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.