Tag: productivity

Stop burning expensive AI tokens on boring grunt work. The overseer/workhorse pattern routes mechanical tasks to a cheap model and saves more than you'd think.

Wire a self-hosted SearXNG instance into Claude Code via a Bash wrapper for private, scriptable web search, and when to use it vs the built-in tool.

fd has sane defaults, parallel walking, and respects .gitignore. find is gnarly but ships everywhere. Here's when each one wins.

BookStack uses a strict book/chapter hierarchy; Wiki.js is a linked web of pages. Both run in Docker with LDAP/SSO, pick the right one for your homelab.

Bash tricks that save keystrokes, history expansion, brace expansion, process substitution, and the shortcuts your fingers will thank you for.

Set up Paperless-ngx in Docker with Tesseract OCR, auto-tagging, IMAP email ingestion, and PostgreSQL, turn your document pile into a searchable archive.

By default bash history is lost across multiple terminal sessions. Fix it with HISTAPPEND and PROMPT_COMMAND so nothing gets overwritten.

Open-source screencast pipeline: record with OBS using the right settings, edit in Kdenlive, ship 1080p MP4. The combo that replaces Camtasia.

Kdenlive cheat-sheet for the effects you actually reach for every edit: blur for privacy, audio ducking, titles, transitions, and the render dialog.

Migrate your Zim Wiki notes to Obsidian using zim2obsidian, escape a dated GTK app for modern sync, mobile access, and a thriving plugin ecosystem.

Switch your default shell to zsh on Linux, why zsh beats bash, installation, Oh My Zsh setup, essential plugins, and the gotcha that still catches everyone.

Ditch Obsidian's $10/month sync fee. Set up LiveSync with CouchDB in Docker and own your notes completely, encryption included.