Your Air Conditioner Has Features Its Remote Doesn't
I decoded the Mitsubishi Mr Slim infrared protocol to get local control of my bedroom AC — and found an airflow mode that no button on the remote can reach
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I Stopped Letting Meeting Bots Hear My Meetings — So I Built Notare
A free, open-source meeting notetaker and dictation app that keeps every word on your own machines — with plain Markdown into your Obsidian vault, and a home-server GPU doing the heavy lifting.
ReadRunning GPU-Accelerated Whisper on an AMD GPU (No NVIDIA Required)
How I built a self-hosted OpenAI-compatible transcription server on an RX 6600 using whisper.cpp and ROCm — and the three build failures it took to get there
ReadHow I Turned My Home Server into a Remote Dev Environment (and Ditched Cloud IDEs for Good)
A practical guide to self-hosted dev boxes with Tailscale, Docker, and Claude Code
ReadI Turned My Home Server Into a Personal AI Command Center Using OpenClaw — Here’s Exactly How
From WhatsApp chaos to a structured Discord workspace with Obsidian vaults, Jira integration, and 354 AI models on tap
ReadMy Journey Finding the Perfect Note-Taking App: Why I Finally Settled on Standard Notes
After two years with Obsidian, two months with Notion, six months with AnyType, and countless hours testing other tools, I finally found my note-taking home.
ReadLocking Down Your Digital Life: My Multi-Layered Approach to Online Security
A VPN, encrypted email, network-wide ad blocking, a hardened browser, and self-hosted software — and what each layer actually costs.
ReadBuilding Your Own Home Server: A DIY Guide for 2025
Why a home server earns its keep in 2025 — what to run on it, and a parts list to build one.
ReadRelive the Golden Age of Gaming with a Raspberry Pi 5 Retro Console
Build your own retro gaming console with a Raspberry Pi 5, an SSD, and Batocera.
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