Synology has faced a lot of hate over the past year for various reasons—some of which are very founded. However, a longstanding gripe of the brand’s customers is how expensive its hardware is. Here’s why I think that it’s still worth paying the Synology tax in 2026.

While I have a 60TB server sitting next to my desk, I actually keep my backups in the cloud. I know that might sound counterintuitive, but let me explain why I choose cloud-based backups instead of local-first approaches.

Anker’s latest Prime Wireless Charging Station makes some bold claims—and lives up to them. I really love this wireless charging station, but I do have one thing about it that I don’t like. Is it worth $230 of your hard-earned money? I’m not quite sure.

Are you ready for a couple of challenging (and one more simple) Raspberry Pi projects? This weekend’s Raspberry Pi projects will put your hardware skills to the test with tasks like handling stepper motors and drivers, programming LEDs, and spinning up Docker containers.

It’s that time of the week again, the time when I showcase three pieces of homelab software for you to try out over the weekend. Today, I’m taking a look at both advanced and simple projects, from running a PXE server to playing retro games in your browser. Here are three homelab projects to try before Monday comes.

Raspberry Pi single-board computers are awesome for so many reasons—they're low-power, extremely capable, and have small footprints. I love all those things about my Raspberry Pi, but my favorite feature is one that I don’t hear talked about nearly often enough.

What started as a compromise eventually led to a new preference for me. I had always thought I needed 18V tools for DIY projects around the house, but I was sorely mistaken. Here’s why my Milwaukee M12 tools are more than enough for DIY projects around the house, and how they became my go-to tools for everything.

Have you ever tried to plug your Roku into an HDMI port, only to wish you had an HDMI extender because it blocked an adjacent port or just didn’t fit right? Roku will actually give you a completely free HDMI extender, and it’s easier than you might think to claim it.

I do a lot of photography and videography, and those files can take up a lot of storage. I used to just store the footage and photos on my laptop’s internal storage, moving it to the NAS only when needed. Now, I just back up the footage to my NAS first and work from there, and that workflow is so much better. Here’s how I automatically back up my SD card to my NAS, and how you can too.