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Cursor is doing something VS Code still cannot
It's a VS Code fork, but the codebase awareness changes what's possible. I stopped context-switching between…
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Docker & Infrastructure
Runtipi wouldn’t start: a filesystem permission trap
Runtipi failed silently with a permissions error that had nothing to do with permissions. Here's what…
Docker & Infrastructure
CasaOS after six months: what actually stuck
I installed CasaOS to avoid Docker CLI hell. Six months later, here's what I still use…
Self-Hosted AI Apps
LibreTranslate crashed every time I loaded language models
Running out of memory during model initialization. Here's what I did wrong and how I fixed…
Self-Hosted AI Apps
Paperless-ngx: Actually Getting Documents Searchable
I set up Paperless-ngx to stop drowning in paper. It works, but the config takes thought.…
Docker & Infrastructure
Portainer Changed How I Manage My Homelab Containers
Stop wrestling with Docker CLI. Portainer gives you a beautiful UI for managing containers, images, and…
AI Development Frameworks
Hugging Face Is Your Secret Weapon for AI in the Homelab
Stop wrestling with commercial AI APIs. Hugging Face is the GitHub of machine learning — discover,…
Self-Hosted AI Apps
SillyTavern Is the Self-Hosted AI Chat I Use Every Day
Stop paying for ChatGPT subscriptions. SillyTavern runs local LLMs with character cards, memory management, and creative…
Self-Hosted AI Apps
Piper Makes Local Text-to-Speech Stupid Easy (Here’s Why)
Stop sending your voice data to the cloud. Piper runs local TTS on CPU with zero…
AI Automation
Node-RED Changed My Homelab Automation (Here’s My Setup)
Stop building janky automation scripts. Node-RED is visual programming for IoT that lets you wire together…