RTX 5090 Power tips, Unraid Storage Done Right, + Huntarr Security Disaster | Ed&Stefano Unleashed

In the March episode of Ed & Stefano Unleashed, we're talking Unraid storage layouts done right, the Huntarr security disaster, vibe coding and whether AI-generated code can be trusted, NVIDIA's latest driver chaos, the Windows 12 subscription rumour, smart TVs secretly turning your home into a botnet, and the ongoing hardware shortage hitting RAM and hard drives alike. 

We kick things off with the new Unraid product portal, teases an upcoming local AI Uncast video, and reveals his new RTX 5090, which idles at just 7 watts. The community storage deep dive covers when to use XFS vs ZFS, why you should never format array drives as individual ZFS pools, and the one trap that can silently wipe data when adding an old drive. 

Then the Huntarr security incident gets a full breakdown, including how a simple curl command exposed every API key in your entire *arr stack, and how to use AI agents to audit open source code before running it on your server.

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Episode Takeaways
◦ Unraid product portal live at product.unraid.net for bugs and feature requests
◦ RTX 5090 idles at 7W. Enable NVIDIA persistence mode to drop from P0 to  P8
◦ XFS for your array, ZFS for irreplaceable data. Never format array drives as individual ZFS pools
◦ Huntarr stored all *arr API keys unencrypted. Regenerate everything if you ran it
◦ NVIDIA driver 595.71 stops fans spinning. P2000/P4000 users need the production v580 branch
◦ Steam survey: Windows 11 down 10%, Windows 10 up. Linux gaming is coming
◦ Windows 12 rumoured to be subscription-based and AI-focused (disputed live on air)
◦ Microsoft banned "microslop" on their Discord, then shut the whole server down
◦ Smart TV apps silently enrolling your home IP in AI proxy networks
◦ Hard drives and RAM both surging in price. DDR4 128GB kits fetching £500+ in the UK

Chapters
0:00 Welcome and housekeeping
2:04 New Unraid product portal
2:29 Local AI Uncast teaser
3:33 RTX 5090 idle power and NVIDIA persistence mode
5:58 Stirling PDF mention
6:09 Community storage deep dive: XFS, ZFS, and Unraid arrays
20:06 Huntarr security incident: your entire *arr stack was exposed
24:38 Vibe coding, AI-assisted development, and code review
29:17 NVIDIA driver 595.71 kills GPU fans
32:14 Legacy NVIDIA cards on Unraid: use the production branch
34:58 NVIDIA hiring Linux gaming engineers: Proton and Vulkan
36:40 Steam survey: Windows 10 up, Windows 11 down, Linux on the rise
45:24 Windows 12: subscription-based, modular, and AI-focused
45:59 The rumour gets disputed live on air
49:41 Battlestate Games fined for storing Russian user data outside Russia
52:30 App-forced insurance rant
56:10 Microsoft bans "microslop" on Discord
58:02 Copilot summarises confidential emails users never sent
1:00:19 Smart TV apps as an AI proxy botnet
1:04:09 Western Digital out of stock, hard drive prices surging
1:07:00 RAM prices: sell your DDR4 now if you have spare
1:10:46 New EUV chip technology could increase yields 50% by 2030

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