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SSO on a budget? Here’s a curated list of self-hosted software that plays nicely with OIDC for free.

Tech is hard, but the emotional drain of building alone is what really gets you. Here’s why and what helped me survive.

Feeling behind, ahead, or just weird at 55? Here’s how to tackle retirement planning when the typical advice doesn’t fit.

Should you disclose when AI writes part of your selfhosted tutorial? Here’s what the r/selfhosted community thinks.

Breaking the inertia of your side project is brutal. Here’s how others actually did it—and how you can too.

Are NVIDIA’s GPU prices artificially inflated, or is this just a natural monopoly in action? Let’s discuss the evidence.

How to handle surprise calls about old medical debt without getting shaken down for money you might not even owe.

How I accidentally turned my mom into the first beta tester for my app blocker.

Testing GLM 5.3 Flash on an RTX Pro 6000 to model a Blender penthouse. Was it overkill? Absolutely. Did it work? Let’s talk numbers.

How someone went from zero to $6,500/month via state pension benefits — and what the rest of us can learn (or can’t).