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Gary Sims, AKA Gary Explains. This account serves as a joint account for my personal "Gary Sims" posts and my posts related to "Gary Explains". 👍🏼
The Ralph Wiggum technique is a way to run an AI coding agent in a loop until it successfully finishes all of its tasks. In this video I explain the methodology and show you are real world demo where I get Ralph to code a basic MQTT server: youtu.be/A6vYr0dmQAY
03.02.2026 17:31 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
One of the keys to using OpenClaw (AKA Clawdbot/Moltbot) is to install it on a machine that is up 24/7, so that your AI assistant can work for you even when you sleep. The Raspberry Pi is perfect for running 24/7, which means it is perfect for OpenClaw! youtu.be/qePhufA1hSE
30.01.2026 15:52 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0It seems like the SPAM filters in Gmail have stopped working. I am getting lots of SPAM in my inbox. Gmail sees they are suspect and shows the option to "Report as SPAM", but they are in my inbox, not in the SPAM folder. Anyone else seeing this?
24.01.2026 17:44 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The way to run Windows apps on Linux that Microsoft hopes you never find out! youtu.be/z5r68PLlXgw
19.01.2026 17:16 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Pillama is my new open source tool for interacting with LLMs on the AI HAT+ 2. The new HAT from Raspberry Pi uses the Hailo AI accelerator and offers a REST API via Hailo-Ollama. Pillama offers chatting & model management, in a single command line tool: youtu.be/rWXOeiLQv-I
16.01.2026 12:30 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Let's dive into the new Raspberry Pi AI Hat+ 2. I'll show you how to run a LLM on this new board. It is easy with my own project called Pillama. Finally, I'll reveal the performance numbers, showing the toks/s generated by the CPU alone vs the AI HAT+ 2: youtu.be/si6e5kmLbWc
15.01.2026 14:58 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The end of the year is nigh. With 2026 beckoning, I wanted to take a moment to cover my most popular videos of 2025 and ask you about 2026: youtu.be/GWyHRX3r1nk
23.12.2025 16:13 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Did you know that NVIDIA also builds its own AI models! NVIDIA has just unveiled the Nemotron 3 family of open models, including Nemotron 3, a model you can run on your PC if you have decent NVIDIA gaming GPU: youtu.be/8gFAuYxJZ-A
17.12.2025 12:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The TerraMaster F4-425 Plus is a hybrid NAS unit, with an Intel N150 CPU, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and 2x5GbE ports. There is space for 4x hard drives, and 3x NVMe drives (M.2). The result is a NAS unit that can double as a home lab server with juice to spare! youtu.be/9jKlDCnk-mM
08.12.2025 14:36 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Copyparty: The File Server I wish I discovered years ago! youtu.be/56gwswWAIdM
01.12.2025 13:10 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Google has released Gemini 3 Pro and it is specifically designed to steal ChatGPT 5.1's crown. But can it? In this video I test ChatGPT 5.1 against Gemini 3 Pro and discuss a hot take on this battle between OpenAI and Google: youtu.be/fpnhv_kdzew
26.11.2025 15:23 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I am doing a video on Gemini 3 Pro vs ChatGPT 5.1 and at one point I asked myself this.
