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Computing, software, hardware, and the digital frontier. Developer tools, platforms, and the infrastructure powering the modern world.
GitHub's Reliability Crisis: When Your Code Host Loses Your Code
GitHub's uptime has plummeted to 86% in April 2026, losing pull requests and driving major developers like Mitchell Hashimoto to abandon the platform.
How One Engineer Created the AM5 Motherboard AMD Won't Build
How One Engineer Created the AM5 Motherboard AMD Won't Build
A Level1Techs engineer bypassed AM5's PCIe lane limitations using a $1,200 Broadcom bridge to run four GPUs on consumer hardware—revealing what's possible.
8 Free Productivity Tools You've Probably Never Heard Of
8 Free Productivity Tools You've Probably Never Heard Of
From smarter bookmarking to AI-powered design tools, here are eight free productivity apps that tech YouTuber Aurelius Tjin found actually useful.
Why Three Nodes Matter: The Real Cost of Proxmox HA
Why Three Nodes Matter: The Real Cost of Proxmox HA
Christian Lempa upgraded his Proxmox cluster to three nodes with Ceph. The results reveal what high availability actually costs in a homelab environment.
Google Opens Bigtable Trials As Database Wars Heat Up
Google Opens Bigtable Trials As Database Wars Heat Up
Google's offering 10-day Bigtable trials without billing requirements. What this move signals about the evolving NoSQL database landscape.
Can Unreal Engine 5 Run on a $500 MacBook? Sort Of.
Can Unreal Engine 5 Run on a $500 MacBook? Sort Of.
Testing Unreal Engine 5.7 on the MacBook Neo reveals what happens when professional software meets budget hardware—and why friction matters.
When Walmart Sells Last-Gen GPUs Cheaper Than Amazon
When Walmart Sells Last-Gen GPUs Cheaper Than Amazon
A PC build experiment reveals an uncomfortable truth about 2026 hardware markets: sometimes the discount bin beats the cutting edge.
Bridging the Gap: C++ Workshop Tackles Industry Reality
Bridging the Gap: C++ Workshop Tackles Industry Reality
Amir Kirsh's workshop addresses the persistent divide between academic C++ and production code—and questions whether one-day training can solve it.
IBM's Bob IDE Tackles Legacy COBOL—But Should You Care?
IBM's Bob IDE Tackles Legacy COBOL—But Should You Care?
IBM's new Bob IDE promises to modernize legacy COBOL systems with AI. A test conversion of an ATM system reveals what works—and what's familiar.
Intel's $199 Chip Outperforms AMD's $500 Flagship
Intel's $199 Chip Outperforms AMD's $500 Flagship
Intel's Core Ultra 250K at $199 matches or beats AMD's $500+ 9950X in real-world creative workloads. The benchmarks tell an unexpected story.
GitHub's Fake Star Economy: 6M Stars, Fooled VCs, Real Money
GitHub's Fake Star Economy: 6M Stars, Fooled VCs, Real Money
New research reveals 6 million fake GitHub stars and a shadow economy gaming VC investment decisions. The manipulation is more organized than you think.
Why Installing Linux on a MacBook Reveals a Regulatory Gap
Why Installing Linux on a MacBook Reveals a Regulatory Gap
A YouTuber's 30-minute struggle to install Ubuntu on an Intel MacBook exposes how proprietary hardware creates barriers Linux users shouldn't face.
USB 10-Gig Adapters Are Finally Small Enough to Matter
USB 10-Gig Adapters Are Finally Small Enough to Matter
New USB-C 10-gigabit Ethernet adapters promise full speed at half the price of Thunderbolt—but only if you have the right port. Here's what actually works.
Why Most Business Dashboards Fail (And How to Fix Yours)
Why Most Business Dashboards Fail (And How to Fix Yours)
Most analyst dashboards fail not from bad data or questions, but from poor preparation and visualization choices. Here's what actually matters.
Laravel 13.6 Drops Debounceable Jobs and JSON Health Checks
Laravel 13.6 Drops Debounceable Jobs and JSON Health Checks
Laravel 13.6 introduces debounceable jobs, JSON health check responses, and Cloudflare email support. Here's what developers need to know.
DJI Lito Drones: Testing the Math on Budget Aircraft
DJI Lito Drones: Testing the Math on Budget Aircraft
DJI's new Lito 1 and X1 drones promise serious performance under $500. A comprehensive test reveals where the compromises actually matter.
Why Your Parallel Code Might Be Slower Than Serial Code
Why Your Parallel Code Might Be Slower Than Serial Code
Rust's Rayon library promises 8x speedups with parallel processing. Sometimes it delivers. Sometimes it makes things worse. Here's when parallelism helps.
WiFi 7's MLO Feature Is About Reliability, Not Speed
WiFi 7's MLO Feature Is About Reliability, Not Speed
Real-world testing reveals WiFi 7's Multi-Link Operation doesn't double your bandwidth—it makes your connection more stable. Here's what actually matters.
When Agents Generate Their Own UI: The Three Flavors Explained
When Agents Generate Their Own UI: The Three Flavors Explained
CopilotKit's Tyler Slaton maps the spectrum of generative UI—from pixel-perfect control to agents writing raw HTML. Each approach makes different tradeoffs.
Building 3D Websites: What Five Hours of Tutorial Actually Teaches
Building 3D Websites: What Five Hours of Tutorial Actually Teaches
A five-hour course promises to teach 3D web development. But what separates technical instruction from actual learning? An examination of modern tutorial culture.