Category: Hardware

  • Building the Home Network Monitor in 2026

    Building the Home Network Monitor in 2026

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    The home network monitor the user has been quietly wanting has become the tool the privacy conscious household can actually run, the tool the smart home, the work from home, the small business has been needing.

  • The Bluetooth Attack Surface You Forgot About

    The Bluetooth Attack Surface You Forgot About

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    Bluetooth is in everything. The phone in your pocket. The watch on your wrist. The AirTag in your bag. The conference room sensor counting occupants. The badge reader at the office door. The fitness band on the gym goer next to you. The toothbrush you bought last month. The total number of Bluetooth devices shipped…

  • Edge Devices Are the New Shadow IT

    Edge Devices Are the New Shadow IT

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    The first era of shadow IT was the personal Dropbox. The second was the personal phone. The third is the smart device, and it is the one the IT team is least equipped to handle.

  • Hardware Wallet Recovery Mistakes in 2026

    Hardware Wallet Recovery Mistakes in 2026

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    The hardware wallet recovery mistake has become the loss the crypto holder has been quietly making, the loss the holder discovers the moment the holder tries to recover the wallet, the loss the recovery seed the holder thought was safe will not undo.

  • Hardware: The Quiet Death of Repair, and Why It Matters

    Hardware: The Quiet Death of Repair, and Why It Matters

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    The average American household owned 21 connected devices in 2024. The same household replaced a primary device every 2.7 years. The average lifespan of the discarded device was 4.1 years. We are replacing things before they break.

  • Building a Home Lab in 2026: What I Actually Use and What I Would Skip

    Building a Home Lab in 2026: What I Actually Use and What I Would Skip

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    The home lab used to be the server in the closet running the outdated workstation. The 2026 version sits as the mini PC under the desk, the small NAS in the cupboard, the smart switch that knows what each device is, the homelab that teaches the things the production environment never gets to teach.

  • The Raspberry Pi Cluster in Production in 2026

    The Raspberry Pi Cluster in Production in 2026

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    A Raspberry Pi cluster looks like a toy until you wire it into the production system. Then it becomes a piece of the production system, and the question of whether to use it stops being a question of whether it can do the work and starts being a question of whether you trust the hardware…

  • The Firmware Attack Surface You Have Never Looked At

    The Firmware Attack Surface You Have Never Looked At

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    Every modern endpoint runs firmware that the operating system cannot see. The OS patch cadence is monthly. The firmware patch cadence is whenever the vendor bothers. Here is what is actually in your fleet, and what to do about it.

  • The Raspberry Pi in Production Is a Security Incident Waiting to Happen

    The Raspberry Pi in Production Is a Security Incident Waiting to Happen

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    The Raspberry Pi in a homelab is a learning tool. The Raspberry Pi in a production rack is an unmanaged device running unpatched firmware on the same network as the payment system. Here is what to do about it.

  • The Right to Repair Has Won. Now What?

    The Right to Repair Has Won. Now What?

    ~ 5 MIN READ

    The right to repair has won, in the sense that the legislative fight is mostly over in the places where the legislative fight was being fought, and the manufacturers have moved on to the next phase, which is compliance theatre.