Hands-on experience with AI, self-hosting, Linux, and the developer tools Botmonster actually uses

Hands-on experience with AI, self-hosting, Linux, and the developer tools Botmonster actually uses

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ConvertX is a self-hosted file converter for 1000 formats

Self-hosted file converter ConvertX runs 19 conversion engines behind one Docker container and handles over 1000 formats without uploading a file.

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Best AI research tools 2026

Best AI research tools 2026 that cite their sources. NotebookLM, Consensus, and deep research modes compared on whether the citation survives a click.

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Mole replaces four Mac cleanup apps with one command

Mac cleaner terminal tool Mole rolls cleanup, uninstall, disk analysis, and live stats into one binary, with a dry run before anything is deleted.

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Best 10 HTML to Markdown converters in 2026

HTML to Markdown tools tested on 10 real pages with 273 probes. Go html-to-markdown and markdownify tie at 96 percent, pandoc trails at 76 percent.

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Pascal is a 3D building editor that runs in a browser

3D building editor Pascal runs in a browser on WebGPU, draws walls, slabs, and roofs, saves work offline, and ships its viewer as npm packages.

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The Jev model writes no text and TypeSafe won't say how

The Jev model returns typed decisions instead of text for $0.042 per million tokens. No model card, no weights, and 3,000 new GitHub repos in five days.