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Let's Encrypt is cutting certificate lifetimes to 64 days, so I automated my renewals bit.ly/4i5hHN1
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I built a complex app with Claude Code, Google Antigravity, and Codex, and only one felt like a coding veteran bit.ly/4Bsmgs6
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I found a free open-source backup app that makes traditional backups feel outdated bit.ly/4zjRe4n
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Linux's 'everything is a file' idea is 50 years old, and it still explains why the OS feels so different bit.ly/4BsilvB
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A $30 card pulled from an old server gave my PC eight more SATA drives, and nothing new comes close bit.ly/4swEWmM
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AI slop is taking over the retro PC port scene, but these Zelda ports remind me how good it still is bit.ly/47KdKY2
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4 peripherals you're probably plugging into the wrong USB port bit.ly/4zQhxip
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Lightweight Linux distros make your old hardware useful again, and they're not the nightmare you remember bit.ly/4e0Vmh3
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Nvidia RTX Spark takes on AMD Strix Halo, and AMD has reason to worry bit.ly/3Uj30g1
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I turned my old gaming laptop into a Steam Machine for free, and it does one thing Valve’s box can’t yet bit.ly/47H2D1Z
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I played Minecraft with a 125B local LLM on an RTX Spark laptop, and the game still held 120 FPS bit.ly/4BrNwXV
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These 4 Android settings are disabled by default, but I refuse to use my phone without them bit.ly/4sm983X
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My self-hosted AI models research, code, and generate images, and all they cost is a GPU I already own bit.ly/4zkdr24
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These ESP32 motorized faders are the coolest smart home light switches I've ever seen bit.ly/3U0KgSC
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I added live TV to Jellyfin with a cheap network tuner, and dropped my streaming TV subscription bit.ly/4yQWLyw
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Denmark ditches its plan to replace Microsoft Office with Collabora because it wasn't working with OOXML files bit.ly/4z7iNh4
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I ran a 9B model trained on Claude's reasoning on my 8GB GPU, and it made me rethink paying for Claude bit.ly/4z1Jnbw
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5 TV features I disable before anyone in my family is allowed to watch anything bit.ly/48fIaS4
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After using 4 Microsoft 365 alternatives for a month, one is a clear winner bit.ly/4i6WIti
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NVIDIA wanted me to upgrade my RTX 4070 Ti for Multi Frame Generation, but I found another way bit.ly/4BkxQG1
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