I connected Claude to Canva, and my presentations have never been better
…But none of Canva’s AI tools or models are reasoning models, which is where external AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude come in. Canva doesn’t have the thread for back…
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I connected my local LLM to Home Assistant through MCP, and now my smart home manages itself
…Gemma 3 (4B) was better, but it would often fail to access the MCP tools, forcing me to rerun my prompts. Considering that HA-MCP includes tools that can add entities and…
I got tired of hunting through Windows for every setting, so I built my own control center
…Every change writes a .reg backup before it touches anything Easy to revert Something that really bothers me about tools like this, when dealing with the registry, is that they aren't…
Caddy handles reverse proxying so well that I ditched my entire toolchain
Caddy handles reverse proxying so well that I ditched my entire toolchain
These 4 PowerToys tools fix the most annoying multi-monitor problems in Windows
…Of course, many of the tools it offers are for power users, but I mostly stick to the ones that solve real problems Windows 11 makes me deal with every day. So…
4 ways this free Microsoft app fixed my slow, cluttered PC with one click
…On my laptop with its limited resources, however, it becomes quite annoying to deal with. Anyone who has ever dealt with three apps taking up their entire screen as they sign in…
Dual-booting Windows and Linux stopped making sense once my hardware got good enough
…But most users, including me, use a virtual machine to try new distros , experiment with self-hosted tools, and learn their way around Linux. You can deal with a minimal performance trade…
PowerToys is Microsoft's test lab for the Windows features you actually want, and some have actually made it over
…Related 7 ways Snipping Tool has become better in Windows 11 The Snipping Tool is indispensable now Command Palette be praised The most recent example of PowerToys eventually bringing its benefits to…
You need these 6 self-hosted tools if you value your privacy
…Sign in to your XDA account Besides saving you a couple of dollars every month in subscription fees, the privacy-respecting nature is the biggest advantage of FOSS tools. Since everything runs…
Google Drive is an okay OneDrive alternative, this open-source cloud storage platform is better than both
…The Notes tool was a pleasant surprise for me. Instead of a plain text box, you get a robust formatting toolbar right at the bottom. I can use headers, lists, and more…