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- DGX Spark vs Mac Studio M3 Ultra: Which AI Dev Machine Wins in 2026? — DGX Spark vs Mac Studio M3 Ultra in 2026: Mac wins on inference (819 GB/s bandwidth, 512 GB ceiling); DGX wins on CUDA training. Real… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 14 min read
- GTX 1050 Ti in 2026: Performance, Use Cases, and Modern Comparisons — Evaluate GTX 1050 Ti performance in 2026 for 1080p gaming and crypto mining. Compare with modern GPUs like RX 6600 and RX 7600. Find out… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 7 min read
- DGX Spark vs RTX 5090 vs M3 Ultra for Local LLMs — 128 GB unified memory vs 32 GB GDDR7: DGX Spark vs RTX 5090 vs Mac Studio M3 Ultra for local LLMs, with published tok/s and which models… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 7 min read
- Ah Yes, 'Gaming' Laptops: The Hype vs. Reality — Gaming laptop performance, pricing, and long-term thermal reality compared using public benchmarks and enthusiast data — what the numbers… Mike Perry · 2026-04-24 · 7 min read
- Why Preassembled PCs Beat DIY Builds in 2026 — Skip the hassle: discover why preassembled PC builds are faster, more reliable, and just as powerful. Learn how to choose the best 2026… Mike Perry · 2026-04-23 · 7 min read
- How to Run a Public Website on a $10 ESP32 Without Servers — Learn how to run a self-hosted public website on a $10 ESP32 with no servers or software. Perfect for low-cost IoT projects and home labs. Mike Perry · 2026-04-23 · 7 min read
- Build a Magic Mirror 2 Smart Home Hub (2026) — A complete build guide for a Magic Mirror 2 smart home hub — two-way mirror + monitor + Raspberry Pi 4 running MagicMirror² with weather… Mike Perry · 2026-04-23 · 15 min read
- Build an 8-Node Raspberry Pi Cluster for Distributed Computing (2026) — A complete guide to building an 8-node Raspberry Pi 5 cluster with K3s Kubernetes, PoE networking, shared NVMe storage, and real workloads… Mike Perry · 2026-04-23 · 17 min read
- Build a PiKVM V3 Device for Remote Server Management (2026) — A complete guide to building a PiKVM V3 — a Raspberry Pi 4-based IP-KVM that gives you BIOS-level remote access to any server over a web… Mike Perry · 2026-04-23 · 14 min read
- Local AI on Raspberry Pi 5: Sourced Benchmarks for Llama, Phi, and Gemma (2026) — A Raspberry Pi 5 8GB runs Llama 3.2 3B in Ollama at 4.61 tokens per second on its CPU alone, per Jeff Geerling's ollama-benchmark results… Mike Perry · 2026-04-23 · 14 min read
- Build a RetroPie Handheld in 2026: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide — A complete build guide for a DIY RetroPie handheld using a Raspberry Pi 4, 5" HDMI LCD, 2500 mAh Li-Po battery, Adafruit PowerBoost 1000… Mike Perry · 2026-04-23 · 10 min read
- Best Raspberry Pi Alternatives 2026: 5 SBCs After the Price Hikes — Pi 5 8GB is now $175 (was $80). ROCK 5B+, Orange Pi 6, LattePanda Sigma, Renegade Elite and Orange Pi 4A ranked with cited prices and… Mike Perry · 2026-04-23 · 10 min read
- LattePanda Sigma Review (2026): The x86 SBC That Breaks the Pi Pattern — The LattePanda Sigma is ten times the price of a Raspberry Pi 5 and does things no Pi can. A full Intel Core i5 with 32GB of RAM, dual… Mike Perry · 2026-04-23 · 10 min read
- Orange Pi 5 Plus vs Raspberry Pi 5: The Honest Head-to-Head (2026) — The Orange Pi 5 Plus wins on paper across almost every spec — faster SoC, more RAM, an onboard NPU, HDMI input, a real M.2 slot. The Pi 5… Mike Perry · 2026-04-23 · 15 min read
- Raspberry Pi 5 8GB Review (2026): Still the SBC to Beat — A two-year retrospective on the Raspberry Pi 5 8GB: 2–3x faster than the Pi 4, new PCIe 2.0 lane for NVMe, higher power draw, mandatory… Mike Perry · 2026-04-23 · 14 min read
- Stable Diffusion vs Flux — which open image model wins in 2026? — Stable Diffusion has the ecosystem; Flux has the quality. Here's which model wins for which workflow in 2026, with VRAM budgets and… Mike Perry · 2026-04-22 · 12 min read
- Best GPU for AI image generation in 2026 — Flux, SDXL, SD 3.5 — Image generation in 2026 is a VRAM race: Flux.1 fp16 wants 24 GB, SDXL wants 12 GB, ControlNet adds 4-6 GB per adapter. Here's the ranked… Mike Perry · 2026-04-22 · 11 min read
