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OpenCode is an open source alternative to Claude Code

2026-09-162026-09-16 Danie
Computer monitor displaying OpenCode interface, with Star Wars lunchbox, mechanical keyboard, and copper desk lamp on a desk.

OpenCode is an open source agent that helps you write and run code with any AI model, including free (for now although the free tier uses a limited subset of backend models including Big Pickle) […]

Leave a commentBlogAI, opensource, programming, technology

AI Efficiency Could Cost Us the Next Generation of Experts

2026-09-152026-09-15 Danie
Illustration of a human hand and a robotic hand measuring with a caliper against a blueprint background.

This is a very though-provoking that applies much wider than just AI. In fact, its origins go back to long before AI was even around. It is applicable to whenever automation is involved with humans. […]

Leave a commentBlogAI, skills, technology

Scientist learns in front of peers why we cannot trust AI Blindly

2026-08-292026-08-29 Danie
Man in suit speaking into a microphone at a conference with a blurred audience in the background.

“Sutter’s cringe-inducing tale perfectly illustrates how many users of AI tools are putting themselves at risk without knowing it, including in the most rarefied echelons of academia. The science world has been inundated with poorly-researched […]

BlogAI, technology

HAMgpt Launches as a Personal AI Copilot Built Specifically for Amateur Radio

2026-08-282026-08-28 Danie
A friendly robot with headphones promotes HAMGPT, an AI copilot for amateur radio, alongside radio gear, notebook, laptop, and coffee mug.

“Unlike a general-purpose chatbot, HAMgpt is built around the real operating situation of each ham. It can take into account the operator’s license class, country, grid square, radios, antennas and operating history, then combine that […]

BlogAI, amateurradio, hamradio, technology

The Powerful Chinese AI Model Experts Warned About Is Here

2026-08-182026-08-18 Danie
Chat interface showing a conversation with the GLM-5.2 language model from Z.ai on a dark-themed screen.

The “best” model is not always the “best” model for you. Why I say this, is because Z.ai’s model is still outperformed in some dimensions by proprietary models from Anthropic for example. But can you […]

BlogAI, archiving, technology

Homelabbers and Desktop Tweakers may want to move beyond just plain AI chat

2026-08-142026-08-14 Danie
Man at computer screen with AI workflow automation connecting Docker, logs, configs, filesystem, reverse proxy for tasks like diagnosis and optimization.

The days of asking AI a question, or pasting a config file in, and then pasting (or typing) the updated file back, are no longer needed. I have over 47 running docker containers, with almost […]

BlogAI, homelab, selfhosting, technology

SoloMD is a simpler markdown open-source app that opens your whole Obsidian vault

2026-08-112026-08-11 Danie
Screenshot of a markdown cheat sheet in a text editor, showing markdown syntax examples and a sidebar with file explorer and outline panels.

“Obsidian is probably one of the best note-taking apps out there, but it’s not open-source, which is fine, there are perfectly good reasons for that. But a part of the Obsidian user base has always […]

BlogAI, markdown, opensource, technology

Google Search is likely Yahooed now

2026-08-072026-08-07 Danie
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This is a lesson that you are never too big to disappear. I remember the arrival of Google Search (when that was all they did) and how it collapsed Yahoo search from the scene. Googling […]

BlogAI, search, technology

OpenAI is giving ChatGPT free users unlimited text chats

2026-08-062026-08-06 Danie
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“OpenAI is making a big change for ChatGPT users on its free and Go tiers: Starting next week, users on those tiers will be able to have unlimited text chats with the chatbot, according to […]

BlogAI, technology

It Seems a Lot Like Dead Internet Has Actually Come True

2026-07-282026-07-28 Danie
Glitch art of a red skull with dark eye sockets on a black background, featuring horizontal distortion lines and pixelated texture.

“The infamous dead internet theory was originally a conspiracy that posited that the vast majority of the internet was run by bots and thinking machines. Most accounts you saw online were really bots masquerading as […]

BlogAI, bots, technology

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