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Practical setups that have proven useful in production.https://daniliants.com/https://daniliants.com/insights/email-address-obfuscation-what-works-in-2026/https://daniliants.com/insights/email-address-obfuscation-what-works-in-2026/A data-driven 2026 benchmark of 15+ email obfuscation techniques, using a live honeypot to measure which methods actually stop spam harvesters, with concrete code examples for each approach.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTemail-obfuscationspam-protectionweb-securityhtmljavascriptprivacyanti-spamhttps://daniliants.com/insights/introducing-emdash-wordpress-successor-plugin-security/https://daniliants.com/insights/introducing-emdash-wordpress-successor-plugin-security/Cloudflare released EmDash v0.1.0, a TypeScript/serverless CMS designed as a modern WordPress replacement that isolates plugins in sandboxed V8 workers with capability-based permissions, and includes built-in x402 micropayment support for AI agents.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTcmswordpresscloudflareplugin-securityserverlessastrotypescriptopen-sourcehttps://daniliants.com/insights/linkedin-is-illegally-searching-your-computer/https://daniliants.com/insights/linkedin-is-illegally-searching-your-computer/LinkedIn runs hidden JavaScript that scans visitors' browsers for installed extensions and software, then transmits the results to LinkedIn and third parties - all without consent or disclosure. Fairlinked e.V. is funding legal action against Microsoft over this mass surveillance of identified individuals.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTlinkedinprivacygdprbrowser-fingerprintingdata-breachcorporate-espionagedigital-markets-actmicrosofthttps://daniliants.com/insights/back-to-freebsd-part-2-jails/https://daniliants.com/insights/back-to-freebsd-part-2-jails/FreeBSD jails provide OS-level isolation through a single kernel primitive, contrasting with Linux containers which combine namespaces, cgroups, and seccomp. The article compares building jails versus LXC containers from scratch and critiques jail managers for adopting Dockerfile-style DSLs despite ZFS natively solving the layering problem they were designed to address.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTfreebsdjailscontainerslinux-containerszfsbastilleself-hostingsystems-programminghttps://daniliants.com/insights/pocket-id-simple-passkey-only-oidc-provider-for-self-hosted-services/https://daniliants.com/insights/pocket-id-simple-passkey-only-oidc-provider-for-self-hosted-services/Pocket ID is a lightweight, self-hosted OIDC provider that uses passkeys as the sole authentication method, filling the gap between complex identity solutions like Keycloak and having no SSO for self-hosted services.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTpasskeysoidcauthenticationself-hostingssodockeridentity-providerhttps://daniliants.com/insights/a-simple-and-fast-macos-launcher/https://daniliants.com/insights/a-simple-and-fast-macos-launcher/Sol is a free, open-source macOS launcher that consolidates app search, clipboard history, window management, and more into a single keyboard-driven tool, replacing the need for separate utilities like Raycast or Alfred.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTmacoslauncherproductivityclipboard-managerwindow-manageropen-sourcehttps://daniliants.com/insights/ngrok-ai-api-gateway-secure-tunnels-traffic/https://daniliants.com/insights/ngrok-ai-api-gateway-secure-tunnels-traffic/ngrok has evolved from a localhost tunneling tool into a full cloud networking gateway handling API routing, AI model traffic, DDoS protection, and secure connectivity via a declarative Traffic Policy system. The platform now competes with nginx + Cloudflare + VPN stacks by consolidating all traffic management into a single gateway with CEL-based routing rules.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTngrokapi-gatewaysecure-tunnelsreverse-proxytraffic-managementai-gatewaynetworkingdevopshttps://daniliants.com/insights/tuna/https://daniliants.com/insights/tuna/Tuna is a native macOS launcher built in Swift, inspired by Quicksilver, featuring four distinct input modes and a one-time purchase model. Requires macOS 15 Sequoia or newer.