Bought a budget USB fingerprint reader like the Chipsailing CS9711 (USB ID 2541:0236) and Linux Mint can’t see it? You aren’t alone. These “Match-on-Host” devices don’t ship with libfprint support by default. A community driver gets them working in a few steps.

Identifying the Hardware

First, verify your device ID by running lsusb in the terminal. Look for: Bus XXX Device XXX: ID 2541:0236 Chipsailing CS9711Fingprint

If the device shows up but fails to “enumerate” (no name appears), plug it straight into a motherboard USB port. A USB hub often can’t supply steady power.

If you host your own code on a Gitea instance, you’ve likely felt the friction of cloning new projects. Opening the web UI, searching for a repo, clicking the “SSH/HTTP” button, and then jumping back to your terminal is a workflow that belongs in 2010.

If you want to “walk through” your repositories and pick what to clone directly from your terminal, here are the best tools for the job.

In 2026, the web has returned to its roots: speed, simplicity, and security. Static Site Generators (SSGs) have become the gold standard for bloggers who want to focus on content without worrying about database vulnerabilities or slow load times. By transforming simple Markdown (.md) files into optimized static HTML, these tools ensure your blog is fast, SEO-friendly, and easy to host. Once deployed, static sites can be made even faster with service worker caching strategies that serve pages instantly on repeat visits.

Small Language Models, sub-4B parameter models built to run on local hardware, now handle most of the edge AI work that used to need the cloud. Phi-4 , Gemma 3 , and Llama 3.2-1B run offline on Raspberry Pi boards, phones, and industrial PLCs. The economics, latency, and privacy story all point the same way: edge first.

What Counts as a Small Language Model

In 2023, “small” meant under 13B parameters. Today, three tiers matter for edge work.

Willow provides sub-second local voice control for Home Assistant without sending your audio data to the cloud. By using an ESP32-S3 Box, you can build a private smart speaker that matches the responsiveness of commercial assistants while keeping every spoken word inside your own network. This guide walks through the full setup: hardware selection, server deployment, firmware flashing, pipeline configuration, and the fixes for the most common problems.

Cursor wins for most coders in 2026. If you write code daily and you’re not using it, you’re leaving real speed on the table. GitHub Copilot in VS Code still wins in specific cases. What decides it isn’t the model. It’s how deep the tool reads your code, and the agent loop around it.

What “Agentic” Means in 2026

“Agentic” gets slapped on every AI coding tool with a chat box, so it helps to be precise. The capability ladder runs from tab completion at the bottom, to inline chat for single-block edits, to multi-file edit suggestions, and at the top, a real agent loop. That top loop reads your project index, edits across ten or twenty files, runs your linter and tests, reads the errors, fixes them, and keeps going until everything is green. That top tier is where Cursor and Copilot diverge most.