Software
Windows 11’s Dev Drive isn’t just for developers, and I moved my game library onto one
Adios, long load times!
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Beastly 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro chip and 2TB storage gets a steep $600 price drop
Apple’s powerhouse is now cheaper
Mobile
I stopped fighting with wireless Android Auto and discovered wired was better all along
Wireless Android Auto broke too often, so I went back to the cable
Hardware
I’ll always pay more for Zigbee smart home gear, and my Home Assistant setup proves why
Zigbee costs more upfront, but it’s the only smart home standard that scales without new apps.
Hardware
Your monitor’s most underrated setting is probably wrong in a menu you never open
The wrong overdrive mode can tarnish your gaming monitor’s performance
Gaming
This Claude-built game lets you destroy any website, and it’s absurdly addictive
Breaking the internet has never been this much fun
Mobile
I host a real website on a $5 ESP32, and it handles more traffic than I expected
Worth it for a portfolio, not for an app.
General Tech
I compared a DVD upscaled by my Shield TV against the same film streaming in 4K, and the DVD held up embarrassingly well
The quality of an AI-enhanced upscaled DVD compared to 4K streaming is close.
Mobile
Google Maps was destroying my battery on long drives until I changed these settings
You can get hours of extra battery life without giving up on Google Maps
Mobile
Windows already has a file sync tool, and it’s been hiding in the command line for over 20 years
I combined a light script with Robocopy, and it now watches essential folders and mirrors changes.
Mobile
The long, messy road to the Googlebook
Why did it take Google 17 years to launch its first proper Android-powered laptops.
Hardware
3 cheap sensors that made my smart home more useful than any smart speaker did
My home is now truly automated.
Artificial Intelligence
I asked ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to fix the same broken spreadsheet, and only one understood what I actually meant
The best spreadsheet fix isn’t always the smartest one
Hardware
PCIe 5.0 SSDs are the fastest drives I’ve ever used, yet nothing I do actually got faster
I didn’t expect everything to get twice as fast, but I also didn’t expect what I got
Hardware
I finally found an open-source tool that casts web video to my TV without hijacking my PC screen
My PC finally learned to share, but not its screens
Mobile
I ran GLM 5.3, a 744-billion-parameter model, on my home lab, and the frontier suddenly feels a lot closer
1.5TB of model, 350GB of computer. Math shouldn’t work like this.
Software
Proton Drive’s new CLI brings encrypted cloud storage to scripts and servers
This article is sponsored by Proton
Mobile
Windows 11 still ships a system image tool from Windows 7, and it saved my PC when nothing else could
Offline and straightforward, the legacy Backup and Restore builds a full system image without cloud or reinstallation fuss.
Artificial Intelligence
I tried three ways to train my own ChatGPT on Nvidia DGX Sparks, and only one made it faster
These things take serious smarts to get running
Mobile
Android Auto’s big redesign could convince me to finally ditch CarPlay for good
Google finally gave Android Auto the one thing that could beat CarPlay
Software
I installed Google’s official Android Auto emulator, and now I test all my apps before they go near my car
Testing new Android Auto apps used to be a gamble, but since I discovered I can try them easily at home, things have been much easier.
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