Immich, the popular self-hosted photo management platform, is building a public EXIF dataset to dramatically improve metadata parsing. This community-driven effort needs your photos—but with important privacy considerations. Here's everything you need to know about contributing safely and why this matters for the future of photo organization.
Across the tech industry, companies attempting to replace human developers with AI are discovering disastrous results. From unmaintainable code to catastrophic security flaws, the push for AI-only development is creating more problems than it solves.
Despite years of proven success, some leaders still resist remote work. We explore why this happens from a tech perspective, how automation changes the game, and what DevOps teams need to know about managing distributed work in 2026.
A deep dive into why IT professionals have lost their authority in organizations, with actionable strategies for sysadmins and DevOps teams to reclaim their backbone through automation, documentation, and strategic communication in 2026.
In 2026, Immich's 2.5.0 update with intelligent device cleanup and clear sync status icons has made it surpass Google Photos for many users. This article explores why self-hosted photo management is winning and how to make the switch.
When BentoPDF's developers lost access to their Docker account, it created a 10-day development freeze that exposed critical vulnerabilities in modern DevOps workflows. This deep dive explores what went wrong, why single points of failure are dangerous, and practical strategies to protect your own projects.
When Microsoft went offline for 9.5 hours in 2026, their explanation about 'reduced capacity during maintenance' raised more questions than answers. We analyze what really happened, why standard redundancy protocols failed, and what infrastructure teams can learn from this costly failure.
In 2026, the r/selfhosted community implemented a simple but revolutionary moderation strategy that transformed the subreddit. This article explores how the 'Friday Rule' worked, why it succeeded, and what other tech communities can learn about balancing engagement with quality.
Sysadmins are reaching a breaking point with Microsoft's recurring reliability issues, from Exchange crashes to problematic updates. This article explores the root causes, real-world impacts, and practical automation strategies to protect your infrastructure in 2026.
After analyzing hundreds of tech professionals' experiences, one self-hosted service consistently emerges as irreplaceable: password managers. Discover why Vaultwarden and similar solutions have become non-negotiable for security-conscious users in 2026.
If you're mentally fried after work but still want to make progress, you're not alone. This guide explores why IT professionals experience unique cognitive exhaustion and provides actionable strategies to keep moving forward even when your brain feels done.
Timing your hardware purchases can make or break your web scraping operations. Learn from data hoarders who navigated the 2025 HDD price surge and discover strategies for optimizing your scraping infrastructure investments.