Build, Experiment, and Innovate. Explore hands-on projects and personal homelabs. From server setups to DIY creations, learn how to innovate and experiment with technology at home.
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Can an AI help create a game in five hours? This experiment used Claude AI and PlayCanvas to build a Cookie Clicker-inspired clone, revealing both the potential and limitations of AI-assisted development.
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"Curious how ChatGPT handles real-world coding? Discover my journey building a Python web service—from AI boosts to debugging detours—and see if AI is the coding partner you need.
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The Flipper Zero may look like a toy, but it's a powerful hacking multi-tool, equipped with RFID, NFC, and Sub-GHz capabilities. Despite concerns about misuse, it's a favorite for security enthusiasts and pentesters.
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Microelectronics are more accessible than ever thanks to development boards like Arduino. Learn what Arduino is, how it powers projects, and explore different ways to dive into this exciting technology.
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Docker revolutionizes system administration by simplifying deployment, optimizing resource use, enabling scalability, and easing management, with a focus on practical, hands-on learning.
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In today's digital world, our lives are increasingly reliant on technology. We store our photos and documents on our computers. Unfortunately, everyday, digital lives are wiped by ransomware, hardware loss or human error. Backups provide the best defence against these threats.
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A home lab can be a great learning tool. However, many of the used servers available at discount come with a hidden cost: power consumption. This is exploration of more efficient alternatives.
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AWS Game Day is a competition that allows participants to test their AWS skills in a risk-free environment, possibly discovering new services. Could this be the new eSport for System Administrators?
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Distribution of software is rarely discussed in academic settings, leaving many to learn this by trial and error. In the case of a web application, this needs to be decided early, as it will shape the choices of technology and development methodology.
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A HomeLab provides a proper learning environment for computer infrastructure and software and infrastructure. With over half a million members on the r/HomeLab reddit channel, it is impossible to deny the popularity of the hobby.
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A hard lesson for any sysadmin to learn is to have an outage without even knowing it. The following describes how Technodabbler converted a simple #cron #monitoring into a light-weight monitoring solution.
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Server hardware is typically mounted and operated in specially designed rack. Such hardware is designed from the start to be placed in these racks. However, when building a machine from scratch, finding a good rack mountable computer case can be a challenge. A couple of good options come surprisingly from
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When building a homelab, noise is a common concern. Enterprise-level servers were never designed to be quiet. For those resourceful enough, you can build a sound proof cabinet. Here is how Technodabbler did it.
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The way we develop and deploy Web Applications has changed a lot in the last 10 years. Typically, such a project would require skills in three fields : * Knowledge of a programming language to build a web applications. * Knowledge of system administration, as to manage the platform that will host the
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Cover Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash In a growing world of digital media, the home phone remains one of the most analogue device in our life. It's powered by POTS, also known as Plain Old Telephone System. The more modern alternative, VoIP or Voice over IP, offers telephony service
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About two years ago, I started a journey to convert the analog phone system found in my home to a sleek, modern VoIP system. There was one important requirement : the system should work with the existing phone line. That was a perfectly reasonable requirement, many providers already had that phone