which is the best image-editing tool? Pixelmator Pro shows much promise, but Photoshop's still on top The search is over Whether you are managing a complex RAW development or high…