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• M5 Ultra for Local LLMs: 256GB vs. 512GB and DGX Spark
  Sep 08, 2026 M5 Ultra Apple Silicon Mac Studio NVIDIA DGX Spark Local LLM Mixture of Experts Speculative Decoding Memory Bandwidth Hardware Benchmarks

  An analytical buyer's guide to the M5 Ultra Mac Studio for local LLMs. Comparing 256GB, 512GB, and NVIDIA DGX Spark for DeepSeek-V4-Flash and GLM-5.3 inference.

• Software's Ultimate Rival Isn't a Competitor — It's the User's Own Agent
  Jun 09, 2026 ai agent codex software-market open-source macos tech-business

  How AI agents are reshaping software pricing, open-source leverage, and long-tail apps by letting users build tailored alternatives on demand.

• Computer Networking in Practice: Homelab Network Architecture and Deployment
  May 08, 2026 homelab networking vlan dhcp routing wifi poe surveillance huawei server

  A practical walkthrough of my homelab network architecture: a routed 10G core, VLAN segmentation, DHCP design, managed Wi-Fi, surveillance isolation, and ACL boundaries.

• From Hikvision NVR to Frigate on TrueNAS
  Jan 03, 2026 frigate camera self-hosting home-assistant rtsp go2rtc hikvision ai yolo gpu nvidia p4

  How I moved Hikvision cameras to VLAN-based RTSP streams and Frigate on TrueNAS with NVIDIA P4 GPU acceleration and YOLO ONNX detection.

• Hello, Blog
  Dec 26, 2025 meta astro svelte

  Why I’m adding a blog to this homepage, and how it’s structured.

• Step into Development: A Beginner's Guide
  Oct 09, 2024 dev101 developer-tools git github svelte sveltekit react next vue nuxt tailwindcss python vscode ai-tools

  Dev 101 checklist of essential developer tools and resources: Git/GitHub, Svelte/SvelteKit, React/Vue, Next/Nuxt, Tailwind, Python tooling, code editors (VS Code/JetBrains), and AI assistants.