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTmacoslauncherquicksilverkeyboard-productivitynative-mac-appswifthttps://daniliants.com/insights/pocket-id-simple-oidc-provider/https://daniliants.com/insights/pocket-id-simple-oidc-provider/Pocket ID is a self-hosted OIDC provider that uses passkeys as its only authentication method, offering LDAP sync, user group restrictions, audit logs, and a REST API in a lightweight package for homelab and small-org use cases.Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMToidcpasskeysauthenticationself-hostedpasswordlessldapidentity-providerhttps://daniliants.com/insights/hong-kong-police-can-now-demand-phone-passwords-under-new-security-r/https://daniliants.com/insights/hong-kong-police-can-now-demand-phone-passwords-under-new-security-r/Hong Kong's amended National Security Law allows police to demand phone passwords and encryption keys without a warrant, with criminal penalties for refusal, fundamentally changing risk for anyone transiting with encrypted devices.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTencryptionprivacyhong-kongnational-security-lawtravel-securitydevice-securityvpnlegal-riskhttps://daniliants.com/insights/tinyauth-lightweight-oidc-authentication-server-for-self-hosted-apps/https://daniliants.com/insights/tinyauth-lightweight-oidc-authentication-server-for-self-hosted-apps/Tinyauth is a minimal OIDC authentication server for self-hosted setups that runs entirely from environment variables, with built-in OAuth and LDAP support.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTauthenticationoidcself-hostedreverse-proxyoauthldaplightweighthttps://daniliants.com/insights/dobase-your-workspace-your-server/https://daniliants.com/insights/dobase-your-workspace-your-server/Dobase is an open-source, self-hosted workspace that bundles email, kanban boards, docs, chat, tasks, file storage, calendar, and video conferencing into a single Rails app backed by SQLite in one ...Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTself-hostedopen-sourcecollaborationrailssqlitedockerproductivityoncehttps://daniliants.com/insights/full-guide-on-the-patreon-do-you-want-to-use-perplexity-for-free/https://daniliants.com/insights/full-guide-on-the-patreon-do-you-want-to-use-perplexity-for-free/Perplexica is a free, open-source, self-hostable alternative to Perplexity AI search. It pairs with SearXNG for web search and Ollama for local LLM inference, meaning you can run a fully private AI...Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTperplexicaself-hostingollamaopen-sourcesearch-enginedockerai-searchhttps://daniliants.com/insights/jsongrep-is-faster-than-jq-jmespath-jsonpath-rust-jql/https://daniliants.com/insights/jsongrep-is-faster-than-jq-jmespath-jsonpath-rust-jql/jsongrep is a Rust-based JSON query tool that compiles queries into deterministic finite automata (DFAs), enabling single-pass O(n) tree traversal with O(1) per-node transitions and no backtracking...Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTjsonrustcli-toolsdfasearchperformanceautomata-theoryhttps://daniliants.com/insights/github-panonim-dynacat-dynamic-dashboard/https://daniliants.com/insights/github-panonim-dynacat-dynamic-dashboard/Dynacat is a Glance fork that adds dynamic widget auto-refresh by default. Drop-in replacement, single binary under 20 MB, configured in YAML.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTself-hostingdashboarddockerglance-forkrsshomelabyaml-configdynamic-widgetshttps://daniliants.com/insights/home-komodo/https://daniliants.com/insights/home-komodo/Komodo is a self-hosted build and deployment platform combining server management, container orchestration, and CI/CD in one browser-based tool.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTself-hostingdevopscontainersdocker-swarminfrastructure-as-codeserver-managementautomationopen-sourcehttps://daniliants.com/insights/http-strict-transport-security-hsts/https://daniliants.com/insights/http-strict-transport-security-hsts/HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) forces browsers to only connect to a site over HTTPS, protecting against protocol downgrade attacks, cookie hijacking, and browsing history leaks. The HSTS pre...Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThstshttpsweb-securitybrowser-securityssl-tlshttp-headerspreload-listhttps://daniliants.com/insights/shell-tricks-that-actually-make-life-easier-and-save-your-sanity/https://daniliants.com/insights/shell-tricks-that-actually-make-life-easier-and-save-your-sanity/A well-organized reference of shell keyboard shortcuts and CLI tricks split into two tiers: universal POSIX-compatible commands and Bash/Zsh-specific enhancements. Covers line editing, history sear...Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTshellbashzshterminalclikeyboard-shortcutsposixdevopshttps://daniliants.com/insights/keeper-sh-open-source-calendar-sync-tool-and-universal-calendar-mcp/https://daniliants.com/insights/keeper-sh-open-source-calendar-sync-tool-and-universal-calendar-mcp/Keeper.sh syncs timeslots across multiple calendars and ships an MCP server giving AI agents read-only calendar access via OAuth 2.1.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTcalendar-syncmcp-serverself-hosteddockeropen-sourcecaldavgoogle-calendaroutlookhttps://daniliants.com/insights/github-kstenerud-yoloai-permission-fatigue-is-a-real-problem-sandbox-e/https://daniliants.com/insights/github-kstenerud-yoloai-permission-fatigue-is-a-real-problem-sandbox-e/yoloAI solves permission fatigue by running AI agents in disposable sandboxes. You review diffs and selectively apply changes back.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-agentssandboxdeveloper-toolsclidockerpermission-managementcode-reviewai-safetyhttps://daniliants.com/insights/meetily-meetly-ai-privacy-first-ai-meeting-assistant-otterai-alterna/https://daniliants.com/insights/meetily-meetly-ai-privacy-first-ai-meeting-assistant-otterai-alterna/Meetily records and transcribes meetings on-device using Whisper, with no bot joining your call. Open-source and privacy-first.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTmeeting-notestranscriptionopen-sourceprivacyself-hostedai-assistantwhisperotter-alternativehttps://daniliants.com/insights/ripgrep-is-faster-than-grep-ag-git-grep-ucg-pt-sift/https://daniliants.com/insights/ripgrep-is-faster-than-grep-ag-git-grep-ucg-pt-sift/Ripgrep consistently wins or ties against grep, ag, and git grep across 25 benchmarks, with full Unicode support at near-zero performance cost.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTripgrepgrepcommand-linerustcode-searchregexperformance-benchmarkshttps://daniliants.com/insights/the-logfile-navigator/https://daniliants.com/insights/the-logfile-navigator/lnav is a terminal log viewer that auto-detects formats, merges multiple sources into one timeline, and includes a built-in SQLite query interface.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTlog-filesterminal-toolsclidevopslog-analysisself-hostingsqlitehttps://daniliants.com/insights/why-i-love-nixos/https://daniliants.com/insights/why-i-love-nixos/NixOS treats the entire OS as a deterministic build artifact, making it uniquely suited for AI coding agents that need safe, rollbackable changes.Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTnixosnixdeclarative-configreproducible-buildslinuxai-coding-agentsdevopspackage-managementhttps://daniliants.com/insights/atomic-ai-knowledge-graph-markdown-notes/https://daniliants.com/insights/atomic-ai-knowledge-graph-markdown-notes/Atomic is a self-hosted knowledge base that auto-chunks markdown into semantic atoms, links them by similarity, and exposes an MCP server for AI tools.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTknowledge-managementknowledge-graphsemantic-searchmarkdownself-hostedmcprustvector-searchhttps://daniliants.com/insights/cli-docs-skills-md-at-main-googleworkspace-cli/https://daniliants.com/insights/cli-docs-skills-md-at-main-googleworkspace-cli/Google's Workspace CLI ships with 40+ pre-built recipe skills that chain Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and Sheets into single-command workflows.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTgoogle-workspacecli-skillsgmail-automationgoogle-drivegoogle-calendarworkflow-recipesproductivity-automationhttps://daniliants.com/insights/dockhand-modern-docker-management/https://daniliants.com/insights/dockhand-modern-docker-management/Dockhand is a Portainer alternative with safe-pull auto-updates, vulnerability scanning, and a free tier that includes SSO and MFA.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTdockercontainer-managementself-hostinghomelabportainer-alternativedevopssecurity-scanninghttps://daniliants.com/insights/keep-save-and-search-bookmarks-from-anywhere/https://daniliants.com/insights/keep-save-and-search-bookmarks-from-anywhere/Keep saves links as clean markdown, making bookmarks searchable and usable as AI agent context via MCP integration with Claude Code and Cursor.