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Learn how to use various command-line utilities to perform simple and advanced administrative tasks on Linux-based systems

Updated on March 9, 2026

AFFiNE: An Open-Source, Self-Hosted Alternative to Notion and Miro

AFFiNE is a local-first, open-source workspace that combines rich documents, infinite whiteboards, and Kanban databases in a single interface. It can be self-hosted with Docker and extended through its BlockSuite framework.

Huly: Open-Source Platform to Replace Notion, Slack, and Linear

Discover Huly, an all-in-one self-hosted platform for development. Learn how to manage project tracking, collaborative documentation, GitHub integration, and team chat in one place. Deploy with Docker, eliminate context switching, and reduce SaaS costs using Apache 2.0 licensed open-source software.

Headscale: Self-Hosted VPN Control Server Setup

Learn how to set up Headscale, a self-hosted Tailscale control server. Discover how to create secure mesh networks with WireGuard, manage users and devices, configure ACLs, and gain complete network sovereignty using Docker.

GitButler: Modern Git Workflow Management Tool

Discover how GitButler transforms Git workflows with virtual branches, allowing you to work on multiple features simultaneously without stashing. Learn about AI-powered commits, unlimited undo, and seamless team collaboration.

Understanding VPN Virtual Locations and Their Impact on Privacy

A comprehensive analysis reveals that most VPN providers route your traffic through countries you never selected. Explore the science behind server geolocation, understand virtual locations, and learn what this means for your privacy and security.

AI

Learn about the essentials of deploying and managing AI models in production, including model training, scaling, and performance optimization.

Updated on March 23, 2026

Liquid AI's LFM2-VL: running a vision-language model in the browser

Liquid AI's LFM2-VL-1.6B is a vision-language model that runs entirely in the browser using WebGPU and the ONNX Runtime, with no server, no GPU requirement, and full offline capability after the initial model download."

AgentMail: an email API built for AI agents

AgentMail is an email inbox API designed for programmatic control by AI agents. It provides on-demand inbox creation, structured message access, thread management, and real-time WebSocket streaming, without the OAuth complexity of consumer email providers.

NVIDIA NemoClaw: a security layer for autonomous AI agents

NVIDIA NemoClaw wraps the OpenClaw autonomous agent framework in a sandboxed environment with a default-deny policy engine, declarative access controls, and a human-in-the-loop approval interface. Here's how it works and how it performs in practice.

Recurring Tasks in Claude Code: The /loop Skill and Desktop Scheduler

Claude Code's /loop skill schedules recurring tasks using cron within an active terminal session, with a 3-day expiration and no persistence across restarts. The Claude Desktop app provides a separate scheduler for tasks that need to survive reboots and run indefinitely.

Context Mode: Reducing AI Context Bloat with an MCP Server

Context Mode is an open-source MCP server that intercepts tool calls from AI coding agents, indexes large outputs locally using FTS5, and returns concise summaries to the context window instead of raw data, reducing token consumption by up to 98%

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