Self‑Hosted Platforms

11+ hour, 47+ min ago   (726+ words) FW 1.1.8 update screen (left); Local Backup asks for a host-side location (right) where you set it, in the PC client The boxes, front Spec labels Both arrived in the same generic blue “PlugOS — USB-C Extended Computing Device” box with a…...

10+ hour, 50+ min ago   (834+ words) I had ebooks on a laptop, audiobooks in an app that wanted a subscription, and comics in a folder I had stopped opening. BookOrbit collapses all three into one self-hosted library with a browser reader, an OPDS catalogue, and two…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (572+ words) Want a lightweight GUI OS for an old PC? Try this first Raspberry Pi Desktop has returned after four years, skipping Debian 12 to deliver a new version based on Debian 13 "Trixie." The updated release brings the familiar Pi desktop to…...

17+ hour, 35+ min ago   (797+ words) Tinkerers are turning the Raspberry Pi 5 into a surprisingly capable automation hub with Needle 3, a compact AI model built for tool calling rather than conversation. Its small footprint, fast local performance, and ability to connect with services such as Home…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (443+ words) The table below lays out the side-by-side specs anyone shopping for an Android emulator for Mac actually needs to compare before downloading anything. These three tools attract genuinely different users, not just different budgets. The examples below reflect the situations…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (238+ words) Hi everyone, welcome back. Today, I will be going over ten tools for collecting, storing, and querying metrics, logs, and traces — all of which you can … Top 10 Observability Tools You Can Self-Host Hi everyone, welcome back. Today, I will be…...

3+ day, 33+ min ago   (46+ words) BenchLM Sieve 2B vs o3 Supported · Public rank #113 Sieve 2B has no comparable published API token rate. Sieve 2B and o3 are not ranked on the public lane for agentic tasks, so no winner is named for agentic tasks....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (228+ words) The annoying part of running a blog isn't writing — it's picking topics. What do I write today? It's guesswork, and it eats time. So I gave it an agent: every Monday it reads my published posts (to avoid repeats) and…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (863+ words) Running docker compose down is a teardown, not a pause. It stops and removes the project’s service containers and Compose-managed networks. By default, it leaves volumes and images alone. That distinction matters most when your stack stores database or application…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (677+ words) Hive is a private, multi-user AI life assistant that runs entirely on a Raspberry Pi 4B — no cloud, no subscriptions, no data leaving your home network. I built it for my family. We needed a shared space to manage our week:…...