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ESP32, RP2040, STM32: MQTT beyond ESPHome
Integrate any microcontroller with Home Assistant. Publish sensor data to discovery topics and subscribe to commands. Full control, no ESPHome.
Private package registries: PyPI, npm, supply chain control
Host a private PyPI registry with pypiserver and an npm registry with Verdaccio to cache packages. Both take under 30 minutes to set up.
Running Gemma 4 locally with Ollama: all four model sizes compared
Google's Gemma 4 spans 2.3B to 31B parameters. Compare hardware needs, speed, and quality across all variants when running locally through Ollama.
Self-hosted AI search: combine SearXNG and a local RAG pipeline
Build a private AI search engine with SearXNG and RAG. Runs on single machine with 12 GB VRAM, delivering cited answers without external queries.
Testcontainers: PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka testing
Test your Python code against real PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka containers with Testcontainers and pytest. Drop the mocks for real services.






