Guide: 10 Gigabit Networking

For small office/home setups, 10-gigabit networking is probably a lot cheaper than you think. For larger environments, it’s certainly going to cost more, but also your IT costs should be a smaller percent relative to human/salary budgets. (If you’re in a “real” office without 10gbit, and you throw a lot of data around to network resources–get […]

8 Cores and 64GB of RAM for $500: The HP Z420

Dear Everyone: Please stop buying expensive computers. You probably don’t need them. My current desktops are both HP Z420s, which are absolutely fantastic given their price. So fantastic that I’ve decided to write this guide (please don’t wipe out eBay stock entirely). Some quick caveats: This is a hardware guide. It might go stale, and […]

Guide: Improving your IT for Small Indie Teams

This guide accompanies my talk at the Independent Games Summit 2018 “Tech Toolbox” session. That talk was only 8 minutes, and intended to make the case that small development teams should invest in improving their infrastructure. Its core thesis was: You are probably overestimating the difficulty/cost You are probably underestimating the benefits Hopefully, I convinced you, […]

Turning a Raspberry Pi Into an Airplay Receiver in 10 Minutes

Raspberry Pis are pretty great little devices. For $35, you get a quad-core ARM CPU with 1GB of memory. Well, $35, plus a case, and power supply, and a USB cable if you don’t have one lying around, and then a micro-SD card to boot from. Really, just get a kit. I listen to a […]