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Jellyfin home screen on a MiniLED TV.
Everytime I set up a new Jellyfin server, these are the plugins I install first

These add-ons bring Jellyfin up to par with its premium, paid rivals

simplenote on iphone, desktop and keyboard in background
I tested every open-source notes app on mobile — and only one actually competes with Notion

Not all of them are worth keeping installed

Internet speed test shown on monitor at a PC set up on desk
Windows 11 is secretly throttling your Wi-Fi, and the fix takes 30 seconds

Change this one setting for a free performance boost.

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BookOrbit on a Mac
I moved my entire Kindle library to a self hosted server and escaped the Amazon walled garden for good

BookOrbit finally gave me the Kindle experience Amazon should have built, and it costs nothing to run.

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Gemini Omni on a desktop.
I tried Gemini Omni, and it's so good it feels straight out of science fiction

There's a new king of video generation in town, and it's no joke

A laptop running Linux with the KDE Plasma desktop environment
Most people don't hate Linux, they just hate the first distro they tried

Don't knock it until you try it... multiple times

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Symfonium on Galaxy S23 Ultra
I ditched Spotify for Jellyfin, and this app made offline driving music actually work

Connect to my own music pool while on the go.

open notebook on desktop pc, clock and lamp in view
I switched from NotebookLM to this open-source tool, and it does what Google won't

It's a solid alternative but also has trade-offs

Home Assistant iPhone 12 controller
Home Assistant's new dashboard editor cuts setup time from 20 minutes to seconds

Create cards to your heart's content.

Amazon Freevee and Plex homepage
4 reasons Plex is pushing me further and further towards Jellyfin

With Plex becoming a minefield of clutter and paywalled features, it's about time I switched to Jellyfin

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Using Claude Cowork on Windows
I finally found the best tool to automate Windows and I can't stop raving about it

The unexpected king of Windows AI automation

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minuspod UI on a phone
I built a podcast server that strips ads before you hit play, and it learns from every episode

MinusPod transcribes your podcasts, finds the ads, and removes them automatically — here's how it works

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Holding the Raspberry Pi 4 in hand
Encrypting DNS queries through Pi-hole is where the real privacy happens, and it only took 10 minutes

It made my network security so much better

A photo of a monitor showing jellyfin's community script setup in a proxmox LXC
I already bought the lifetime Plex pass, but the price increase might make me move to Jellyfin anyway

I'm ready to migrate my media server to Jellyfin at a moment's notice

Cloudflare Tunnel docs page opened in MacBook
Cloudflare is by far the best service for home labbers and the wider internet, and that should make you nervous

The best option is also the scariest.

PS5 on shelf
Your PS5 is probably plugged into the wrong HDMI port, and it's killing your gaming experience

One simple, overlooked choice can dramatically transform your PS5 gaming experience

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Running queries in llama-vscode
I stopped paying for Obsidian after discovering VS Code can handle my notes just as well with the right extensions

There's really nothing VS Code can't do

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Accessing the OMV web UI from a smartphone
I turned my Raspberry Pi into a portable NAS that runs off a power bank, and now I carry terabytes everywhere

That's one way to carry a NAS in my travel bag, I suppose

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD extends AM5 support through 2029 with a new CPU, and AM4 refuses to die

AM5 keeps on livin'!

An AMD Ryzen processor installed on a motherboard.
AMD just gave the Ryzen 7 5800X3D an upgrade, and Noctua will sell it for other AM4 CPUs
AMD

AM4 keeps chugging along.

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