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Tech writer @xdadevelopers | Design engineer | Mechanical keyboards 💟 | Personal opinions only. I proofread my articles, not my tweets.

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I'm a design engineer turned journalist with a knack for all things related to technology, science, smartphones, photography, and automobiles. When I'm not tinkering with gadgets, I enjoy books, creating CGI scenes, listening to a lovingly curated audio library, and going on solo drives.

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An HDMI dummy plug might be the smallest cheap gadget that's actually useful

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By Chandraveer Mathur Verified
| XDA Developers
Of all the tech gadgets I've bought over the years, from programmable keyboards to obscure adapters, none has delivered quite as much utility for such a low price and tiny footprint as a humble HDMI dummy plug. It's a tiny, unassuming dongle that you could easily mistake for a flash drive or a dust cover that your GPU comes with. Tiny as it is, this gadget has helped me solve a very specific set of problems, and it now lives in my USB drawer because it gets about as much use as a flash drive.
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Stop upgrading your router — fix these settings first

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By Chandraveer Mathur Verified
| XDA Developers
Every home networking upgrade typically starts with mulling over a router upgrade, because computing has conditioned us to think that new hardware typically brings performance improvements if you throw enough money at the problem. If you've graduated from using the ISP-issued router, you're already a step ahead. However, before pulling the trigger on new hardware, it's worth revisiting the firmware settings on your current gear.
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I ditched my car's built-in infotainment for Android Auto, and three years later I haven't looked back

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By Chandraveer Mathur Verified
| XDA Developers
I spend my days dissecting consumer tech hardware, ripping apart gadgets, and analyzing software ecosystems for a living. By nature, I use this critical lens to view everything, including my 2022 car. It's not the rolling computer that the average Tesla or Rivian has become, but I realized I never gave its stock software a shot. Unfortunately, automakers insist on reinventing the wheel with sluggish, proprietary software stacks that age terribly the moment the car rolls off the factory floor.
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