Compare Raspberry Pi 5 and Orange Pi 5 Plus for ARM SBC self-hosting: specs, benchmarks, Jellyfin 4K transcoding, power draw, and pricing in 2026.
Hands-on experience with AI, self-hosting, Linux, and the developer tools Botmonster actually uses
Hands-on experience with AI, self-hosting, Linux, and the developer tools Botmonster actually uses
Gleam for Erlang developers: type-safe language for the BEAM VM
Gleam brings statically-typed functional programming to the BEAM VM with Hindley-Milner inference, Erlang and Elixir interop, and JavaScript output.
eBPF tracing for Linux 5.15: real-time kernel monitoring
Attach sandboxed programs to kernel events for real-time monitoring without kernel changes. Master bpftrace, BCC, libbpf, Prometheus integration.
Multi-monitor Linux setup with mixed DPI displays
Wayland (GNOME 46+, KDE 6.1+) finally supports per-monitor DPI scaling. Pair a 4K center at 200% with 1080p sides at 100% without blurriness.
Automated AES-256 Backups: 500GB in 5 min for $3 a month
Restic encrypts and dedupes backups locally. Rclone ships them to 70+ clouds. A systemd timer drives a fire-and-forget 500 GB pipeline for $3 a month.
Multi-sensor weather station with ESP32 under $100
Build a sub-$100 ESP32 weather station with wind, rain, UV, and pressure sensors sending live environmental data to Home Assistant over ESPHome.