I gave the Steam Deck proper desktop mode with a dock and mouse and it replaced my travel laptop.

I gave the Steam Deck proper desktop mode with a dock and mouse and it replaced my travel laptop.

The Steam Deck is a powerful device, and I’m not talking about the frames it pushes on AAA games, at least not here. I’ve said before that the Deck beats a budget gaming laptop on long trips, and much of what I’ve argued has been due to the form factor, because in situations where you … Read more

I have replaced ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity with free open source alternatives

I have replaced ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity with free open source alternatives

As much as my bank hates seeing Apple Music, Spotify, Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud, iCloud+, Google One, Netflix, and about half a dozen other subscriptions coming in every month, I know that AI tools have made an already existing problem significantly worse. Now any AI tool I use wants its cut too. Claude Max, ChatGPT … Read more

I replaced my Obsidian installation with this open source workspace

I replaced my Obsidian installation with this open source workspace

Obsidian was one of those apps that I rarely asked for. It’s fast, works offline, and gives me enough control to build my knowledge system the way I want it. Then I tried AFFiNE. After spending more time with it, I found that the Obsidian setup was suddenly more limited than I realized. Related My … Read more