- Best GPU for an AI rig in 2026 — the shortlist — RTX 5090 is the default single-card buy. 32 GB, mature CUDA, every runtime supports it day one. Mac Studio M3 Ultra is the outlier pick… Mike Perry · 2026-04-22 · 11 min read
- Best GPU for AI code generation in 2026 — Code-generation workloads are bandwidth-bound; the right GPU holds a 32B model in VRAM at q4 and pushes 25+ tok/s. Here's the shortlist in… Mike Perry · 2026-04-22 · 10 min read
- Self-hosting a Claude proxy — cache, rate-limit, and audit every request — Building a production proxy in front of Anthropic's Claude API: where to cache, how to rate-limit, what to log, and the three ways teams… Mike Perry · 2026-04-22 · 9 min read
- Building a period-correct Windows 98 gaming rig in 2026 — Pentium III on an 815E or Apollo Pro 133A board, Voodoo5 or GeForce4 Ti, SB Live!, and the MaxFileCache fix that stops Win98 SE hanging… Mike Perry · 2026-04-22 · 14 min read
- GeForce4 Ti 4600 tuning guide — ForceWare, Detonator, and XP/98 driver pairing — Which ForceWare and Detonator versions actually ship working OpenGL for NV25, the AGP-aperture trap on Win98, and a tested overclock… Mike Perry · 2026-04-22 · 11 min read
- 9800X3D vs Core Ultra 9 285K — gaming vs productivity — Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K — MSRP, VRAM, TDP, synthetic scores, and real AI inference tok/s head-to-head. Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 3 min read
- RTX 3080 vs RTX 5080 — is it time to upgrade? — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — MSRP, VRAM, TDP, synthetic scores, and real AI inference tok/s head-to-head. Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 3 min read
- RTX 5080 vs RX 9070 XT — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT — MSRP, VRAM, TDP, synthetic scores, and real AI inference tok/s head-to-head. Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 3 min read
- M3 Ultra vs RTX 4090 for local LLMs — Apple M3 Ultra vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 — MSRP, VRAM, TDP, synthetic scores, and real AI inference tok/s head-to-head. Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 2 min read
- RTX 4090 vs RX 7900 XTX — The RTX 4090 is 26% faster than the RX 7900 XTX at 4K raster (89.1 vs 70.6 FPS) and 91% faster with ray tracing, per Tom’s Hardware’s June… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 3 min read
- RTX 5070 Ti vs 4070 Ti SUPER — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER — MSRP, VRAM, TDP, synthetic scores, and real AI inference tok/s… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 3 min read
- RTX 5090 vs RX 7900 XTX — does AMD still matter? — | | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | |---|---|---| | Manufacturer | NVIDIA | AMD | | Family | Blackwell | RDNA 3 | |… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 3 min read
- RTX 5080 vs RTX 4080 SUPER — one generation apart — RTX 5080 vs 4080 SUPER: 12% faster at 4K (65.5 vs 58.5 FPS), 9% at 1440p in ComputerBase’s 19-game test. Both launched at $999; street… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 3 min read
- RTX 5090 vs RTX 4090 — is the Blackwell upgrade worth it? — | | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | |---|---|---| | Manufacturer | NVIDIA | NVIDIA | | Family | Blackwell | Ada… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 3 min read
- AI coding assistants ranked — Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Aider — Anthropic's CLI agent. Runs in your terminal, sees your whole repo, makes multi-file edits, runs commands, asks clarifying questions. Best… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 2 min read
- Self-hosting an OpenAI-compatible LLM gateway with LiteLLM — One API shape in your code. model="gpt-4o" vs model="claude-opus-4" vs model="ollama/qwen3:32b" — same client library, same request… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 2 min read
- Building multi-agent AI orchestrators — LangGraph, DSPy, n8n, and picking the right one — LangChain's state-machine framework. Nodes are agents or tools; edges are state transitions. Best for: Deterministic workflows (this →… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 2 min read
