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Open-chat is a portable, composable, self-hostable platform for sovereign, private and self-controlled 'AI' — now released under AGPL.
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The Commoditization of AI, Local AI and the Future of Europe
Why I think the commoditization of 'AI' has started, how local and open-source models change the equation, and what that could mean for Europe.
My Titan 2 Elite Advanced Setup: The Pocket Terminal Conversion
A hands-on guide on turning the Titan 2 Elite into a real pocket dev machine with Termux, tmux, opencode, a local LLM and a full Alpine Linux VM...
vLLM + LiteLLM on AMD Strix Halo
Serving Qwen3.8-27B (INT4 AWQ) and Qwen3-4B (FP16) with vLLM on my two-node k3s cluster, fronted by a LiteLLM OpenAI-compatible router.
A Botched Master Thesis Proposal and My Idea for a Decentralized VPN
Attempt at creating my own Master Thesis Topic
Expose NAT Services Across Two Kubernetes Clusters with Tailscale
A production-style setup to publish private k3s services through a public microk8s edge cluster using the Tailscale Kubernetes Operator.
CloudNativePG PostgreSQL End-to-End Setup Guide
A full copy/paste-ready walkthrough to install CloudNativePG, deploy PostgreSQL on Kubernetes, bootstrap users and tables, and verify with Python.
Building a private LLM Cluster
A hands-on experiment building a self-managed at-home AI cluster with k3s, Ollama, and LiteLLM.
Microk8s; self host Kubernetes on the edge
Setup a Microk8s node on only VPS (updated)
Opencode; Usability with Local LLMs on iGPU w 128GB vram: My Tests
Testing and configuring opencode for usage with local llms
Local LLMs on Strix Halo 128GB Shared Ram: My Tests
Strix Halo 128GB RAM, 100% local LLM agents, my tests
Comparing Agentic Code Editors
A comparison of Antigravity, Cursor, Windsurf, and Codium + Continue for agentic coding tasks.
100% Open-Source Self-Hostable AI Code Editing: Codium & Continue.dev
A comprehensive guide to setting up fully self-hosted AI code editing with Codium and Continue.dev, keeping your code and AI interactions...
Secure Federated Chat: Self Host Matrix on Kubernetes
How to self host a Matrix.org server
Breaking Trough NAT: Decentralized Self-Hosting Via Open-Chat
How Open-Chats Federation Enables anybody to host anything anywhere
n8n community edition: synchronize workflows to github
A n8n workflow setup, that synchronizes workflow and credential changes directly to github
Self-Hosted n8n on Kubernetes (Helm chart)
Minimal, repeatable setup to run n8n with TLS behind nginx ingress using the 8gears Helm chart.
WordPress on Kubernetes with TrueCharts (short guide)
Set up WordPress on a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster using the TrueCharts Helm chart.
Uptime Monitoring on Kubernetes by self-hosting Uptime-Kuma
Tiny guide to deploy Uptime-Kuma on a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster using a maintained Helm chart.
Comparison of Video Call Services for Cross-Platform React Web/Native Apps
A comprehensive comparison of leading video call service providers focusing on cross-platform compatibility for React-based web and native...
Full Setup Guide: Lenovo Yoga 9 Pro with Regolith Linux (Ubuntu 23.10 + i3)
A comprehensive setup guide for setting up a Lenovo Yoga 9 Pro with Ubuntu 23.10 and Regolith i3, including resolution and external monitors...
Send Slack Notifications on Deployments with GitHub Actions
Set up Slack notifications for deployments using GitHub Actions and the Python slack_sdk package, keeping your team updated automatically.
Understanding Solid Authentication
Exploring the workings of OpenID Connect, the Solid Community Server implementation, and reverse-engineering client authentication with Python...
Self Host Sentry using Helm
Self Hosted Error Tracking and Reporting using Sentry Kubernetes and Helm
Msgmate.io Development Update Oct 2023
A progress and state update on the development of my msgmate.io plattform
PDF's from markdown, pandoc and more
A collection of strategies to quickly produce pdf's from markdown files
Simulate secondary webcam on linux
How to use `ffmpeg` to funnel screen or video data as video input.
Quickly Deploy Any Next Js App On Kubernetes
Simple steps to build, push, and deploy a Next.js app on Kubernetes
Setting Up a Secure Bitnami PostgreSQL Instance on Microk8s
This guide provides a step-by-step approach to installing a PostgreSQL database using Bitnami's Helm chart on a Microk8s cluster, including TLS...
MariaDB on Kubernetes with Backup Cron-job
This straightforward guide will walk you through deploying and exposing a basic MariaDB database on your microk8s Kubernetes cluster.
Self-Hosted Git Server with Gitea on Kubernetes
This guide will demonstrate how you can effortlessly host Gitea on a private Kubernetes cluster and utilize it as a package registry.
Setting up a Private Kubernetes Cluster on Your Own VPS Using Microk8s
A step-by-step guide to setting up a fully configurable private Kubernetes cluster
Tim's Stack: Dynamic Cross-platform Web App Stack, deployed with Bunnyshell
This article showcases a high-performing web app stack I created for a recent Bunnyshell hackathon, using Docker, Kubernetes, Microk8s, Django and...
Art Collective Simulator
A Game Dev Story–inspired isometric simulation for the Vibrational Network with evolving features from tasks and stats to events and rooms.
Retro Escape
A simple yet challenging puzzle game with programmable blocks, a level editor, and QR-based sharing. Built with Kotlin/LibGDX and ZXing.
Frequency Quick Response (FQR) Code
Offline file transfer by streaming sequences of QR codes — printable, scannable, and network-free.
'War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.'
A quote from the Party in George Orwell's 1984. Indicators for increasing Surveillance, just a curated reference list, with some comments.