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building betterlingo.io, free-form JLPT practice, no multiple choice. also maintain a bunch of one-click Railway deploy templates. self-hoster, grinding N2

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WeTransfer alternative that isn't claimable by the first stranger who opens the URL

WeTransfer alternative that isn't claimable by the first stranger who opens the URL

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Self-hosting AzuraCast? Whoever opens the setup wizard first becomes admin

Self-hosting AzuraCast? Whoever opens the setup wizard first becomes admin

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NocoDB self-hosting will quietly delete your bases if you skip this one env var

NocoDB self-hosting will quietly delete your bases if you skip this one env var

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Self-hosted Sentry error tracking without the 16GB RAM bill (GlitchTip on Railway)

Self-hosted Sentry error tracking without the 16GB RAM bill (GlitchTip on Railway)

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Self-hosting LibreChat on Railway: getting file RAG working without an OpenAI key

Self-hosting LibreChat on Railway: getting file RAG working without an OpenAI key

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Self-hosted S3 storage on Railway: MinIO in one click (plus the two gotchas that'll 502 you)

Self-hosted S3 storage on Railway: MinIO in one click (plus the two gotchas that'll 502 you)

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Every free-LLM list is a screenshot of the past. I built one that re-calls every endpoint.

Every free-LLM list is a screenshot of the past. I built one that re-calls every endpoint.

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Self-hosting Hermes Agent on Railway: the dashboard that refuses to open unauthenticated

Self-hosting Hermes Agent on Railway: the dashboard that refuses to open unauthenticated

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Self-hosting Gitea on Railway: the two gotchas that break clone URLs and SSH

Self-hosting Gitea on Railway: the two gotchas that break clone URLs and SSH

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Self-hosted Google Analytics alternative: the ClickHouse mistake that logs you out on every redeploy

Self-hosted Google Analytics alternative: the ClickHouse mistake that logs you out on every redeploy

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NocoDB self-hosted: the Airtable alternative, and the one setting that decides if it survives a redeploy

NocoDB self-hosted: the Airtable alternative, and the one setting that decides if it survives a redeploy

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PocketBase in one command: a Firebase-sized backend that's just a SQLite file

PocketBase in one command: a Firebase-sized backend that's just a SQLite file

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Algolia bills add up fast: self-hosting Typesense for instant search

Algolia bills add up fast: self-hosting Typesense for instant search

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Skip the search API bill: self-hosting SearXNG for private search and free LLM/RAG web results

Skip the search API bill: self-hosting SearXNG for private search and free LLM/RAG web results

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The Chatwoot Railway template with 618 recent deploys ships without a background worker (here's what that silently breaks)

The Chatwoot Railway template with 618 recent deploys ships without a background worker (here's what that silently breaks)

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Postgres 17 with SSL baked in, one click on Railway (and when you actually want it over the native plugin)

Postgres 17 with SSL baked in, one click on Railway (and when you actually want it over the native plugin)

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Bitwarden without the per-seat bill: self-hosting Vaultwarden

Bitwarden without the per-seat bill: self-hosting Vaultwarden

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A self-hosted n8n that actually matches the 2.x architecture (SQLite + external task runners)

A self-hosted n8n that actually matches the 2.x architecture (SQLite + external task runners)

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Most self-hosted n8n deploys cost more than they need to (a minimum-viable config)

Most self-hosted n8n deploys cost more than they need to (a minimum-viable config)

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A self-hosted vector database for RAG, without the per-vector bill

A self-hosted vector database for RAG, without the per-vector bill

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Self-hosting ArangoDB: one database for graph, document, and vector search

Self-hosting ArangoDB: one database for graph, document, and vector search

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Self-hosting Meilisearch: an Algolia alternative that also works as a cheap RAG retriever

Self-hosting Meilisearch: an Algolia alternative that also works as a cheap RAG retriever

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Coding from a phone, for real: a browser-based AI dev box you can spin up in two minutes

Coding from a phone, for real: a browser-based AI dev box you can spin up in two minutes

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A realistic JLPT N2 study plan (3 months vs 6 months), from someone currently doing it

A realistic JLPT N2 study plan (3 months vs 6 months), from someone currently doing it

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Local-first sync on a $5 budget: self-hosting ElectricSQL against your own Postgres

Local-first sync on a $5 budget: self-hosting ElectricSQL against your own Postgres

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Turn any PDF into clean Markdown with a self-hosted Docling API

Turn any PDF into clean Markdown with a self-hosted Docling API

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Self-hosting an OpenAI-compatible TTS API with Kokoro-82M (no GPU needed)

Self-hosting an OpenAI-compatible TTS API with Kokoro-82M (no GPU needed)

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Grading free-form Japanese answers with an LLM: Django + pydantic-ai

Grading free-form Japanese answers with an LLM: Django + pydantic-ai

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