Tag: productivity

Syncthing mirrors your files in real time, but is that actually a good idea for dotfiles? An honest comparison against chezmoi and proper dotfile managers.

Vikunja is a todo+kanban all-rounder. Focalboard is Trello-ish (archived). Taiga is agile/scrum. Here's how to pick self-hosted project management.

Three self-hosted RSS readers compared. FreshRSS is polished, Miniflux is minimalist, TT-RSS is feature-rich. Here's how to pick yours.

Linkding is minimal bookmarks. Hoarder is AI-tagged content store. Wallabag is read-it-later. Here's how to pick the right self-hosted bookmark tool.

Comparing context-mode, code-review-graph, token-savior, and claude-context, MCP tools that stop AI coding agents from reading your whole codebase blind.

RTK, snip, and lean-ctx filter your AI coding agent's output before it burns context tokens. I run RTK daily, here's the one I'd actually switch to.

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.

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.