3 things Obsidian can do that no other productivity tool can
… The experience is very different from most mainstream productivity tools. …
Search
I switched from VS Code's marketplace to Open VSX, and Microsoft's is the one falling behind
… The registry provides standard marketplace features, including extension discovery, installation, versioning, and updates. You can browse available extensions, install them directly within supported editors, and receive updates through the same extension management interface. …
Anthropic's Claude is down... again
Mahnoor Faisal Mar 25, 2026, 9:59 AM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . …
I connected these tools with Claude and my productivity doubled in no time
… I don’t need to open Google Calendar, check my availability, and move to Gmail to draft an email. …
Google just made Gemini and NotebookLM the same tool, here's what that actually changes
… One brain, better workflow The integration earns its billing Google's productivity tools have historically been powerful and weirdly disconnected from each other, which is a long-running criticism that applies as much to their AI products as to anything else. …
Home Assistant's May update finally makes Alexa devices worth integrating, but there's a catch
… If you disable polling, sensor updates will stop, which defeats the purpose. …
This open-source app lets me manage my entire homelab from Telegram, and it's changed how I maintain things
… A smarter way to manage container updates A middle ground between manual updates and full automation I've dabbled in Watchtower before, but it's never really stuck for me because if I'm going to do on-demand container updates anyway, there's really no reason to install yet another container in my s… …
My perfect self-hosted setup became my biggest productivity killer
… Simple updates required careful checks because something could break unexpectedly. …
Home Assistant 2026.7 just killed the steep learning curve for building automations
… All available updates have now been reorganized into cleaner cards, grouped by type. Now, ESPHome device updates and HACS releases are all grouped together, making it easier to run an update pass. …
4 legit sources that keep my e-reader full of free books
… The long-term availability of in-copyright titles isn’t guaranteed either. …