Build a smart home control panel from a cheap Android tablet and Fully Kiosk Browser. Tablet picks, PoE and USB-C mounting, and room-ready layouts.
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
The ridiculously cheap 10GbE home network you can build for under $200
Upgrade your homelab to 10-gigabit Ethernet using budget switches, secondhand NICs, and Cat6a cabling. Covers configuration and performance numbers.
That old laptop in your drawer is a free headless Linux server
Old laptops beat a Raspberry Pi 5 for homelab use: better CPU, more RAM, silent, and a built-in battery UPS, all while drawing 8-15W at idle.
Fish, Zsh, or Nushell: which shell is actually worth switching to?
A practical comparison of Fish 4, Zsh, and Nushell covering defaults, plugins, startup time, and POSIX compatibility for devops and desktop use.
Boot signed Linux with no bootloader config: unified kernel images and systemd-boot
Build and enroll Unified Kernel Images with automatic Secure Boot signing for systemd-boot, retiring fiddly bootloader configuration on Linux.
Make navigation feel instant with the Speculation Rules API, no framework
Prefetch and prerender pages with the Speculation Rules API using JSON, replacing instant.page with a native browser primitive for instant navigation.