I upgraded to Wi-Fi 7 and discovered the real bottleneck was hiding in my walls
…Related Wi-Fi signal strength is a terrible indicator of real performance Those bars don't show the full picture Your Wi-Fi's speed doesn't matter if your wiring is…
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My Windows PC became my homelab's control center with these 5 free tools
…When I had one host and one window, I had no issues. But as the number of hosts grew, multiple IPs, ports, usernames, and notes, it became annoying to manage all those…
I tried an open-source Figma alternative, and its AI does what Figma's can't
…The quality of what OpenPencil produces depends entirely on which model you connect, so it's worth being deliberate about picking your model. I had some issues with my Claude key at…
I use HDMI for my gaming PC, and it works just fine with how I play games
…I have an HDMI 2.1 connected to one of the monitor's HDMI 2.1 ports, which is connected to my PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Switch 2. The other…
I blocked my Bambu printer from the internet, and it became the printer I actually wanted
…The more I used it, though, the more I realized the printer's best qualities were buried under an internet-connected workflow I didn't fully trust. I wanted a fast 3D…
I gave a local LLM access to my Docker containers, and it replaced my monitoring scripts
…What none of these tools told me was whether the three stopped containers mattered, whether the RAM pressure was connected, or what you should actually do. I had all that visibility, but…
Most people waste money on mini PCs when their old laptop is already a better home server
…It already comes with a display, a keyboard, a trackpad, Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity, storage, and most importantly, a battery. That battery is your built-in UPS for the server you…
Your home lab probably falls apart for the wrong reason, and these tools fix it
…That matters because home lab problems rarely announce themselves politely. A reverse proxy dies, a container stops responding, or DNS goes sideways, and suddenly half your stack feels haunted. Uptime Kuma gives…
I found the best Home Assistant dashboard for my iPad
…fixes practical issues around it. After using it a while, I've basically stopped thinking about the app itself. It doesn't actually matter all that much. What matters, though, is the…
Running Jellyfin on a NAS with Docker support turned my media chaos into something that actually works
…There’s also the issue of risk concentration. The more roles your NAS takes on, the more important it becomes to your day-to-day setup. Reboots matter more, updates carry more…