Tag: hardware

Kdenlive Proxy Editing on Weak Hardware

Edit 4K (or chunky 1080p60) on a mini PC without the timeline turning into a slideshow. Kdenlive proxies plus VAAPI/NVENC for cheap homelab editing.

Home Lab Hardware Guide 2026: What to Buy, What to Avoid, and What to Beg For

2026 home lab hardware guide: Pi-class boards, N100/N200 mini PCs, used Dell R730s, NAS picks, UPS, switches, and the power-draw math that pays the bill.

SBCs in 2026: Homelab on a Budget

DRAM prices are killing the hobbyist SBC market, but there are still great options. Here's what's worth buying in 2026 for a sub-$200 homelab setup.

1-Bit LLMs: The Quantization Endgame

1-bit models store weights as -1, 0, or 1. That sounds insane until you see them run a 100B parameter model on a laptop CPU. Here's what's actually happening.

AMD Lemonade: Local LLM Serving for AMD GPUs

AMD finally has a fast, open source local LLM server that uses both GPU and NPU. If you've been jealous of Nvidia users, Lemonade is worth your time.

CUDA vs ROCm vs CPU: Running AI on Whatever GPU You've Got

CUDA vs ROCm for AI on Linux: NVIDIA's easy path, AMD's emotional journey, and why CPU inference isn't dead yet. Real Docker setups included.

Is Your Linux Server Destroying Its SSD?

Check SSD health, find excessive write patterns, use noatime, move logs to tmpfs to extend lifespan.

Navigating the Storm: Analysis of Intel’s 13th and 14th Gen CPU Instability Issues

Intel 13th and 14th gen CPUs have a documented instability problem. Here's what's happening, who's affected, and what Intel is doing about it.