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blog.muffn.io is a personal blog at blog.muffn.io about systems and hardware. Since 2024, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for an article suggesting that an old gaming PC can be repurposed as a NAS. Commenters discuss whether that beats buying a purpose-built NAS.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
Adding to the chorus of responses here: I did what this article suggested for a time, but found a purpose-built NAS was way nicer than repurposing an old gaming PC. Using an old gaming PC for a NAS is kind of like trying to use an old track car that you've taken out the interior, added in a roll cage, and welded the doors shut as your kid's first car. Like yeah it will totally work, and they can impress all of their…
Comment linking /posts/muffins-awesome-nas-stack/
on “Don't throw away your old PC–it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy”Submitted Cloning Mifare Classic Cards via Proxmark3 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tunnelling Torrents 'Properly' over a VPN with Port Forwarding as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Part 1: Building a 'Mini' 100TB NAS as a story · 2 points
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