A modern NAS replaced my smart home hub, backup solution, and media server
…of apps that replace tools I used to depend on elsewhere and, amongst everything else, the center of it all is Home Assistant. A NAS is designed to be always on, which…
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The best NAS distro dropped a public beta for its new update, and it feels more like Proxmox with each release
…Meanwhile, Proxmox Virtual Environment and its complementary first-party tools are responsible for hosting most of my FOSS tools, virtual machines, and other wacky virtual guests I use for typical home server…
I finally ditched Letterboxd for this self-hosted movie tracker and I am never looking back
…This open-source tool solves a simple problem: keeping all my media tracking in one place. The tool is a self-hosted tracker designed to track the entire gamut of media, from…
Logseq's block structure fixed my note-taking habit in one unexpected way
Beatrice Manuel Mar 24, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT Beatrice Manuel is a productivity expert specializing in apps and tools that help readers work smarter. With a triple degree in Commerce, Accounting…
I rebuilt my entire note-taking system from scratch, and this setup is all I use now
…It also doesn’t hurt that Obsidian is quite a user-friendly tool . Formatting is easy, backlinking is easy, and I can easily hook it up to other tools such as my…
Windows 11 has hidden power-user tools that Microsoft refuses to tell you about
…shown more than a few prompts designed to keep you caged inside Microsoft's ecosystem. What you won't see is any mention of the tools that would improve your everyday user…
I use OpenCode over Claude Code, and it's every bit as good
Mahnoor Faisal May 2, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
Your Windows apps don't need to be installed — here's why portable apps are the better way
…Portable apps are an alternative way to use many of your favorite apps, and they come with a few important benefits. But it can be easy to miss that they exist in…
Windows still dominates these 3 major arenas, and Linux won't catch up anytime soon
…Web-based alternatives haven't fully plugged the gap either. The economics, again, tell the whole story. Because the professionals using these tools represent a concentrated, high-paying customer base that's…
I've stopped recommending Plex to newcomers, because Jellyfin is ready for families now
…Jellyfin has been progressively modernizing its web client through architectural improvements and a refreshed design system built around modern JavaScript tooling. It remains browser-based rather than moving to a native desktop…