Welcome to the Explorix Blog! Dive into a variety of topics including history, technology, lifestyle, DIY, and more. Our articles provide in-depth insights and practical guides to keep you informed and inspired.
Welcome to the Explorix Blog! Dive into a variety of topics including history, technology, lifestyle, DIY, and more. Our articles provide in-depth insights and practical guides to keep you informed and inspired.
Desktop Computers & Hardware
PCIe Lane Budgeting: When Your GPU and NVMe Fight for the Same x4 Exit
Tomasz Wojcik
May 9, 2026
Automation & Productivity
Software Development
Scheduled vs Event-Driven Automation: Cron Jobs That Look Fine Until DST Hits
Naomi Brooks
May 9, 2026
Software Development
ORM N+1 at Scale: The Interview Question Everyone Nods Through
James Okonkwo
May 9, 2026
Tech Job Market & Careers
LinkedIn Tech Performance: What Actually Gets You Hired vs What Gets Engagement
Robin Park
May 9, 2026
Software Development
ORM N+1 at Scale: The Interview Question Everyone Nods Through
Quinn Reed
May 9, 2026
Science & Engineering
CO2 Sensors in Open-Plan Offices: Ventilation Assumptions vs What Monitors Actually See
Robert Hale
May 9, 2026
DIY & Maker Culture
Gadgets & Consumer Tech
Home Fermentation Gadgets: When Temperature Logging Becomes Performance Art
Jamie Torres
May 9, 2026
Climate Technology
Science & Engineering
CO2 Sensors in Open-Plan Offices: Ventilation Assumptions vs What Monitors Actually See
Evan Pierce
May 9, 2026
Gadgets & Consumer Tech
Space & Astronomy
Stargazing With a Phone vs a Telescope: What Sky Apps Smooth Over for Casual Users
Emily Frost
May 9, 2026
Science & Engineering
Nanotech That Made It Into Sunscreen and Displays—and What Still Lives in Slides
Dr. Helene Vogel
May 9, 2026
Nanotechnology
Science & Engineering
Nanotech That Made It Into Sunscreen and Displays—and What Still Lives in Slides
Grant Webb
May 9, 2026
Software Development
Docker Compose Healthchecks in the Homelab: Why Your Stack "Looks Up" but Isn't Ready
Tobias Mensah
May 9, 2026
Software Development
Third-Party Plugin APIs: Versioning, Sandboxing, and Contract Liability in Plain Language
Elena Morales
May 9, 2026
Software Development
Home Server Storage: ZFS RAID-Z2 vs Btrfs RAID on a Single Box (Honest Trade-offs)
Jesse Cole
May 9, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
The "10x with AI" Claim: Productivity Metrics That Fooled Well-Meaning Teams
Marcus Dalton
May 9, 2026
Software Development
Web Push Notifications: Why the Permission Prompt Became an Adversarial UI Problem
Luis Ortega
May 9, 2026
Space & Astronomy
Light Pollution and Satellite Streaks: What Astrophotographers Actually Do About It in 2026
Rowan Mercer
May 9, 2026
Software Development
ICU Messages, RTL, and Collation: The i18n Bugs Your English-Only Tests Miss
Priya Ramanathan
May 9, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Software Development
GitHub Copilot and Junior PR Reviews: Who Owns the Mistakes Now?
Quinn Reed
May 9, 2026
Space & Astronomy
GPS Ground Stations: Why Phones Still Depend on "Boring" Earth Infrastructure
David Shaw
April 8, 2026
Gaming
When Cross-Platform Saves Become Hostage Negotiations
Lake Park
April 8, 2026
Software Development
IME and Autocomplete: Why Multilingual Typing Breaks Differently Than English
Quinn Reed
April 8, 2026
Digital Lifestyle
Subscription Fatigue and the $5/Month App Pile-Up
Wendy Hayes
April 8, 2026
Embedded Systems
Edge Inference on Raspberry Pi 5: Thermal Reality vs Marketing Slides
Jade Wu
April 8, 2026
Startups
Bootstrapping Discipline When Your VC Friends Think You're Undercapitalized
Andre Okonkwo
April 8, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Local LLM Inference on Apple Silicon: Unified Memory as a Performance Wildcard
Quinn Reed
April 8, 2026
DIY & Maker Culture
Science & Engineering
Ham Radio for Software Developers: Licensing Without the Gatekeeping Aesthetic
David Shaw
April 8, 2026
Software Development
Pulumi vs Terraform for Solo Infra: Code That Fits in One Head
Jesse Cole
April 8, 2026
Urban Policy
Smart City Pilots and Procurement Graveyards: Why Projects Stall
Remy Torres
April 8, 2026
Software Development
Svelte 5 vs React 19 for Tiny Frontends: Where the Mental Model Tax Hits
Marcus Webb
April 8, 2026