I didn’t expect Gemini Notebooks to pull me away from ChatGPT Projects, but it did
…The sudden upgrade that broke my old AI habits I was comfortable with ChatGPT Projects, and I didn't think any tool could pull me away from my setup. When I figured…
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I ditched Claude Projects for a self-hosted setup that costs nothing and does more
19h agoTwo days without internet taught me why local LLMs are worth the setup
1d agoThe AI automation tool nobody talks about just replaced my entire workflow setup
1w agoI replaced Cursor and Antigravity with a completely local VS Code setup, and I missed less than I expected
1w agoYour old SSD is too small for games, but perfect for things your main drive shouldn't do
…I abandoned my 250GB Samsung SATA SSD after switching to NVMe SSDs, since the older drive was too small to remain relevant in my setup — until I found a use for it…
Your home lab probably falls apart for the wrong reason, and these tools fix it
…It usually falls apart because you can’t see what’s broken, can’t reach it cleanly, or can’t remember where anything lives once the setup starts to grow . The apps…
Warp's free tier finally got good enough to make me delete iTerm2
…Even as a hobbyist, my setup has been consistent for years, with iTerm2 being a reliable, fast, and deeply configurable tool in my arsenal. But it also comes with frictions that I…
Every AI code editor wants to replace VS Code, but the smartest ones are just extending it
…You have your extensions, keybindings, themes, debugging setup, and project-specific tooling dialed in. Moving to a new editor means rebuilding all of that before you even get to the AI part…
PowerToys is now stable enough to replace my entire third-party tool collection
…I faced initial hurdles with setup and control when the tool first debuted in PowerToys. It failed to connect, but when I revisited it a year later, there was no problem with…
I installed Nano11 and watched Windows 11 shrink to 9GB, but the trade-offs are brutal
…Fortunately, Nano11 retains useful CLI tools like Winget , a package manager tool that can help install a browser. I quickly added Chrome, and that reduced the storage space by 800MB. Still, the…
I vibe-coded a tiny CLI tool in 15 minutes, and it helped me stop subscriptions I was too lazy to cancel
…It’s a lightweight CLI tool that runs on my Windows machine and stores everything locally using SQLite. No dependencies, no complicated setup. I just open the terminal and use it. Right…
My entire homelab runs on an 8-year-old laptop most people would throw away
…These nice-to-have tools become an essential part that complements the self-hosted setup. The implementation is also straightforward. I deployed them on Docker Compose and accessed them via Cloudflare tunnels…
I moved my entire Linux home directory to a second drive, and nothing broke
…Storage flexibility is great, but not if it quietly weakens the setup you already had. This works best when you treat storage as infrastructure The reason I still like this setup is…