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I replaced Cloudflare Tunnel with Pangolin, and finally own my whole ingress path
23h agoGoogle Drive's 5GB limit forced me to rethink how I use cloud storage
2d agoHome Assistant finally replaced Google Home when I stopped trusting the cloud with my smart home
1w agoI ditched cloud smart home devices for local control, and my house finally works
1w agoI replaced ChatGPT with a local model on my gaming PC, and it's beating the cloud where I didn't expect
…A year ago, tools were the one thing that made cloud models feel obviously better than local ones. That was a cloud advantage, but now it isn't. I rarely use ChatGPT…
Claude Code with a local LLM running offline is the hybrid setup I didn't know I needed
…cloud infrastructure provider D A social media and AI hybrid company Correct! Anthropic describes itself as an AI safety and research company. Unlike some competitors who lead with products or platforms, Anthropic…
I've tried a lot of different backup software, and I keep coming back to this free, open-source tool
…I've gone from bloated commercial suites that slow down my system to minimalistic apps that lack key features to cloud-only platforms with unreliable privacy policies. The frustration was real — some…
I replaced five smart home hubs with a $30 Zigbee dongle and never looked back
…Most proprietary hubs now push for cloud accounts to enable out-of-home control; however, a USB adapter has no cloud. You get local sovereignty instead. This means your data stays on…
An AI agent deleted a company's entire database in 9 seconds, then confessed it 'guessed' instead of asking
…The AI agent sought a way to delete the error and stumbled upon an API endpoint in Railway's cloud infrastructure platform CLI for adding and removing custom domains. Unbeknownst to PocketOS…
Proxmox gave me Home Assistant plus a NAS, media server, and backup system on one PC
…platform at its core, and it's incredible that a single platform can be home to so many useful tools. Proxmox allowed my to change my backup strategy and ditch typical cloud…
I ditched Plex for Jellyfin, and the migration took less time than I thought it would
…I didn't like having to rely on Plex's cloud infrastructure for login and authentication. Although I've never experienced a time when Plex's servers weren't flawless in this…
I replaced ChatGPT and Claude with this powerful local LLM and saved over $20 a month while gaining full control
…Sign in to your XDA account As a home labber, I’ve always been an advocate for running services on my local hardware instead of relying on cloud platforms. And my stance…
Synology's DSM is brilliant until you realize what TrueNAS and Unraid can actually do
…Everything feels curated and polished, whether I'm checking out the latest first-party app updates on Synology's official package manager or making the most of the Synology C2 cloud platform…