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Self-hosting freed me from the OS lock-in trap (and made my devices clutter-free)

… I tend to cycle between my MacBook, Arch-based dev VM, and everyday Windows gaming PC and another Windows 11 coding VM frequently every day, so it’s really hard to find an application stack that’s available across all platforms. …

Mar 28, 2026 · Ayush Pande

I stream to Twitch and YouTube simultaneously without paying a dime thanks to OBS

… While OBS runs on all major desktop platforms, SE.live is unfortunately only available for Windows and macOS, with the Mac version currently labeled as a beta. macOS is where I stream from, and while I've noticed a couple of crashes in OBS when I was setting things up, it held up totally fine throu… …

Mar 30, 2026 · João Carrasqueira

5 tiny tools fixed problems I didn't know were slowing me down

… Everything Individual pricing Free Platforms Windows Everything indexes all the files on your computer within seconds, and you can find any file or folder you are looking for quickly. …

Apr 18, 2026 · Yash Patel

PowerToys quietly added a feature I didn't know I wanted, but now I can't go back

… Windows shouldn't have to depend on an external tool to get this kind of capability, but other platforms need it too. …

May 6, 2026 · João Carrasqueira

PowerShell is genuinely good now, and most Linux users won't admit it

… Even though it's cross-platform, PowerShell can't touch that level of universality, so you can really only expect it on Windows machines and any others that you control. …

Apr 21, 2026 · Korbin Brown

I cancelled expensive subscriptions by using these amazing free alternatives

… Previously, I ignored Thunderbird since it wasn’t available on mobile platforms. However, the popular email client is now available on Android, and the company has plans to launch a native app on the iOS platform, too. …

Apr 26, 2026 · Rich Woods

Magic Pointer won't save the Googlebook because Google still doesn't understand what PC users want

… If anyone could push companies like Adobe, Canva, and others to make tools for their platform, it's Google. It probably still wouldn't do everything a Windows PC can, but it would be far closer to the workflow PC users are accustomed to. …

May 30, 2026 · João Carrasqueira

I stopped paying monthly for productivity tools after finding these alternatives with one-time purchases

… Related 6 free quality-of-life open-source apps I install on every Windows PC and Mac UpNote Elegant, cross-platform notes If there is one app that handles my ‘Evernote anxiety,’ it’s UpNote . …

May 1, 2026 · Parth Shah

LibreOffice proved that paying for Microsoft 365 was my biggest mistake

… LibreOffice Individual pricing Free Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux LibreOffice is one of the most complete Microsoft Office alternatives, and it's entirely free and open-source. …

Apr 2, 2026 · Yash Patel

Windows is becoming a power-user OS again, but only because PowerToys fixed it first

… Sign in to your XDA account The Windows 11 user base may have a hundred complaints about the OS, but capability has never been one of them. What you will find, however, is a platform that has demanded a whole lot of effort to be truly frictionless, especially if you are a power user. …

May 14, 2026 · Abhinav Raj

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