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An old phone beats a Raspberry Pi for everything except the one thing that matters

Server or microcontroller — pick before you build.

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I installed Technitium DNS with DoH on a Raspberry Pi to secure my network traffic, and you can do it too

Pi-hole is one of most popular upgrade that you can have for your home network, but Technitium takes it up a notch

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I ditched three subscription services with a $15 Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, and my setup is bulletproof

A tiny DietPi and Docker base turns a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W into a privacy-first hub for passwords and PDFs.

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Someone made a Raspberry Pi D&D DM cyberdeck that tracks campaigns, rolls dice, and generates NPCs

When your party is a little bit too adventurous.

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My Raspberry Pi quietly replaced a year of subscriptions I spent hundreds of dollars on

This tiny SBC can run quite a few self-hosted services

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Orange Pi boards have become serious home servers, but the software side hasn't caught up

Orange Pi boards now pack the hardware for serious home server workloads, but their software support still demands more patience than Raspberry Pi.

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Running CasaOS on Raspberry Pi
Your Raspberry Pi can become a reliable Docker and AI-hosting dorm-room server, and the setup process is just that simple

It can even host local LLMs for your productivity tasks

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The Raspberry Shake is a DIY kit that lets you record and share seismic activity in your area

What's shakin'?

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4 Raspberry Pi projects that are actually useful (and not just a novelty)

Discover innovative Raspberry Pi projects that go beyond novelty and offer practical solutions for specific needs

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My old phone can't replace a Raspberry Pi for this home server project

Even though it can run plenty of self-hosted services

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The RecreateDSKY project lets you remake Apollo's guidance computer with a Raspberry Pi

One small build for man.

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My Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is too weak to be a real server, but it's the perfect subscription killer

A seemingly inadequate Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W helped me save hundreds of dollars on constant subscription fees

Running Gemma 4 E2B on the Raspberry Pi
Gemma 4 E2B proves Raspberry Pi-sized LLMs don't have to be terrible anymore

It's a decently powerful LLM for something that can fit in a mere Raspberry Pi

This project turns ESP32-S3 into a hardware hacking and debugging tool
This ESP32 project does what a $300 hardware analysis tool does, and it costs almost nothing

One firmware for every bus on your workbench

Orange Pi Zero 3W waiting for a Miracast connection on Android
Orange Pi ships an Android image that can't boot on its most expensive Zero 3W, and I found out why

Orange Pi's Zero 3W has an Android build you can flash, but I found out why it didn't work on my model.

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This Raspberry Pi project uses the Pepper's Ghost illusion to show a hologram dancing to your tunes

It's an effective yet simple trick.

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A frustrated gamer built a Raspberry Pi-powered security system to keep their family away from their Steam Deck

The over-the-top contraption features a taser and a camera.

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You, too, can make this amazing Raspberry Pi music box that plays tunes from colored strips

A modern take on a classic device.

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You, too, can build this mini Fractal North case for your Raspberry Pi 5

It even has a fake GPU for the Pi's HDMI output.

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I ditched expensive Raspberry Pi models for a $15 Zero 2W, and it still handles most of my self-hosted projects

Running resource-intensive tools like NextCloud on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W is not feasible, but essential self-hosted tools can work without problems.

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