Joe Rice-Jones
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I connected my local LLM to Discord, and now I can reach it from anywhere without opening a single port
No reverse proxy, no port forwards, no Tailscale, no fuss
I upgraded my NAS with an SSD cache, then realized more RAM would have solved everything
The fastest cache in your NAS is the one you never set up
An AI agent took over my blank Windows machine and finished in minutes what would take me hours
Reinstalling Windows is one of my least favorite tasks
I stopped splitting 3D models in half after upgrading my print bed
Having a larger print area was one of the biggest quality of life improvements from getting new printer
I finally fixed my Wi-Fi’s dead zones, and all I had to do was change some hidden settings
Before thinking about hardwiring new access points, you have a few options to try
My unsupported Kindle runs Linux now, and it's more useful than when it was new
Sometimes the end of manufacturer support is a good thing
I set up Claude Code the way Spotify does to save tokens, and it cost me more
This wasn't the expected result, but perhaps something changed in Claude's models since Spotify wrote up its findings
Your router's default IP range is sabotaging your WireGuard VPN
The problem with defaults is everyone uses them
That empty NVMe slot on your NAS isn't decoration — it's the upgrade nobody talks about
Make your spinny rust drives pretend to be faster
NAS drives cost more than desktop drives, and one firmware timeout has long been part of the reason
Product segmentation works in odd ways sometimes
I tested Microsoft's new Windows 11 context menu against the app I've been recommending for years
The verdict is still out but it's a good start from Microsoft
Every 10°C hotter makes a hard drive about 23% more likely to fail, and I make sure my NAS fans work now
Your data is precious but HDDs are expensive
I built a website with Claude Code and Stitch 2.0, and now I understand why developers are switching
Although I also understand why every website looks the same now
I tested the HyperX Omen 15 and it made me leave my handheld at home
This is a capable gaming laptop with the usual caveats
I replaced my Fire TV with a mini PC, and now my TV does things Amazon never intended
It's not perfect but it's good enough
My smart TV gets Gigabit speeds over Wi-Fi, but its Ethernet port is stuck in the past
Your TV's Ethernet port might be slower than its Wi-Fi, but it doesn't matter.
Mixing managed and unmanaged switches broke my network in ways I never expected
Don't let the time you spent setting up VLANs and other features go to waste
Changing your DNS doesn't hide anything, it just copies the list somewhere else
That doesn't mean you should keep using your ISP's DNS, however
My smart TV annoyed me for months, so I hunted down every mystery device on my network
Unplugging everything from the wall isn't feasible but this (mostly) worked instead
My smart TV's outbound traffic genuinely worried me, and now it has its own rules
It's not that I don't trust it (which I don't) but you shouldn't either