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I fired Claude after forcing it to build a private, self-hosted replacement

Stop paying per token—here's how to run Claude locally for free.

I built an agentic AI clone of my family to plan our summer travel

The results were surprisingly good—with a few important caveats. Planning summer travel is hard. Planning it for a busy ...
OfficeChai

21 Best AI Tools For Excel (With Examples) [2026]

Modern business intelligence demands speed, and utilizing AI tools for Excel is the ultimate way to hyper-charge your data workflows this year.
GitHub

ClickHouse Connect

ClickHouse Connect currently uses the ClickHouse HTTP interface for maximum compatibility. The 1.0 release includes breaking changes. If you are upgrading from a 0.15.x or earlier release, see ...

I let Claude audit my messy Home Assistant setup, and it was a massive wake-up call

I gave Claude access to my Home Assistant. It helped me audit, debug, and improve my smart home better than I ever could have.
GitHub

GitHub - nolar/kopf: A Python framework to write Kubernetes operators in just a few lines of code

Kopf — Kubernetes Operator Pythonic Framework — is a framework and a library to make Kubernetes operator development easier, in just a few lines of Python code. The main goal is to bring the ...
Fast Company

Beyond the prompt: 5 ways to use AI after you’ve mastered the basics

When it comes to generative AI, mastering the art of crafting a basic prompt that will return a solid response is a great first step. But it’s a bit like buying a sports car just to drive it to the ...
the-decoder

Perplexity's "Search as Code" lets AI models write their own search pipelines instead of calling fixed APIs

Instead of calling a ready-made search API, models in Perplexity's new "Search as Code" architecture write their own search workflows as Python code. The company promises more precise results and ...