A sci-fi-ish look at the post-AI-bubble hardware yard sale, and why cheap, boring hardware could kick off the “Personal Cloud” era: household servers that replace subscriptions, keep your data local, and make self-hosting normal.
A time tracking tool tried to turn a boring $9.99/seat SaaS into a $28,800/year line item with “usage fees” and forced credit card billing. So I self-hosted Kimai on our homelab instead, and it got me thinking: private equity price hikes might be accidentally accelerating open source adoption as more teams realize they can run the tools they need on a cheap VPS or a Mac mini.
A quick, copy-paste Docker Compose setup for running Kimai with a MySQL backend. It walks you through creating a `.env`, launching the stack, and getting Kimai reachable on port `8001`.
My 2025 book round up where I review the books that I have read this year. The good the great! and the aweful...
For the past year I've been working on a project that started as an internal tool at my job as a web dev at Equator Studios, the project has made me realize that there is a big problem with the way modern js libraries like Material UI are built for developers.
Mark Carny proposes in his book Value(s) a new approach to solve our largest global problems. Are his arguments convincing? Or do they lack substance...
Use Vercel, Heroku, DigitialOcean! That's the advice of modern day web devlopment gurus, most of which are sponsored by one cloud platform or the other. Do you really need to host your first app for $30/month?
Full-stack developer with 8+ years of professional experience spanning startups, contract work, and open-source contributions. Mentored by senior engineers and experienced in working on larger codebases, code review, and collaborative product development. Skilled in building production-grade web apps, automation pipelines, and custom UI frameworks with a focus on performance, accessibility, and scalability. Thrives in environments where design and technical decisions intersect, driving projects from concept to deployment.
When is the best time to take that private repo public? Does it matter if everything is working?
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