A hacker locked away 25 years of Microsoft data — here's why self-hosting matters
… This is especially so with cloud storage and media streaming. …
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I used Sunshine and Moonlight to build my own cloud gaming setup, and I don’t need GeForce Now anymore
… The best cloud gaming service wasn't in the cloud If you already own capable gaming hardware, there's simply no reason not to try Sunshine and Moonlight. …
I made Claude slower and it completely changed how I use it
… I deliberately slowed down Claude, not its response or reasoning, but its speed of streaming the output. I heavily use both local and cloud LLMs in my day-to-day work, hobbies, and routine tasks. …
Your phone + a $0 local model beats paying for Claude Pro, and here's what I actually do with it
… Edge Gallery's Ask Image feature lets me point my camera at something or feed it a photo and ask questions about it, and it's good enough that I've stopped reaching for a cloud tool for quick visual questions — what is this, what does this label say, read this handwriting. …
I stopped exposing half my self-hosted services to the internet, and nothing broke
… And the services meant for others — streaming, photo access, file storage, and password management, like Jellyfin, Immich, Nextcloud, and Vaultwarden — remained public on Pangolin. …
Gemini is catching up to Claude, but it still struggles with the nuance that matters most
… Sign in to your XDA account There are so many cloud AI models available now , coming from a wide variety of publishers. Sometimes I liken it to the choice of streaming platforms . …
Sony just erased 551 movies from users' libraries, and it proves why I still buy physical media
… Cloud streaming architectures often utilize massive compression deficits to save server bandwidth. …
I gave my local LLM my Docker Compose files, and it found security holes I missed
… No cloud APIs or external services involved. …
Google’s native app for Windows beats Microsoft at its own game
… Quiz 8 Questions · Test Your Knowledge The history of Google and Microsoft's rivalry Trivia challenge From search wars to cloud battles — how well do you know the epic clash between two tech titans? …
Pi-hole showed me 65,000 DNS queries in hours, and I didn't like where they were going
… And I found a reliable solution too, Cloudflare’s DoH proxy, but it turned out it was deprecated in November 2025. That pushed me toward a similar self-hosted solution. Running away from Cloudflare upstream servers by using Cloudflare’s DoH proxy wouldn't look great anyway. …