Computers & Hardware Category
Rietta's hardware posts cover RAID setups for developers, CPU benchmarks comparing Raspberry Pi, AMD, and Intel, and budgeting for workstation upgrades.
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08/05/2026
Meet Titan, the Rietta AI Research Lab Server
by Frank Rietta
Meet Titan: our dual-GPU AMD research and development server behind Metadata Minder's ADA Title II and WCAG 2.1 scanning and two-key LUKS2/TPM security design.
12/31/2020
Financial Plan for a New Computer Under Warranty
by Frank Rietta
Top end computers are a computing professional's livelihood. Setting aside $69/month means you can buy a new one any time and splurge on technology guilt free.
12/24/2020
Development time is money, therefore I RAID
by Frank Rietta
Why I optimize for redundancy via RAID and multiple computers as a developer for whom development time is money instead of relying on a single high end laptop.
12/01/2016
CPU Benchmark - Raspberry Pi vs AMD Athlon vs Mac Mini
by Frank Rietta
In a battle of the CPUs, the Raspberry Pi loses, the nine-year-old AMD Athlon 3200 holds its own, and a modern Intel Core i5 beats both. All still have a use.
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10/24/2012
Setting up Ubuntu for Rails Development - part 2
by Frank Rietta
The second video in the series on setting up Ubuntu Linux for Ruby on Rails development.
05/07/2005
Improving my personal efficiency with KDE.
by Frank Rietta
In 2005, I was using KDE on FreeBSD as my laptop OS. Here's a look into how KDE and Komposé improved my productivity.