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTbookmarksknowledge-managementmcpai-contextrssmarkdownbrowser-extensionhttps://daniliants.com/insights/opencli-claude-code-power-move/https://daniliants.com/insights/opencli-claude-code-power-move/OpenCLI turns any website or app into a CLI interface. Paired with Claude Code, it gives AI agents browser-access without official APIs.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTclaude-codecli-toolsbrowser-automationopen-sourceapi-alternativeopenclideveloper-toolshttps://daniliants.com/insights/professional-video-editing-right-in-your-browser/https://daniliants.com/insights/professional-video-editing-right-in-your-browser/Tooscut is a browser-based video editor built on WebGPU and Rust/WASM with near-native performance. All processing stays on your machine.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTvideo-editingwebgpuwasmbrowser-toolsrustlocal-firstcreative-toolshttps://daniliants.com/insights/sonar-cli-tool-for-inspecting-managing-services-on-localhost-ports/https://daniliants.com/insights/sonar-cli-tool-for-inspecting-managing-services-on-localhost-ports/Sonar replaces the lsof | grep workflow with a Docker-aware port inspector that shows container names, resource usage, and service connections.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTclidevtoolsdockerport-managementlocalhostprocess-managementmacoshttps://daniliants.com/insights/supercharge-claude-code-with-cmux/https://daniliants.com/insights/supercharge-claude-code-with-cmux/Cmux is a native macOS terminal for running multiple AI agents in parallel with vertical tabs, split panes, and automatic finish notifications.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTclaude-codecmuxterminal-multiplexerparallel-agentsmacosdeveloper-toolsai-codinghttps://daniliants.com/insights/technitium-dns-server/https://daniliants.com/insights/technitium-dns-server/Technitium DNS combines authoritative and recursive DNS, ad blocking, and encrypted protocols in one self-hosted package. Handles 100k+ req/sec.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTdnsself-hostingad-blockingprivacynetwork-securitydockerdns-over-httpsopen-sourcehttps://daniliants.com/insights/cmux-terminal-multiplexer-for-ai-coding-agents/https://daniliants.com/insights/cmux-terminal-multiplexer-for-ai-coding-agents/Cmux is a native Mac terminal for managing multiple AI coding agents simultaneously, with bird's-eye view tabs and built-in notifications.Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTcmuxterminal-multiplexerai-agentsclaude-codeghosttydeveloper-workflowmulti-agenthttps://daniliants.com/insights/cockpit-web-based-linux-server-admin-interface/https://daniliants.com/insights/cockpit-web-based-linux-server-admin-interface/Cockpit is a lightweight web-based Linux admin interface that works transparently with the CLI. Changes made in either are visible in both.Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTlinuxserver-managementweb-uisysadmincockpitself-hostingcontainershttps://daniliants.com/insights/cook-portable-terminal-ai-agent/https://daniliants.com/insights/cook-portable-terminal-ai-agent/cook is a single-binary terminal AI agent that works with any LLM provider, integrates with Unix pipes, and supports reusable prompt templates.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTcli-toolsai-agentsterminalllmdevopsshell-automationmulti-providerhttps://daniliants.com/insights/github-karakeep-appkarakeep-a-self-hostable-bookmark-everything-app-/https://daniliants.com/insights/github-karakeep-appkarakeep-a-self-hostable-bookmark-everything-app-/Karakeep is a self-hostable bookmark manager with AI tagging, full-text search, page archival, and video archiving via yt-dlp.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTbookmarksself-hostingread-it-laterai-taggingfull-text-searchnextjsopen-sourcehttps://daniliants.com/insights/claude-code-with-docker-local-models-mcp-sandboxes/https://daniliants.com/insights/claude-code-with-docker-local-models-mcp-sandboxes/Docker now offers three Claude Code integrations: local model execution, 300+ containerized MCP servers, and disposable sandboxes for safe agent runs.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTclaude-codedockermcpsandboxinglocal-modelsai-agentsdevopsdeveloper-toolshttps://daniliants.com/insights/github-pleaseprompto-ductor/https://daniliants.com/insights/github-pleaseprompto-ductor/Ductor exposes Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI through a Telegram bot with persistent memory, cron scheduling, and multi-agent delegation.