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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.
Hands-on experience with AI, self-hosting, Linux, and the developer tools Botmonster actually uses
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Hands-on experience with AI, self-hosting, Linux, and the developer tools Botmonster actually uses
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.
The HTML popover attribute nobody warned you about just killed your modal JS
Build dropdown menus, tooltips, and modals with the native HTML popover attribute. No JavaScript libraries needed, paired with CSS anchor positioning.
You won't believe your home's radon levels: a $150 ESPHome detector reveals them
Build a DIY radon detector with the FTLab RD200M pulsed ion-chamber sensor, an ESP32, and ESPHome firmware, then track readings live in Home Assistant.