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ResourceEthernet is DEAD?? Mac Studio is 100x FASTER!!
The creator revisits Mac Studio clustering after an earlier five-machine cluster ran, by his account, 91% slower. Apple loaned him …
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Resourcestop trusting cloud cameras!! (here's what I use instead)
The creator replaces cloud-connected cameras with Frigate, a completely local, open-source AI surveillance system, arguing cloud …
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ResourceI'll never use n8n the same......
The creator shows how to combine n8n with Claude Code by connecting them over SSH, arguing this changed how he uses n8n because n8n …
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ResourceHackers infected the wrong girlfriend....
The video profiles Bitdefender's Draco team in Romania — malware researchers and forensics experts who by day work for Bitdefender …
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ResourceYou SUCK at Prompting AI (Here's the secret)
Using a weak Cloudflare apology email as a running example, the creator argues poor AI output is usually a prompting skill issue. …
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ResourceThe Dark Web EXPOSED (FREE + Open-Source Tool)
Chuck demos Robin, a free, open-source AI tool built by dark web threat researcher Apurv, whom he met at DEF CON. The problem Robin …
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ResourceDEFCON is Not What I Expected...
Chuck attends DEF CON for the first time, an event he frames as drawing 30,000 hackers, after arriving braced for danger: Bluetooth …
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ResourceYou've Been Using AI the Hard Way (Use This Instead)
NetworkChuck argues that terminal versions of AI tools beat the browser apps, which scatter work across chats that lose context. He …
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ResourceThis AI Supercomputer can fit on your desk...
Chuck reviews the NVIDIA DGX Spark, a palm-sized desktop AI machine NVIDIA sent him, and benchmarks it against 'Terry,' his …
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Resourcen8n Now Runs My ENTIRE Homelab
The creator builds 'Terry,' an n8n-based AI agent presented as a junior IT employee for a homelab, upgrading an earlier version that …
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Resourceyou need to learn MCP RIGHT NOW!! (Model Context Protocol)
Chuck explains the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a standardised way to give an LLM tools without forcing it to write API code. He …
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ResourceTHIS Is Where the Internet Lives
The creator tours Equinix facilities in Dallas — the newer DA11 building and the Infomart (DA1) across the street — to explain where …
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ResourceHacking AI is TOO EASY (this should be illegal)
Chuck interviews AI security researcher Jason Haddock (spelled that way in the captions) on how attackers compromise AI apps. …
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ResourceYou NEED to Use n8n RIGHT NOW!! (Free, Local, Private)
NetworkChuck introduces n8n as a free, open-source, self-hostable automation platform he presents as more powerful and private than …
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ResourceI'm done with the AI hype
Chuck says he's tired of 'AI-powered' slop since ChatGPT and asks whether AI is solving real problems for IT and network engineers, …
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Resourcegot AI anxiety? Do this RIGHT NOW!
NetworkChuck presents the Telos file as his answer to AI job anxiety: a single markdown document describing who you are, created by …
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ResourceI went to the LARGEST networking event in the world!
Chuck returns to Cisco Live in San Diego in 2025 for the first time since 2019, bringing his whole team, and traces the history of …
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ResourceI'm worried about Network Engineers.....
At Cisco Live, described as the largest networking conference in the world with 22,000 attendees, Chuck interviews Cisco staff, …
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Resource37 INSANE Linux Commands you NEED to Know in 2025
Chuck races through 37 Linux commands presented mostly as faster, friendlier replacements for classic tools, demonstrated largely on …
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ResourceCan This Tiny Board Replace Your Entire HomeLab? – Zima Board 2
The creator unboxes a ZimaBoard 2 sent by IceWhale and tests whether the tiny x86 board can run an entire home lab. He compares it …
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ResourceSaying Goodbye….
A personal memorial, not a tech tutorial. Chuck says goodbye to Moses, the pug featured in his channel branding as 'Bernard Hack,' …
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ResourceWhy LLMs get dumb (Context Windows Explained)
Chuck explains why LLMs seem to 'get dumb' in long conversations: context windows. An LLM's context window is its short-term memory, …
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Resourceeveryone is putting AI in schools......
Chuck discusses Anthropic's announcement of Claude for Education and its learning mode, whose centerpiece is Socratic questioning: …
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ResourceI’m changing how I use AI (Open WebUI + LiteLLM)
The creator shows how he replaced multiple separate AI subscriptions with one self-hosted interface: Open WebUI fronting both local …
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