Mistral's Vibe does what ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini charge for, and it's free

The big three aren't the only ones in the game

I put a crowd-sourced firewall in front of my exposed homelab, and it started blocking attacks on day one

The firewall wasn't wrong, just incomplete.

I finally found the app to justify cancelling my Adobe subscription

I've struggled to find a Lightroom replacement for years, but this app finally cracked the code.

KDE Plasma became the best Linux desktop, but it's terrifying for new users

Follow the white rabbit, wait I mean Plasma themes

I replaced four monitoring dashboards with Pulse, but one tool refused to go away

Not a clean sweep — just a better first stop.

Stop forcing 320 MHz on your Wi-Fi 7 network — these features matter way more

Wi-Fi 7s widest channels require flawless line of sight to work correctly.

I let Claude manage my PC overclocking remotely, and it actually worked

KVM-over-IP and a little LLM magic was the overclocking secret I needed

Your DLSS game still looks blurry because it's using an older model — the Nvidia app can replace it

Even games that launched years ago can look better.

After self-hosting everything, here's what I still pay for and why it's worth it

Some jobs are better left to someone else's server.

KDE Plasma 6.8 finally makes securing a remote desktop server a lot less annoying

Also, Discover's downloads look a lot better.