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4 reasons your networking gear should never be plugged straight into the wall (and what to do instead)
Networking gear isn't cheap, but that's not even the biggest problem
The M.2 slot under your CPU is in the worst possible place, and manufacturers are never going to fix it
Your SSD gets the fastest connection possible, but only if you can actually reach the slot.
Your ISP can still see everything, even with encrypted DNS—here's what actually stops them
Encrypted DNS can lull you into a false sense of security and privacy
I assigned static IPs to my devices, and managing my network got much easier
Letting my router make all the decisions from the start was a mistake.
4 PC storage and Wi-Fi mistakes I’m tired of seeing after 10 years of reviewing tech
It’s been a decade in the industry, and I still see people making the same mistakes.
SATA SSDs aren’t dead—this is where they still beat NVMe drives
Practical strategies for repurposing SATA SSDs as fast external drives and bulk storage on a budget.
6 reasons your Wi-Fi extender is ruining your entire network
Whoever told you to buy a Wi-Fi extender owes you money now
Stop storing everything on your main SSD: A guide to Hot vs. Cold data
Your messy file storage habits are actually putting your PC at risk
Why AMD's latest drivers make ditching NVIDIA actually worth it
And I say that as an NVIDIA GPU owner.
Don't suffer through dorm Wi-Fi—these 7 tools actually work
I wish I thought about any of these when I was still in college
I turned this tiny $16 USB drive into the ultimate PC rescue tool
It's like having a tiny IT department in my pocket.
I stopped saving up for a new GPU after optimizing my CPU's graphics performance
Who has the money to buy a new GPU right now, especially when the CPU can help?
Your 10-foot USB-C cable is hiding 6 flaws that nobody likes to talk about
Is a longer cable really worth all the trouble?
Skip the mini PC for homelabbing and buy a laptop with a broken screen instead
Who needs a mini PC when the laptop nobody wants gets the job done?
I built a self-hosted internet status page so my family knows when the outage isn’t my fault
I'm not always to blame, just mostly.
These laptops were effectively banned 7 years ago, and nothing's really matched them since
The 2019 Entities listing cut off software partnerships and sidelined a laptop that reshaped Windows expectations.
The best homelab investment I made wasn't expensive—it was just simple
Moving critical services off a do-it-all server made the setup easier to maintain.
The weird story behind why hard drives spin at such oddly specific speeds
A complicated blend of physics and economics steered drives toward a few RPMs as air turbulence and heat rose.