I stopped recommending the 3GB Raspberry Pi 4, and here's why
… In 2026, Pi is losing its footing among hobbyists. …
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LLM From Scratch is a hands-on workshop where you write every piece of an AI from nothing
… Built for hobbyists - runs on a laptop; see the LLM From Scratch GitHub for details. …
Someone turned an ESP32 T-LoRa Pager into a portable music machine, and you can too
… While Raspberry Pis and ESP32s are great for hobbyists, they are also regularly found in products. They're very useful, after all, so it's only natural that companies will use them as their hardware of choice when making something small that doesn't need to be an absolute powerhouse. …
Throwing away your old network equipment is a fool’s errand - here’s what to do with it instead
… Routers, switches, and access points from recognizable brands hold value longer than consumer electronics in other categories, partly because the hobbyist and home lab communities have a consistent appetite for affordable hardware to learn on and experiment with. …
The Flipper One is finally official, but Flipper isn't selling it yet — they're asking for help to build it
… It packaged NFC, sub-GHz radio, infrared, RFID, and a handful of hardware interfaces into a pocket-sized microcontroller toy that became unexpectedly serious in the hands of researchers, hobbyists, and the occasional teenager. …
My old Pixel does more useful things for my home lab than my current phone ever will
… Sign in to your XDA account Smartphones these days have plenty powerful processors, to the point where if you upgrade your phone, your old one is probably still more powerful than a lot of hobbyist home lab hardware. …
My RX 9070 XT was the better GPU, but AMD's track record pushed me back to RTX
… If hobbyists can get it working on hardware from 2020, AMD's position looks to be purely for product segmentation purposes, not an engineering one like they have claimed. …
I switched from streaming to self-hosting my media — it cost more than I expected
… This either crushes your CPU or forces you to buy a subscription like Plex Pass and a dedicated GPU for hardware acceleration. …
I changed two settings in my photo editor and my exports don't have hidden surprises anymore
… Related 6 reasons Darktable is better than Adobe Lightroom for hobbyist photo editors Why pay for Lightroom when Darktable does more? …
This $35 ESP32 touchscreen makes Meshtastic feel less like a commitment, and you still get a great display if it doesn't stick
… But the more ESP32 hobbyist hardware that happens to ship with LoRa, the more incidental nodes end up on the mesh, and the better the mesh gets for everyone already on it. …