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macOS Tahoe on AMD: complete VMware OC4VM guide
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This macOS Tahoe on AMD guide for a regular AMD Ryzen PC is not a “click Next in the wizard” job. You need three pieces: VMware Workstation 25H2/26, the
Paperless-ngx: a self-hosted scan and PDF archive
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Paperless-ngx is a self-hosted archive for scans and PDFs. You drop in a contract, utility bill, medical form, or bank statement — it runs OCR, suggests
AI agents and $50 attacks: how hacking economics are changing
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AI agents and ~$50 break-ins: PHP2Shell, GitLab CVSS 10, supply chain, and the Reuters campaign — what changes for VPS and WordPress operators.
How to choose a NAS: HDDs, M.2, UPS, and which brand
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How to choose a NAS for home: Synology, TerraMaster, Ugreen, TrueNAS. CMR HDDs, M.2 RAID, mandatory UPS, and why RAID is not a backup.
Claude watermark remover: what it cleans (+ Cursor)
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Claude watermark remover in plain English: three mark layers, how to clean junk in Cursor, which local tools help — and why “erase SynthID” is usually marketing.
SimpleX, Matrix, or Nextcloud Talk: which one to self-host
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SimpleX, Matrix, or Nextcloud Talk: accounts, server history, your own domain, and calls. Which messenger to self-host, and where the install guides are.
CarrierPony: a private OpenPGP messenger and your own relay
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A no-account OpenPGP messenger: how it differs from SimpleX, why there are no calls, and how to run your own relay.
SimpleX Chat: a private messenger and your own server
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SimpleX Chat is a messenger with no account and no phone number. How SMP queues work, how it differs from Matrix, and how to run your own message and file
Passwords on your own server: Vaultwarden
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Vaultwarden is a password server for the Bitwarden apps on your own VPS. Buy the domain at Cloudflare Registrar, install with Docker and Caddy, and see
Local chat on CachyOS: Qwen3.8-27B on 16 GB
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Local chat on CachyOS: Qwen3.8-27B Uncensored IQ4_XS in Ollama and Open WebUI on a 16 GB RTX. How 27B fits, Jinx Modes and SearXNG.
Uptime Kuma: self-hosted uptime monitoring for home lab and VPS
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Uptime Kuma is an open-source uptime monitor with a clean web UI. It checks whether sites, APIs, and services respond, records response time and history
Nextcloud or Immich: phone photos on your own server
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Nextcloud or Immich for phone photos: auto-upload, faces, how much memory you need, and how to install Immich with Docker.
Jellyfin on your own server: Synology, Docker, Proxmox, and Home Assistant
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Jellyfin on your own server: Docker, the Synology package, Proxmox, Home Assistant, and TrueNAS. Port 8096 and the media folders.
Nextcloud on your own server: All-in-One, files, and Talk
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Nextcloud All-in-One on a VPS: why a team keeps files on its own server, and how to install it with Docker.
Install Home Assistant on Proxmox VE: helper script, manual HAOS setup and Zigbee passthrough
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Home Assistant OS (HAOS) is a ready-made operating system for your smart home: Home Assistant itself, the app (add-on) store, backups and one-click updates. You don’
Matomo on your own server: install on a VPS
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A visit counter on your own server: who came, which pages they opened, and where they came from. Install Matomo on a VPS with Ubuntu or Fastpanel.
Qwen3.8-27B Uncensored on clore.ai: Q6_K and Q8_0
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Qwen3.8-27B on clore.ai: Q6_K on a 32 GB GPU and Q8_0 on an RTX PRO 6000 with 96 GB. The prompt stays on the rented machine.
Qwen-Image-2.1 Uncensored on clore.ai: BF16
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Qwen-Image-2.1 Uncensored in BF16 on a rented clore.ai GPU: a picture from a text prompt, a photo edit, and a ComfyUI graph.
Pirate Face: Torrent Mirror for Open AI Models from Hugging Face
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Pirate Face mirrors open Hugging Face models as torrents: how to download by magnet link, verify SHA-256 and seed from a PC or NAS.
Sync Yandex Calendar on Android and iPhone via CalDAV
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Sync Yandex Calendar with your phones and computer, and you get one calendar on Android, iPhone and desktop: an event created on the phone shows up in
Local AI models: what to run them on — VPS, GPU servers and mini PCs
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Local AI models are neural networks that run on your own computer or server instead of someone else’s cloud. Your chats, code and photos stay with you
Zigbee in Home Assistant: coordinator and sensors after HAOS
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Zigbee in Home Assistant from scratch: Zigbee2MQTT, Sonoff ZBDongle-P, Aqara no-neutral switches and two smart plugs that extend the mesh.
Home Assistant Google Drive Backup: built-in integration vs add-on
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What Home Assistant Google Drive Backup is, why it helps early in a smart-home setup, and how to install automatic HA backups to Google Drive.
Aqara G4 in Home Assistant with go2rtc and WebRTC Camera
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Add the Aqara G4 doorbell to Home Assistant via HomeKit, configure a go2rtc stream, and show it with a WebRTC Camera card.
CloudPub for Home Assistant: remote access without a public IP
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Install CloudPub Client in Home Assistant for remote UI access without a public IP. Port 8123 and the URL from the add-on log.
Roblox child safety: parental controls, chat, purchases and suspicious links
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Roblox parental controls are not about bans or scare stories — they are one calm evening of settings plus a short family rule. In the first article of
How we started learning Roblox Studio with kids: what to install and where to begin
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An honest parent intro: how Roblox Studio differs from the game, account setup, installing Studio, and opening a first project with kids — we are beginners