Most smart home gear gets worse once you connect it to the cloud
…But even if we leave the security angle aside, I’d rather not share the sensor readings or my usage habits with random firms just so they could train AI models or…
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I ditched Copilot on VS Code for this free extension, and it's miles ahead
…For example, I continue to rely on extensions for C++, Python, Terraform , Ansible , and other coding/IaC languages I use to train my DevOps skills. Likewise, I’ve got Container Tools for…
I replaced cloud LLMs with local models running off a Proxmox LXC, and the performance trade-off was worth it
…browser, and connecting it with SearXNG lets my Gemma4 instance access websites on the Internet instead of relying solely on its trained knowledge base. It even supports ComfyUI, and I often use…
I connected Claude to Figma and it's the workflow I didn't know I was missing
…Here’s why I started using it, and what a workflow like this can actually do for your designs… Why use Claude with Figma? When Figma already has its own AI Figma…
I tested NotebookLM, Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT for studying, and one stood out immediately
…goal was to make AI that helps you make sense of material you have rather than just pull information from the wider web or data it's trained on. The biggest challenge…
Claude Code installed my IDE, and now I can't go back to manual setup
…Sign in to your XDA account Lately, I've been testing out various AI coding apps , because whatever my feelings about AI are, they're not going away any time soon. But…
I didn't realize Claude Code was logging my entire machine until the leak
…thinking about what the agentic AI is doing with all the context it gathers. That includes me. The tool's usefulness comes from its deep access to everything in your environment, including…
I replaced Cursor and Antigravity with a completely local VS Code setup, and I missed less than I expected
…You see, there’s a huge misconception about LLM usage in the tinkering community – while AI models can siphon an ungodly amount of power during the training phase, inference tasks are a…
Claude Code out of the box is good, but these mods make it actually production-ready
…its training data eventually becomes outdated. That becomes a problem when you're working with fast-moving frameworks and expecting accurate, production-ready code. Context7 solves this by giving Claude access to…
I gave up NotebookLM for Claude Projects, and the trade-offs surprised me
…Claude still has access to its full general reasoning, its training data, and (if you've enabled it) live web search. So when you ask a question, Claude doesn't just look…