Patrick Campanale

Your router isn’t just for Wi-Fi—here’s everything else it can do

• DIY
• Homelab
• Networking
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

Your router isn’t just for Wi-Fi—here’s everything else it can do

Patrick Campanale May 23, 2026

Your Wi-Fi router can do way more than you think

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Why I still buy hard drives for my Windows PC

• pc building
• PC components
• SSD
• Storage
• Technology

Why I still buy hard drives for my Windows PC

Patrick Campanale May 22, 2026

Have you checked the price-per-terabyte of storage recently?

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2 useful (and 1 fun) homelab projects to try this weekend (May 22 – 24)

• DIY
• Hobbies
• Homelab
• Self Hosted
• Technology
• Weekend

2 useful (and 1 fun) homelab projects to try this weekend (May 22 – 24)

Patrick Campanale May 21, 2026

Build a retro LAN party box this weekend—your friends will thank you

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I’ve been a Synology die-hard for years, but this brand finally won me over

• Homelab
• NAS
• Storage
• Technology
• Ugreen

I’ve been a Synology die-hard for years, but this brand finally won me over

Patrick Campanale May 21, 2026

Ugreen vs Synology: Who makes the better NAS in 2026?

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Stop letting your Raspberry Pis collect dust—here are 3 projects to start this weekend (May 22 – 24)

• Homelab
• Raspberry Pi
• Single-Board Computers
• Technology
• Weekend

Stop letting your Raspberry Pis collect dust—here are 3 projects to start this weekend (May 22 – 24)

Patrick Campanale May 21, 2026

Your drawer full of Raspberry Pis is about to become useful again

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Codex finally made moving from Notion to Obsidian a simple task

• AI & Machine Learning
• Apps & Web Apps
• ChatGPT
• Productivity
• Technology

Codex finally made moving from Notion to Obsidian a simple task

Patrick Campanale May 21, 2026

I used AI to migrate from Notion to Obsidian in minutes

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Docker Compose made my homelab 10 times easier to manage—here’s why

• Applications
• Docker
• Homelab
• Self Hosted
• Technology

Docker Compose made my homelab 10 times easier to manage—here’s why

Patrick Campanale May 20, 2026

Docker Compose makes moving my homelab between systems trivial

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Don’t pay for multi-gig internet. Fix your LAN instead.

• Homelab
• internet
• Networking
• Storage
• Technology

Don’t pay for multi-gig internet. Fix your LAN instead.

Patrick Campanale May 18, 2026

How a multi-gig LAN completely transformed my homelab

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You don’t need a new router to use 2.5GbE on your NAS

• Homelab
• Networking
• Storage
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

You don’t need a new router to use 2.5GbE on your NAS

Patrick Campanale May 18, 2026

The $49 trick to unlock 2.5GbE NAS speeds

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Your old gaming PC is the ultimate homelab NAS

• DIY
• Gaming PCs
• Homelab
• NAS
• Technology

Your old gaming PC is the ultimate homelab NAS

Patrick Campanale May 16, 2026

This is why I turned my old gaming PC into a home server instead of buying a...

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