Boox finally built the e-reader Kindle Scribe promised but never delivered
…I can use my usual apps and subscriptions I still have a Kindle subscription, but I can read it on the Boox thanks to the Android app. And that works as well…
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Testing new LLMs shouldn't require five subscriptions, and OpenRouter proves it
1w agoI replaced 6 paid subscriptions with a homelab on an old laptop — here's the full stack
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1w agoI don't pay for these 3 Google services anymore, and here's what I use instead
…Immich, Jellyfin, and Nextcloud are able to cover everything those subscriptions were providing, while saving me money and giving me an excuse to use some old hardware. If you have an old…
Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash costs 3x the model it replaced, and the era of cheap AI is ending
…They were a venture-funded discount designed to acquire you, and now it's being withdrawn. The subscription is the next thing to get metered The flat fee was always a subsidy…
I finally found free open-source tools that beat Microsoft Office 365 where it counts
…There were no ads, no unnecessary features, and no constant push toward AI tools or subscriptions. It still does not match Google Drive or OneDrive for collaboration features. But for normal file…
5 best free alternatives to Adobe creative software you should use instead
…You can create vectors and illustrations with Inkscape and save in a myriad of formats, similarly to Illustrator. Related 10 features in Inkscape that make it perfect for digital artists From doodle…
You need these 6 self-hosted tools if you value your privacy
…Related I use local LLMs and self-hosted apps to manage my documents instead of relying on ChatGPT Not every LLM-powered task requires a ChatGPT subscription
I set up a home server for the first time and these 5 apps changed everything
…Day to day, Jellyfin handles everything I used to split across multiple paid subscriptions. The Android and Apple TV clients work well enough, and the browser experience is solid, and my Intel…
NAS makers are slowly admitting people want home servers, not just storage boxes
…a media server instead of another streaming subscription, a private cloud instead of Google Drive, a password manager that lives on your hardware and nowhere else. Tools like Jellyfin, Nextcloud, Vaultwarden, and…
Photoshop's AI tools finally made me stop avoiding the app
…The cost is real, but so is the benefit you get from the features If you edit pictures often and have room for one more subscription, you’re fine I admit the…
I ditched Claude, ChatGPT, NotebookLM, and Perplexity for these free open-source tools
…Those were the basics, and then came in additional subscriptions like your fitness app, reading app, meditation app, maybe a second streaming service because that one show wasn't on the first…