Tech — Page 13

Computing, software, hardware, and the digital frontier. Developer tools, platforms, and the infrastructure powering the modern world.

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Vite Plus Goes Open Source—With Sharp Edges Still Showing

Bob Reynolds·4 months ago

AI. Bob Reynolds4 months ago· 5 min read

Vite Plus Goes Open Source—With Sharp Edges Still Showing

Vite Plus launched as open source alpha, promising unified tooling. Early testing reveals impressive speed alongside design choices that may frustrate power users.

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Solar Drone Flies Five Hours Straight—Here's What It Took

Mike Sullivan·4 months ago

AI. Mike Sullivan4 months ago· 6 min read

Solar Drone Flies Five Hours Straight—Here's What It Took

Luke Maximo Bell's solar-powered drone flew for over 5 hours—longer than any electric multirotor on record. The engineering tells a different story than the hype.

This 12-Hour Web Dev Course Builds 19 Real Projects

Yuki Okonkwo·4 months ago

AI. Yuki Okonkwo4 months ago· 6 min read

This 12-Hour Web Dev Course Builds 19 Real Projects

FreeCodeCamp drops a massive 12-hour tutorial teaching HTML, CSS, and JavaScript through 19 hands-on projects. Here's what makes it different.

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This Compact Home Lab Fits on Your Desk (And Actually Works)

Zara Chen·4 months ago

AI. Zara Chen4 months ago· 6 min read

This Compact Home Lab Fits on Your Desk (And Actually Works)

A tech YouTuber built a tiny but powerful home lab with separate NAS and virtualization host. Here's what makes his approach interesting.

Man comparing two silver MacBook Pro laptops labeled 16" and 14" with "VS" graphic between them on a marble desk

M5 Max 14-inch MacBook throttles more than 16-inch model

Zara Chen·4 months ago

AI. Zara Chen4 months ago· 5 min read

M5 Max 14-inch MacBook throttles more than 16-inch model

The 14-inch and 16-inch M5 Max MacBook Pros have identical specs on paper. In reality? One is significantly throttled. Here's what Apple isn't telling you.

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Why Your AI-Generated Apps Break (And How to Fix Them)

Tyler Nakamura·4 months ago

AI. Tyler Nakamura4 months ago· 6 min read

Why Your AI-Generated Apps Break (And How to Fix Them)

AI coding tools make building apps easy—until deployment. Developer Leon van Zyl explains the tech stack decisions that separate working prototypes from production software.

AWS Identity Center's Multi-Region Replication Feature

Dev Kapoor·4 months ago

AI. Dev Kapoor4 months ago· 6 min read

AWS Identity Center's Multi-Region Replication Feature

AWS just launched multi-region replication for Identity Center. Here's what it means for failover, latency, and the KMS key policy minefield you'll need to navigate.

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MacBook Neo's A18 Pro Chip Hits a Wall in Blender Testing

Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·4 months ago

AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs4 months ago· 5 min read

MacBook Neo's A18 Pro Chip Hits a Wall in Blender Testing

Real-world Blender testing reveals the MacBook Neo's A18 Pro chip struggles with GPU memory on complex scenes, plus unexpected battery performance findings.

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This Creator Built a $5K+ PC With One Major Compatibility Fail

Tyler Nakamura·4 months ago

AI. Tyler Nakamura4 months ago· 5 min read

This Creator Built a $5K+ PC With One Major Compatibility Fail

Tech Notice's 2026 creator PC build with Ryzen 9 9950X 3D hits a motherboard compatibility snag. Here's what went wrong and what actually matters.

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Why Your Old GPU Might Beat Nvidia's New 50 Series

Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·4 months ago

AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs4 months ago· 5 min read

Why Your Old GPU Might Beat Nvidia's New 50 Series

Benchmarks show older Nvidia 40-series GPUs outperforming newer 50-series cards in 3D rendering. Here's what 3D artists need to know before upgrading.

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Desktop Environments vs Window Managers: What Linux Users Need to Know

Yuki Okonkwo·4 months ago

AI. Yuki Okonkwo4 months ago· 6 min read

Desktop Environments vs Window Managers: What Linux Users Need to Know

DevOps engineer Mischa van den Burg explains the practical differences between Linux desktop environments and window managers—and why it matters for your workflow.

Tech reviewer rates desk setup components with scores from 4-9/10, displaying computer, monitors, keyboard, and mobile…

The Security Risks Hiding in Your $50,000 Desk Setup

Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·4 months ago

AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs4 months ago· 6 min read

The Security Risks Hiding in Your $50,000 Desk Setup

A tech reviewer's decade-old workspace reveals what happens when premium gear outlives its security updates. The Mac Pro problem nobody wants to discuss.

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Agent Zero Bets Everything on One-Command Installation

Mike Sullivan·4 months ago

AI. Mike Sullivan4 months ago· 6 min read

Agent Zero Bets Everything on One-Command Installation

Agent Zero simplifies installation to a single command. We look at what this reveals about AI agents competing for developer attention in 2024.

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Why Regulators Should Care About C Programming Skills

Samira Barnes·4 months ago

AI. Samira Barnes4 months ago· 6 min read

Why Regulators Should Care About C Programming Skills

A file compression tutorial reveals the technical knowledge gap undermining tech regulation—and why lawmakers need to understand what they're trying to govern.

Inside Storyblok's AWS Partnership: A Case Study

Marcus Chen-Ramirez·4 months ago

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez4 months ago· 6 min read

Inside Storyblok's AWS Partnership: A Case Study

How headless CMS Storyblok built a $3M+ partnership with AWS through co-selling, marketplace integration, and one really good account manager.

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Varlock Wants to Kill Your .env Files. Should You Let It?

Mike Sullivan·4 months ago

AI. Mike Sullivan4 months ago· 6 min read

Varlock Wants to Kill Your .env Files. Should You Let It?

Varlock promises to solve environment variable chaos by eliminating plain-text secrets. We examine whether this open-source tool delivers on its claims.

NVIDIA's GPU Pricing Mystery: Why Older Is Cheaper

Samira Barnes·4 months ago

AI. Samira Barnes4 months ago· 5 min read

NVIDIA's GPU Pricing Mystery: Why Older Is Cheaper

New V-Ray benchmarks reveal NVIDIA's 50-series offers minimal gains over 40-series cards, raising questions about upgrade economics and market strategy.

A person looks skeptical while a macOS context menu hovers over the Ghostty terminal app icon, with a loading indicator…

CMUX Terminal Is Making Me Rethink How We Code

Tyler Nakamura·4 months ago

AI. Tyler Nakamura4 months ago· 6 min read

CMUX Terminal Is Making Me Rethink How We Code

Theo from t3.gg switches from Ghostty to CMUX terminal. His experience reveals what terminal apps might become—and why current tools aren't there yet.

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Supermicro's Blade Servers Pack 120 Nodes in a Rack

Mike Sullivan·4 months ago

AI. Mike Sullivan4 months ago· 6 min read

Supermicro's Blade Servers Pack 120 Nodes in a Rack

Supermicro's SuperBlade systems promise extreme density and 95% cable reduction. Here's what that actually means for data centers.

How NPMX Exposes the Infrastructure Problem Big Tech Won't Fix

Samira Barnes·4 months ago

AI. Samira Barnes4 months ago· 5 min read

How NPMX Exposes the Infrastructure Problem Big Tech Won't Fix

A community-built npm browser highlights what happens when Microsoft-owned platforms stagnate. The technical solution reveals a deeper governance question.