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      <title><![CDATA[The Complete Guide to Mechanical Keyboards in 2025]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[From switches to keycaps, everything you need to know about building or buying your perfect mechanical keyboard this year.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Running a Home Server on Raspberry Pi 5: Six Months Later]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[After six months of running Docker containers, Pi-hole, and a media server on the Raspberry Pi 5, here is what worked, what broke, and what I would do differently.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[OLED Monitors in 2025: Are They Finally Ready for Daily Use?]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[QD-OLED and WOLED panels have addressed most of the burn-in concerns from years past. We dig into whether an OLED monitor is a sensible desk purchase today.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building a Home NAS with TrueNAS SCALE in 2025]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A step-by-step guide to speccing, building, and configuring a home NAS for media, backups, and file sharing using TrueNAS SCALE.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[GPU Buying Guide Mid-2025: RTX 5000 vs RX 9000 vs Arc Battlemage]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The GPU market in mid-2025 is genuinely competitive for the first time in years. Here is where each vendor stands and which card makes sense at each price point.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[RISC-V in 2025: Open Hardware Goes Mainstream]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[RISC-V processors are moving from microcontrollers into Linux-capable SBCs, laptops, and even server chips. We look at what is shipping and what is coming.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building a Local-First Smart Home with ESP32 and ESPHome]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How to build smart home sensors and switches using ESP32 microcontrollers, ESPHome firmware, and Home Assistant — no cloud required.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[USB4, Thunderbolt 5, and USB 40Gbps: The Cable Confusion Explained]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The USB specification landscape in 2025 is genuinely confusing. This guide cuts through the marketing names and explains what each standard actually delivers.]]></description>
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