How-To Guides

🎯 What This Stack Is (and What It’s Not) This is a production-first stack built for creators who want to publish on YouTube without being on camera—without turning their workflow into a chaotic tool buffet. The goal is simple: help […]

Intro: The Real Problem Isn’t “No Face”—It’s No System If you’re here, you probably want the upside of YouTube—audience, income, leverage—but you don’t want to be “the product.” Maybe privacy matters. Maybe you hate being on camera. Maybe you just

Quick Answer — NerdChips Insight: To automate client onboarding, first design a clear end-to-end journey (stages, data, touchpoints, timings), then turn it into one standard onboarding package, task checklist, and 7-email sequence. Automation tools only come last. A good onboarding

Quick Answer — NerdChips Insight: You can build a beginner-friendly home NAS on a tight budget by reusing an old PC or buying an entry-level 2-bay NAS, wiring it to your router via Ethernet, creating SMB shares, and pointing your

Quick Answer — NerdChips Insight: A travel-mode profile is a preset configuration for your laptop that you switch on before every trip: stricter power saving, safer network behavior, quieter apps, and hardened security if the device gets lost. Instead of

Quick Answer — NerdChips Insight: To securely encrypt an external hard drive for multiple users, use VeraCrypt, BitLocker, or FileVault with a clear policy: decide between a shared passphrase (simpler) or individual credentials via keyslots, smart cards, or directory integration.

Quick Answer — NerdChips Insight: You can schedule internet speed tests on Windows by combining a CLI tool like Speedtest, a PowerShell script to log results, and Task Scheduler to run it automatically. A second script can summarize the log

Quick Answer — NerdChips Insight: You can turn any old Android, iPad, or Fire tablet into a live meeting room schedule display by creating a dedicated Google Calendar for the room, generating a read-only “schedule view” URL, and opening it

Quick Answer — NerdChips Insight: You can turn an old smartphone into a low-latency, always-on webcam by using a dedicated webcam app (like DroidCam, Iriun, or Camo), a stable USB connection, fixed screen/lock settings, and proper cooling. The real magic

🧠 Why SD Card Plug-In Automation Saves Creators Hours If you shoot with a camera, drone, or action cam even a few times a month, the “import dance” gets old fast: plug in SD card, open File Explorer, find the