26.11.2025 13:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Apple, Qualcomm, & MediaTek have all launched processors recently. Devices are now available. In this video I compare the performance numbers for the Apple A19 Pro, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite G5, and the MediaTek Dimensity 9500: youtu.be/CRtOtKGiHEc
19.11.2025 13:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In this video I take a look at three modern and friendly Linux distros that you probably haven't heard of, but you should certainly try! These distros deserve some respect and I intend to give it to them! My list is Solus, KaOS, and Linux Lite: youtu.be/B0gioQQOAgw
17.11.2025 19:28 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Rust is now officially supported in the Raspberry Pi Pico extension for Visual Studio Code! In this video, I'll show you how the new Rust integration works, and how to set it up: youtu.be/bbyk-9z2VRY
12.11.2025 15:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Libernovo Omni chair could be everything you are looking for in an ergonomic office chair. It has certainly become my favorite chair, ever! If you are a programmer or a content creator, you should check this out! youtu.be/xUyT5EhQBGE #sponsored
11.11.2025 14:01 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Arduino Uno Q is an SBC, and so is the Raspberry Pi. But which one should you buy? Which one is better for you? In this video I look at the features, performance, and price of these boards to help you pick the best board for you youtu.be/9wspsEO1WeA
30.10.2025 16:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In this video, I show you how to connect up the @arduino Uno Q to a monitor, mouse, and keyboard, using the onboard USB-C port. Once booted, I take you on a tour of the Linux Desktop. youtu.be/bKWIQc1lpE0
24.10.2025 15:38 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I installed ChatGPT Atlas to see what the hype is all about, but honestly, I’m confused. In this video, I share my raw, unfiltered experience trying out ChatGPT Atlas. Is it overhyped, or am I missing something? Watch to find out why I struggle to get it: youtu.be/R1m8XaCepAY
22.10.2025 13:52 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The M5 brings a 10-core GPU with a Neural Accelerator in each core, delivering up to 4x the peak GPU compute performance (vs M4). This is coupled with a 10-core CPU (6e+ 4p) for up to 15% faster multithreaded performance. Here is my Apple M5 Deep Dive: youtu.be/oVhSPeGkfaI
20.10.2025 17:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Windows 10 has reached its end of life. An estimated 240 million computers don’t meet Windows 11's strict hardware requirements. Many users are faced with the choice of either buying a new computer soon or switching to Linux! youtu.be/iGyhOCxPkjA
15.10.2025 14:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Linux Mint Walkthrough - A desktop tour for beginners: youtu.be/W4eJvmEIEac
13.10.2025 14:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I just ordered an Arduino UNO Q! It won't be arriving for a couple of weeks. I'll do a full review. In the meantime, let me know if you have any specific questions you'd like me to explore. I'll do my best to answer them once I have the board.
08.10.2025 08:14 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A new version of Raspberry Pi OS has been released. It upgrades the base OS from Debian 12 to 13. There is a new theme (with new icons & a new wallpaper), plus there is a new control centre: youtu.be/42cxemopuI0
02.10.2025 16:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Here is the Raspberry Pi 500+, a Raspberry Pi 5 built right into a clicky mechanical keyboard. It has 16GB of RAM, a 256GB Raspberry Pi SSD pre-installed for lightning-fast I/O, and individually addressable RGB LEDs for that perfect keyboard glow! youtu.be/de189v1ysik
25.09.2025 07:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The MediaTek Dimensity 9500 is here! Featuring a 4.21GHz C1-Ultra core, faster ray tracing, next-gen AI, and UFS 4.1 storage. This 30 billion transistor chip will power flagship 5G smartphones, starting Q4 of 2025 and into 2026: youtu.be/7maZY0lBNcU
22.09.2025 15:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Here is my deep dive into Arm's C1-Ultra and C1-Premium CPU cores. The new cores offer a double-digit IPC gain, year-on-year; and up to 25% single-thread performance increase in benchmarks like Geekbench, once you factor in the higher clock speeds enabled by 2nd gen 3nm. youtu.be/U1tPpV0RWNw
10.09.2025 13:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Arm has launched 4 new CPU cores and a new GPU. The new C1 series of CPU cores offer the tantalizing prospect of a 45% multi-core performance boost in Geekbench, and an AI boost due to SME2. The new GPU has an improved Ray Tracing Unit with twice the speed! youtu.be/7-ZW1LnKJ60
10.09.2025 11:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor Development Kit is here. With 2560 Blackwell-based CUDA cores, 14 Arm Neoverse CPU cores, and 2070 TFLOPS of AI performance, the Jetson Thor is great for physical AI, robotics, and generative AI workloads: youtu.be/wzPe8OMVn9c
25.08.2025 15:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Microsoft has added Markdown to its 40-year-old Notepad app. In this video, I take a look at the new app and cover the basics of Markdown so you can master Microsoft's latest features and learn how to use Markdown everywhere on the Internet: youtu.be/U9CovtVCuoQ
20.08.2025 14:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
