The latest articles on DEV Community by shiheb amri (@shihebamrii). https://dev.to/shihebamrii https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4005514%2F2ad64fea-a68b-49ba-8644-5f31594c77e7.jpg https://dev.to/shihebamrii en shiheb amri Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:51:05 +0000 https://dev.to/shihebamrii/why-i-abandoned-web-vps-panels-and-built-my-own-desktop-control-plane-in-rust-5ca1 https://dev.to/shihebamrii/why-i-abandoned-web-vps-panels-and-built-my-own-desktop-control-plane-in-rust-5ca1 <p>Let's be honest. Web-based VPS control panels are great—until you check your server resource logs and see they're consuming 15% of your RAM, or you realize your root SSH private key is sitting in a MySQL database on the web.</p> <p>I wanted a dashboard to manage my Docker containers and Nginx configs, but without the security risk or the resource bloat.</p> <p>So, I built one. Here's why I chose a local-first approach using Tauri and Rust.</p> <p>Vessel is fully open-source (MIT) and free to use. You can download the pre-built binaries or check out the code: <a href="https://github.com/shihebamrii/vessel" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/shihebamrii/vessel</a></p> <p>I have a question for you: If you could add one feature to a local-first VPS control panel to make it replace your current command-line workflow, what would it be? Let's discuss in the comments!</p> ai rust opensource typescript