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Install HolyArrs with Docker Compose and replace the six-app *arr stack with a single 15 MB container. Covers qBittorrent wiring, the side-by-side importer, and honest caveats.
Home Assistant 2026.11 folds HACS into a built-in Marketplace and rewrites entity naming. Plus: the TrueNAS SCALE app is deprecated, so migrate to HAOS VM without losing your setup.
Self-host Immich with Docker Compose, then cut library storage 20–50% with JPEG XL and AV1 conversion. Covers v3.4 changes, the immich-convert tool, and safe rollback.
The 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 now costs $385, over 3x launch. Full total-cost math vs N150 mini PCs, used ThinkCentre boxes, and Orange Pi, plus what the Pi still wins.
Inside ServerOS, the AGPL Laravel panel that manages your existing VPSes via an outbound daemon: Git deploys, backups, monitors, workflows, teams, and an MCP server.
Hands-on review of Modern Web Guidance, the agent skill shipped by Chrome, Firefox and Edge: install steps, the legacy-scan audit, the 5 real findings on my Astro blog, and the fixes I applied.
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