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Forget Google Maps and YouTube Music — these 5 apps make Android Auto miles better
My dashboard goes beyond Google apps.
After a month with VS Code, Cursor, and Zed, I finally found the editor that gets out of the way
I spent a month switching editors, and one finally made me stop looking.
I found a free alternative to Microsoft Visio that doesn't compromise on features
This free diagramming tool surprised me with just how much it can do.
My favorite Notion alternative isn’t OneNote or Obsidian: it’s more powerful and private
A private workspace that does everything
I’ve driven 6,000 miles with Google Maps — I rarely trust its suggested route now
The fastest route isn’t always best.
If my Docker server died tonight, these are the 4 containers I'd rebuild before anything else
My home lab relies on these containers, after all
5 open-source apps have quietly taken over my Windows PC, and Microsoft wrote half of them
My Windows PC is more open source than I realized, and Microsoft has more to do with it than I expected.
6 self-hosted services that are just as useful on your phone as on your desktop
I rebuilt my self-hosted stack around apps that don't leave my phone behind.
This tiny free app exposed 200GB of forgotten files Windows never told me about
Saving space is much easier now
WizTree scans my entire 1TB drive in less than a second, because it skips the way Windows normally reads files
WizTree maps your SSD instantaneously, leaving every other method in the dust
I used a free tool to control an Android phone with a malfunctioning screen, and it's a lifesaver for recovery
A purple, glitching Samsung screen pushed me to mirror the UI to a PC, navigate with a mouse, and salvage years of photos.
This new launcher gave my Pixel the clean look I’ve always wanted
I replaced my Pixel’s default launcher, and suddenly my home screen finally made sense.
I added health checks to every Docker container, and now my homelab restarts its own broken services
It only handles the boring failure.
I stopped looking for a free video editor after finding one that handles keyframing like Adobe and CapCut (and it's only two months old)
An editor that's only a few months old and already this far along
6 forgotten open-source apps that survived every productivity trend by keeping things simple
These old-school apps simply kept doing their jobs.
I turned my desktop into a remote coding server using VS Code's hidden tunnel feature
VS Code's tunnel feature is actually useful
I stopped giving my files useful names, but these free apps found them anyway
Who has the time for proper naming conventions?
This free Microsoft tool exposes all the startup apps that Task Manager hides from you
Autoruns shows you everything that runs when you boot your PC
After years of self-hosting, here are 5 mistakes I will never make again
These hard-earned lessons completely changed how I approach self-hosting.