Your NAS doesn't need to be all-SSD, and TrueNAS proved it to me
…The bottleneck wasn't speed, and I ended up rethinking my entire setup and strategy. Here's why. I ditched HDDs for an all-SSD NAS — here’s why I went back…
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I ran local LLMs on my phone for a month, and now my desktop setup feels like overkill
15h agoThe AI automation tool nobody talks about just replaced my entire workflow setup
4d agoClaude Code learns from my mistakes between sessions now, and my setup runs itself
5d agoI replaced Cursor and Antigravity with a completely local VS Code setup, and I missed less than I expected
1w agoI tried Cursor 3.0 and I’m not going back to VS Code or Claude Code anytime soon
…I found myself copy-pasting errors, switching between my code tabs and terminal windows, and dealing with AI tools that felt like awkward afterthoughts pasted onto a text editor built for a…
Your backup strategy is probably broken, and a $250 second machine can fix it
…But gaining sovereignty over all your data is a double-edged sword, and a single NAS setup just isn’t enough to safeguard the essential files on your system. Even on a…
I monitor my PC with Home Assistant, and it's a bigger deal than I realized
…Nothing fancy, just clean and functional. The entire setup took around an hour. No complex configs, no deep technical hurdles. Just a few tools connected together, and the setup is done. Related…
Claude's Dispatch feature turned my phone into a remote control for my entire workflow
…You communicate with the tool through instant messaging, and it goes off and does the work autonomously. But with Dispatch, it isn't a third-party tool or a separate setup you…
I almost threw away my old laptop and now It’s my most reliable Home Assistant server
…and a smart home that finally feels smart I started with the obvious setup: installing Docker to isolate services, then setting up Home Assistant for automation control. I also experimented with tools…
I replaced my entire Proxmox backup strategy with one tool, and I haven't thought about backups since
…I spend less time improvising and more time trusting that the system is doing what it says it is doing. Restores matter more than backups, and this tool gets that Fast recovery…
Self-hosted LLM took my personal knowledge management system to the next level
…While Notion and Roam Research are popular PKM tools, they rely on cloud storage, which conflicts with the privacy goals of a self-hosted AI setup. Obsidian's local-first markdown files…
Proxmox's real advantage isn't the platform, it's what the community built around it
…and starts becoming a real part of your everyday setup. That’s when platforms show you what they’re actually like to live with, and Proxmox benefits a lot from having tools…
These 4 PC drivers will tank your performance if you skip them
…Updated audio drivers also fix compatibility bugs with newer software features such as spatial audio, noise suppression, and advanced microphone enhancements. Since I regularly use voice chats and media editing tools, reliable…