Coding
Big Rust rewrites of 2026
Rust rewrites reached Ubuntu, Bun and GitHub in 2026, and Linux, Windows, Android and Git are adding Rust too. A scoreboard of who finished and who began.
AIModels, agents and local LLMs
Generative AI for Beginners pairs 21 lessons with video
Generative AI course from Microsoft runs 21 free lessons and 18 videos, yet only five ship TypeScript code. A look at what the repo really contains.
Reverse Engineer Anything lets your AI agent read any app
Reverse Engineer Anything lets your AI agent read any app through Ghidra, Hopper or IDA, but a plain agent nearly matched it on a simple app test.
Next-concept modeling writes the gist first, 21x faster
Next-concept modeling writes text coarse to fine in 12 steps and beats diffusion models 21x faster on LM1B, but only at 100M parameters for now.
Local meeting transcription on Linux with Whisper and Ollama
Local meeting transcription on Linux. Record calls with PipeWire, transcribe with Faster-Whisper, label speakers, and get structured notes from Ollama.
CodingTools, languages, workflows
Meet mucad, the OpenSCAD alternative with Rust-like syntax
mucad is an OpenSCAD alternative written in Rust that swaps nested transforms and for loops for operators you read left to right. Try it in a browser.
Ghidra is the NSA tool that reads compiled software
Ghidra reverse engineering tools came out of the NSA and are free. The decompiler that turns machine code back into readable C is why people use it.
Ghostty ships its whole terminal engine as a library
Ghostty terminal emulator ships libghostty, a zero-dependency C and Zig library, and over 120 projects already embed that engine in their own apps.
Install Termux from F-Droid because Play ships a fork
Termux Android Linux terminal gives a phone a real shell and package manager. Install from F-Droid or GitHub, because the Play Store build is a fork.
Self-HostingRun it on your own box
AppFlowy is Notion where the data stays on your disk
Open source Notion alternative AppFlowy keeps documents, boards, and databases on your own disk or a server you run, plus AI you point anywhere.
Pi-hole Unbound DNSSEC setup
Pi-hole, Unbound, DNSSEC: build a private recursive resolver, decide on Pi-hole's own DNSSEC box, and fix the common errors that break validation.
Paperless-ngx turns your paper pile into a search box
Self-hosted document management with Paperless-ngx runs OCR on every scan, tags it automatically, and turns a filing cabinet into a search box.
PCIe bifurcation: add 4 NVMe drives for $25-50 per adapter
PCIe bifurcation splits one x16 slot into x4 links for up to four NVMe drives on a $25 adapter. See which CPUs allow 4x4 and how to verify it in Linux.
Web DevBuilding for the browser
Speed up Hugo builds with a warm image cache in CI
Speed up Hugo builds on a large site by caching resources/_gen the right way in CI, deduping image specs, profiling templates and minifying output safely.
Turso puts SQLite reads under a millisecond, anywhere in the world
Turso pushes SQLite to the edge via embedded replicas that sync from a primary database. Sub-millisecond reads with managed global write routing.
Build a serverless API with Cloudflare D1
Cloudflare D1 tutorial: build a Hono REST API on a Worker, add read replicas with the Sessions API, and turn the free tier into real request budgets.
CSS @starting-style lets you animate elements on entry without JavaScript
CSS @starting-style animates dialogs, popovers and new DOM elements on entry with plain transitions. See what each browser runs and how to detect support.
Smart HomeHome Assistant and friends
Monitor any 3D printer with a Home Assistant integration
Home Assistant 3D printer setup for OctoPrint, Prusa, Klipper and Bambu Lab, with dashboards, alerts, heater fault checks and smart plug power-off.
Zigbee range issues? Fix them with routers and channels
Zigbee range issues? Fix them by adding mains-powered routers, moving the coordinator off USB 3.0, and using channel 15, 20, or 25 to dodge WiFi.
Hailo-8 vs Google Coral TPU for Frigate NVR: which edge AI accelerator wins in 2026
Hailo vs Coral for Frigate in 2026: Coral is a legacy pick now. Dated prices, cameras per chip, night-time detection limits and which accelerator to buy.
Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition review: is the $59 box ready for daily use?
One-year review of the $59-$69 Voice Preview Edition: fully local wake word detection, sub-second response, far-field mic array, and zero cloud calls.
HardwareGPUs, boards and builds
The best ARM Linux laptop in 2026 runs Snapdragon X2
The best ARM Linux laptop in 2026 is an ASUS Zenbook on Snapdragon X2. Snapdragon X2 Elite Linux status, model picks, prices and what still breaks.
The Hailo-10H beats the Coral TPU on speed and watts
Hailo-10H review for Frigate, Home Assistant, and on-device LLMs. HailoRT, Model Zoo YOLO throughput, Pi 5 token rates, and the Google Coral TPU.
Upgrade your 3D printer with Klipper: a complete setup guide
Set up Klipper firmware on your 3D printer to unlock input shaping, pressure advance tuning, and 300-500mm/s speeds without re-flashing the board.
The shocking mini PC verdict: Ryzen AI Max 395 dethrones your homelab rack
Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with a 256-bit LPDDR5X bus powers compact homelabs: 16 cores, 40 CU Radeon GPU, up to 128GB unified memory. Runs 70B models.
