…I was always at the mercy of their subscription fees, privacy policies, and server downtime. By leveraging Docker and self-hosting, I’ve built a private, high-performance ecosystem that runs entirely…
…But for larger, less frequently accessed data, I've configured backups to my external hard drive connected directly to my home network. What's really neat is that Duplicati allows me to…
…I toggled the auth off and changed a few TLS settings. And when I revisited the domain, I got a 404 because the changes left Traefik's config out of sync. I…
…However, impressed by its quality, I decided to work around its limits instead , and changing how I approached the tool has made the experience smoother in general. In many ways, this has…
…Effectively, a reliable system that replaced a host of apps, services, and subscriptions for me and could be configured to be more or less automated once setup. Turns out, a modern NAS…
…Sign in to your XDA account I recently started integrating local LLMs with my arsenal of free and open-source tools, and they’ve been a game-changer for my productivity needs…
…It's changed quite a bit since I first stumbled across it. Of course, the main driver for this change was AI, and it's now considered an AI editor. Pixlr has…
…Premium tiers got you more generous limits and access to powerful models (and features earlier than most). The first bit was sorted by bouncing between free tiers of different tools, and the…
…Turns out connecting Claude directly to my Notion workspace through the MCP integration can completely change how you work. It certainly did for me. I cancelled my Notion subscription after Claude Code…
…There's always that background hum of "is the subscription actually giving me something I don't already have?" So I spent a week finding out. I pulled Claude out of my…