6 reasons I'm buying HDDs, not SSDs
…Hard drive performance when in RAID is more than enough for streaming media through Jellyfin , backing up my photos to reduce my cloud subscription fees, or storing backups that I might need…
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I use OpenCode over Claude Code, and it's every bit as good
…Subscribe by modifying your newsletter preferences ! OpenCode handles multiple models more seamlessly This isn't surprising at all, but given that Claude Code is an Anthropic product, you're limited to Claude…
Sonos users are vibe-coding their own apps, and I tested the best 3
…He has written news, features, and gadget reviews for national technology media publications. His passion is to help people with their technology problems and gadget purchases. For that, he has worked for…
These open-source tools do what Claude charges for, and some do it better
…Sign in to your XDA account This should surprise no one, but a paid Claude plan doesn't just get you limits that are a bit less brutal than the free tier…
Trying to self-host LLMs made me realize local AI has a friction problem, not a quality problem
…You won't have subscriptions piling up across multiple services, or rate limits and paywalls stopping you from getting work done. Most importantly, users will have real control and privacy over the…
I ditched PhotoFiltre for GIMP, and it's the upgrade I didn't know I needed
Judy Sanhz May 22, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT Judy is an author at XDA with over a decade of experience writing about digital media. She's written for some of the…
I made Jellyfin remote streaming reliable without opening everything to the internet
…He has written news, features, and gadget reviews for national technology media publications. His passion is to help people with their technology problems and gadget purchases. For that, he has worked for…
Anthropic quietly nerfed Claude Code's 1-hour cache, and your token budget is paying the price
…I know many who use it daily, and for those using a Claude subscription , it's the only permissible coding harness. But something changed over the past couple of weeks, and if…
I thought a VPS would replace my home server, but the real costs caught me off guard
…For example, media streaming via Jellyfin on a VPS is tedious. A VPS without access to an integrated or dedicated GPU limits hardware transcoding, resulting in poor performance. And even when it…
My local LLM and Claude are helping me make my dream game, one day at a time
…Samarveer holds a deep appreciation of gaming, and considers the platform to be the most immersive and impactful across all media. He can be found engaging with gaming communities online, always ready…