- RTX 5090 vs Mac Studio M4 Max for AI — which wins in 2026? — RTX 5090 runs 32B models at a 57 tok/s median across 5 published runs; 70B won't fit its 32 GB, while a 128 GB M4 Max runs it at 11–12… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 2 min read
- Best Mac for running local LLMs in 2026 — More unified memory wins for LLM work, not CPU core count, not GPU core count. Memory capacity determines which models fit; memory… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 2 min read
- VRAM calculator: what can you actually run on your GPU? — At q4KM (the most common community quant), weight size is roughly params × 0.6 bytes: 8B model → 4.8 GB weights + KV cache + overhead → ~6… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 2 min read
- 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP tuning guide — 2026 edition — Amigamerlin drivers, vcache fix, VSA-100 overclocking, and the FX_GLIDE_REFRESH_RATE environment variable that unlocks CRT-era refresh… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 8 min read
- Open WebUI — self-hosted ChatGPT for your local models — Multi-user auth with RBAC — kids get one account, adults another, admin gets model management RAG pipeline built in — drop a PDF, ask… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 5 min read
- ComfyUI for local image generation — the 2026 setup guide — Memory efficiency: ComfyUI lazy-loads model components. On a 12GB card you can run full Flux.1 workflows that crash A1111. Workflow reuse… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 7 min read
- Ollama vs llama.cpp vs vLLM — which local LLM runtime wins in 2026? — Ollama for setup simplicity, llama.cpp for low-level control, vLLM for production throughput. Real tok/s numbers, memory footprints, and… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 10 min read
- How to run Llama 3.1 70B on Apple M3 Ultra — Llama 3.1 70B on Apple M3 Ultra runs at 14–22 tok/s at q4_K_M. Why an M3 Ultra Mac Studio is the cheapest comfortable 70B box in 2026. Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 12 min read
- How to run Qwen 3 32B on Apple M3 Ultra — Qwen 3 32B on Apple M3 Ultra runs at 28–45 tok/s at q4_K_M with reasoning mode. The cheapest comfortable 32B local-inference setup as of… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 12 min read
- How to run Qwen 3 14B on Apple M3 Ultra — Qwen 3 14B on Apple M3 Ultra runs at 55–80 tok/s at q4_K_M with reasoning mode. Why this size beats 8B for agent work, and when not to… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 11 min read
- How to run Llama 3.1 8B on Apple M3 Ultra — Llama 3.1 8B on Apple M3 Ultra runs at 75–110 tok/s at q4_K_M — faster than you can read. Install, benchmark, and routing patterns. Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 10 min read
- How to Run DeepSeek-R1 32B on Apple M4: Which Mac You Need + Real tok/s — DeepSeek-R1 32B on Apple M4 needs at least an M4 Pro 48 GB or M4 Max 36 GB. Expect 18-26 tok/s at q4_K_M. Verified install steps for… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 12 min read
- How to run Llama 3.1 70B on Apple M4 — Llama 3.1 70B on Apple M4 needs M4 Max 64GB+ for usable throughput. Full install via Ollama, llama.cpp, or MLX, plus RAM tiers, pitfalls… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 11 min read
- How to run Qwen 3 32B on Apple M4 (2026) — Qwen 3 32B on Apple M4 needs an M4 Pro 48 GB+ or M4 Max for usable throughput. Full install guide for Ollama, llama.cpp, and MLX with… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 11 min read
- How to run Qwen 3 14B on Apple M4 — As of Sept 2026, Qwen 3 14B runs on any 16GB+ M4 Mac at ~11-13 tok/s (120GB/s ceiling). Install via Ollama, llama.cpp or MLX, plus faster… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 11 min read
- How to run Llama 3.1 8B on Apple M4 — Run Llama 3.1 8B on Apple M4 at 18–29 tok/s — install via Ollama, llama.cpp, or MLX, plus M4 SKU benchmarks, pitfalls, and when 16GB… Mike Perry · 2026-04-21 · 11 min read