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There’s free, extra performance buried inside your Raspberry Pi. Just as you can overclock a PC, increasing its CPU speed above stock, you can overclock any model of Raspberry Pi .  In fact, on newer models, you can not only turn up the Raspberry PI’s CPU speed, but also its GPU speed. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/overclock-any-raspberry-pi

Important: This article is a 20-minute long read, but what should make it worth your while is the fact that it introduces a lot of important Azure / Cloud concepts for starters. So I hope you enjoy it, let’s begin! https://medium.com/@amulya.bhatia/azure-fundamentals-almost-all-you-need-to-know-4ae450fe7fc6

If you’re a movie buff, designing the perfect home theater is a must! This project, created by MCPCapitalLLC, uses a Raspberry Pi to create ambient lighting that matches whatever you’re watching on TV. The setup is known as Harmonize Project. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-project-syncs-philips-hue-lights-with-your-tv-using-hdmi

My last blog introduced the idea of using Microsoft Visual Studio Code to work with Power BI Models. For this article, I build on that idea by showing how you can use a TOM based script to automatically generate measures in your model Power BI (or Azure Analysis Services) model. https://dax.tips/2020/07/30/automatically-create-measures-in-power-bi-using-vs-code/

As outlined in this Raspberry Pi Connect post, it’s very possible to connect to your Raspberry Pi over a local network, and accomplish a wide range of tasks. In fact, as I’ve become more comfortable with the system, this is by far my preferred control method. https://www.embedded-computing.com/home-page/easy-headless-raspberry-pi-setup

Some of us are familiar with data manipulation in SQL but not in Python, we tend to switch frequently between SQL and Python in a project, result in reducing our efficiency and productivity. In fact, we can achieve a similar result of SQL in Python using Pandas. https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-rewrite-your-sql-queries-in-python-with-pandas-8d5b01ab8e31

TinyPilot is my inexpensive, open-source device for controlling computers remotely. It works even before the operating system boots, so I use TinyPilot to install new OSes and debug boot failures on my bare metal homelab servers. https://mtlynch.io/tinypilot/

In this article, you’ll learn how to build a personal dev server by installing Git, Node.js, Rust, and Docker on a Raspberry Pi. The cheapest option costs just $5. Learn how you can get a starter kit ($25) for free here. The Raspberry Pi is a very powerful computer in a tiny package. https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/build-a-personal-dev-server-on-a-5-dollar-raspberry-pi/

WireGuard is a new VPN protocol that has recently been going a lot of popularity. There are a couple of advantages to using the WireGuard VPN on your Raspberry Pi over OpenVPN. https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/07/17/setting-up-a-wireguard-vpn-on-the-raspberry-pi-piday-raspberrypi-raspberry_pi/

You need to keep an eye on the humidity level in your crawl space, as it can seriously affect the whole house’s overall health. It’s ideal to be able to do this remotely (given the creepy, sweaty atmosphere of the space), and a Raspberry Pi allows this. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/remote-humidity-detector/