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTclaude-codetelegram-botai-agentscli-automationself-hostingmulti-agentcron-jobshttps://daniliants.com/insights/lightpanda-headless-browser-for-ai-and-automation/https://daniliants.com/insights/lightpanda-headless-browser-for-ai-and-automation/Lightpanda is a headless browser written in Zig claiming 11x faster execution and 9x less memory than Chrome, with full Playwright compatibility.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTheadless-browserweb-scrapingai-agentsplaywrightpuppeteerzigautomationself-hostinghttps://daniliants.com/insights/the-49mb-web-page/https://daniliants.com/insights/the-49mb-web-page/NYT loads 49 MB and 422 requests for one news article, running a live ad auction before the headline renders. Content gets 11-15% of screen space.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTweb-performanceuxad-techdark-patternspage-weightnews-publisherstrackingcore-web-vitalshttps://daniliants.com/insights/why-i-love-freebsd/https://daniliants.com/insights/why-i-love-freebsd/A 24-year FreeBSD user explains why native ZFS boot environments, jails, and rock-solid documentation keep it as his first choice for servers.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTfreebsdlinuxzfsself-hostingserversbsdoperating-systemsdocumentationhttps://daniliants.com/insights/the-frontend-design-skill-in-claude-code-is-good-but-pencildev-is-o/https://daniliants.com/insights/the-frontend-design-skill-in-claude-code-is-good-but-pencildev-is-o/Pencil.dev is an AI-native design tool where you can drag-and-drop elements after generation, eliminating the back-and-forth of text-based prompting.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTclaude-codepencil-devai-designfigma-alternativefrontend-designui-designhttps://daniliants.com/insights/top-5-claude-code-plugins/https://daniliants.com/insights/top-5-claude-code-plugins/Five Claude Code extensions worth knowing: NotebookLM CLI, Supabase MCP, Obsidian integration, Anthropic's Skill Creator, and GSD framework.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTclaude-codemcpskillsai-toolsdeveloper-productivitysupabaseobsidianhttps://daniliants.com/insights/agent-safehouse/https://daniliants.com/insights/agent-safehouse/Agent Safehouse enforces kernel-level filesystem isolation for AI coding agents on macOS, letting you run them in full-auto mode safely.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTmacos-sandboxagent-securitysandbox-execclaude-codelocal-agentsdevtoolsllm-safetyhttps://daniliants.com/insights/crawl-entire-websites-with-a-single-api-call-using-browser-rendering/https://daniliants.com/insights/crawl-entire-websites-with-a-single-api-call-using-browser-rendering/Cloudflare's new /crawl endpoint lets you crawl entire websites with one API call, returning HTML, Markdown, or structured JSON.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTcloudflareweb-crawlingbrowser-renderingrag-pipelinesapiweb-scrapingai-training-datahttps://daniliants.com/insights/denchclaw-ai-crm-hosted-locally-on-your-mac/https://daniliants.com/insights/denchclaw-ai-crm-hosted-locally-on-your-mac/DenchClaw is a locally-hosted AI CRM that uses your Chrome sessions for browser automation, keeping all data on your machine.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-crmlocal-firstmacos-appsales-pipelineagent-automationyc-w26openclawhttps://daniliants.com/insights/github-9001-copyparty-portable-file-server-with-accelerated-resumab/https://daniliants.com/insights/github-9001-copyparty-portable-file-server-with-accelerated-resumab/Copyparty is a single-file Python server supporting HTTP, WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, and SMB with resumable uploads, dedup, and media indexing.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTfile-serverself-hostedpythonwebdavsftpftpmedia-serverfile-sharinghttps://daniliants.com/insights/openclaw-crm-sales-automation-framework-denchclaw/https://daniliants.com/insights/openclaw-crm-sales-automation-framework-denchclaw/Denchclaw turns Claude Code into a CRM with lead enrichment, outreach drafting, and team sync via GitHub cron. File-based, fully open-source.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTclaude-codesales-automationcrmopen-sourceoutreachlead-enrichmentdenchclaw