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Ayush Pande

(He/Him)
India, Southern Asia
As seen in: XDA Developers, MSN, MSN Canada, Flipboard, How-To Geek, NewsBreak, LXer Linux News, Crypto News (UAE)
Covers:  Anything related to tech, crypto, and video games.
Doesn't Cover: Food and fashion are two topics I haven't dabbled in yet.
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Hi there. I'm Ayush Pande, a computing writer during the day, and a full-time nerd during the night.

Ayush Pande’s Journalist Portfolio

Beginner's guide to NAS: Everything to know about RAID, setup, and more

Beginner's guide to NAS: Everything to know about RAID, setup, and more

NAS devices are a convenient solution to all your backup and file sharing troubles. Here's how you can config…

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Raspberry Pi 5 review: The holy grail of DIY projects got even better (and rarer)

Raspberry Pi 5 review: The holy grail of DIY projects got even better (and rarer)

The Raspberry Pi 5 is one of the most powerful consumer-grade SBCs out there. Sadly, its limited stock means …

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How to use MSI Afterburner to overclock and monitor your PC

How to use MSI Afterburner to overclock and monitor your PC

From overclocking to undervolting, MSI Afterburner is a really useful software. Here's how you can use it to …

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PC airflow guide: How to set up your case fans

PC airflow guide: How to set up your case fans

You'll need to set up proper airflow inside your PC case for optimal cooling. This guide will help you with t…

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Channel your inner DIY god by building these 10 complex Raspberry Pi projects

Channel your inner DIY god by building these 10 complex Raspberry Pi projects

Here are ten complex Raspberry Pi projects to train your tinkering muscles

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I ditched my Raspberry Pi and built a DIY NAS with a cheap rival SBC

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By Ayush Pande
| XDA Developers
Putting together a Network-Attached Storage server is a popular intermediate-level project for Raspberry Pi tinkerers, and for good reason. A backup rig that barely sips any power and remains small enough to be carried eveyrwhere sounds really neat on paper. That said, its utility starts to shrink when you factor the Raspberry Pi’s ARM CPU, massively-inflated prices, low performance, and I/O limitations into the equation.
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I run a Microsoft 365 killer suite off my laptop, and it's good enough to replace my cloud subscriptions

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By Ayush Pande
| XDA Developers
When I first hopped down the self-hosting rabbit hole, I did so purely because deploying containers seemed like a fun project. However, this little hobby turned out really well for my wallet (and privacy), as local FOSS apps don’t require me to spend dozens of bucks every month on subscriptions. Better yet, most productivity tools are light enough to run on old machines without running into performance issues, making them pretty neat for repurposing outdated hardware.
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My NAS' ZFS pools taught me snapshots matter far more than the RAID level I obsessed over

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By Ayush Pande
| XDA Developers
I’ve been interested in NAS-centric tools ever since I built my first storage server using an old PC. Network shares are a good example, and after learning of their individual merits, I’ve started using SMB, NFS, and iSCSI folders for my home lab tasks. Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive, depending on who you ask) Disks intrigued me a lot as a beginner, as the prospect of using multiple hard drives in my storage server sounded really cool to my fledgling self.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Technically, my "first job" was writing for a local magazine, but after that went out of business, I started working for Bitcompare.

How is social media changing news?

Social media brings more stories for me to write, including feature articles and guides on the most intriguing hardware.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

I write my articles using Google Docs. Other than that, I use Annotely and Figma to create images for my articles.