6 open-source programs I use instead of the paid alternatives
…I still rely on Snipping Tool for most of my screenshots, but when I need to add a bit more annotation or pixelate content, I switch over to ShareX. After all, it…
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I built a Windows 3.1 dashboard for my homelab, and it's the most fun I've had self-hosting
6d agoI ditched Plex, Google Photos, and iCloud for self-hosted alternatives, and Pangolin made it actually work
1w agoI built a NAS with enterprise SAS drives, and the hidden costs nearly matched new SATA drives
1w agoI finally built the central AI hub I've been wanting, and Open WebUI made it stupidly simple
1w agoMy homelab SSD was silently failing, and one monitoring tool caught it before the other
…SMART stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. While initially it was developed to detect mechanical wear on HDDs, in SSDs, it focuses on flash memory endurance and error correction. It…
I tested 3 tiny local LLMs for everyday work, and only one of them impressed me
…It also added a summarizing closing paragraph after the Self-Check Questions section, another thing I'd explicitly told it not to do. The real-time test was the funnier one, in…
A $40 label maker and QR codes completely changed how I manage my home lab
…Sign in to your XDA account Building out a serious network for the home can completely transform how everyone interacts with self-hosted content and other devices on the LAN. It's…
I ran the same prompts through Claude and my local LLM, and the results weren't what I expected
…For each one, suggest a practical workaround a self-learner could actually do. Based on this course, what are 3-5 portfolio pieces a self-learner could realistically produce by the end…
I tried Arcane for Docker management, and here's why Dockhand remains my pick
…one go. Dockhand can do selective updates, and it's useful because I prefer to install updates a little later for finicky self-hosted tools. Portainer doesn’t have a built-in…
Local LLMs changed how I use Home Assistant, and now my smart devices actually listen
…Specifically, I rely on the Qwen3 (8B) model, as it understands most of my queries without hallucinating the answers, and I’ve used the Ollama integration built into HASS to pair them…
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