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Claude Code for free with Ollama using Anthropic API compatibility
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Claude Code for free with Ollama using Anthropic API compatibility

Ditch the cloud and keep your code private! 😱 Ollama now supports Anthropic API compatibility, meaning you can run Claude Code with local models like Qwen or GPT-OSS. Total privacy, zero cost, and ful...

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January 23, 2026 at 7:07 PM

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Mentor Applications for Google Summer of Code 2026 open through Feb 3 #OpenSource #GSOC #gsoc2026
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Mentor Applications for Google Summer of Code 2026 open through Feb 3

📢 Mentor applications for #GSoC 2026 are open! 🚀 Join the global open-source community to mentor new talent and accelerate your project. This year features a special focus on #AI, #ML, and #Security....

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January 20, 2026 at 9:55 AM

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Mentor Applications for Google Summer of Code 2026 open through Feb 3 #OpenSource #GSOC #gsoc2026
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Mentor Applications for Google Summer of Code 2026 open through Feb 3

📢 Mentor applications for #GSoC 2026 are open! 🚀 Join the global open-source community to mentor new talent and accelerate your project. This year features a special focus on #AI, #ML, and #Security....

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January 20, 2026 at 9:54 AM

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Ever tried to download a website and it just... broke? 😱
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Ever tried to download a website and it just... broke? 😱

Tired of "Save Page As" breaking your downloads? 😱 Meet PageSource! This Python CLI tool captures a website's actual JS, CSS, and assets while keeping the original folder structure intact. Perfect for...

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January 17, 2026 at 11:04 AM

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Need an ngrok alternative? Meet Outray! 🚀
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Need an ngrok alternative? Meet Outray! 🚀

Tired of ngrok limits? 😱 Meet Outray! It’s a powerful, open-source tool that exposes your localhost to the world instantly. Supports HTTP, TCP, and even UDP tunnels with custom domains and a beautiful...

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January 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM

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Tired of boring screen recordings? Meet Free and Open Source ScreenArc! 🎬
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Tired of boring screen recordings? Meet Free and Open Source ScreenArc! 🎬

Tired of boring screen recordings? 😱 Meet ScreenArc! It’s an open-source tool that automatically adds cinematic zooms and mouse tracking to your videos. Perfect for YouTube, TikTok, and demos. Say goo...

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January 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM

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The End of Coding in 2026 as We Know It? 😱 My Take on Infosys and Devin!

Is your coding job safe? 😱 Infosys just teamed up with Devin, the world's first autonomous AI engineer! It is not the end for devs, but the rules are changing fast. Time to move from being a coder to ...

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January 13, 2026 at 7:41 AM

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Tired of worrying about your database backups?
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Tired of worrying about your database backups?

Do you have a database but no solid backup plan? 😱 Stop worrying and meet Databasus! It’s a free, open-source dashboard that makes backing up your data to the cloud super easy. Secure, automated, and ...

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January 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM

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Hack the Stackathon is a one-day stress test for builders.
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Hack the Stackathon is a one-day stress test for builders

Hack the Stackathon is a one day builder event focused on shipping real AI powered systems, not demos. It brings together serious builders to stress test ideas using real infrastructure for web data, ...

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January 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM

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UI Layouts Makes Building Interfaces Faster and Cleaner
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UI Layouts Makes Building Interfaces Faster and Cleaner

UI Layouts is an open source collection of reusable UI components and blocks built with React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and motion effects. It lets you copy, paste, and customize beautifully designed in...

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January 8, 2026 at 10:46 AM

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Free and Open Source Tool for Screen Recording and Sharing Videos
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Free and Open Source Tool for Screen Recording and Sharing Videos

Cap is an open source screen recording and sharing tool built as an alternative to Loom. It lets you record, edit, and share videos quickly with simple controls and cross platform support. You can sel...

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January 8, 2026 at 7:40 AM

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CES 2026 Showcases the Future of Tech With AI, TVs, Robots, and Smart Everything
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CES 2026 Showcases the Future of Tech With AI, TVs, Robots, and Smart Everything

CES 2026 highlights how AI is becoming part of everything we use, from TVs and laptops to robots and smart homes. This year’s event shows a clear shift toward intelligent, adaptive technology that fee...

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January 7, 2026 at 8:21 AM

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We all heard that consistency pays off.

I have been consistently writing blogs for the last few months, and it’s finally starting to show.

From earning $0.01/day → $0.15, and today I finally crossed $1/day 🎉

It’s not a huge amount, but it makes me genuinely happy.

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January 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM

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Create Engaging Interfaces Using Lucide Animated Icons
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Create Engaging Interfaces Using Lucide Animated Icons

Lucide Animated is an open source collection of beautifully animated icons built on top of Lucide and Framer Motion. It gives you smooth SVG animations that improve UI motion without heavy code. Perfe...

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January 6, 2026 at 11:31 AM

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XSSNow is a Practical Tool for Ethical XSS Testing and Learning
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XSSNow is a Practical Tool for Ethical XSS Testing and Learning

XSSNow is a community-driven XSS payload database and research platform for ethical security testing. It offers thousands of curated payloads, an intelligent generator, documentation, and bypass techn...

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January 3, 2026 at 4:45 AM

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Run a Fake S3 Server Locally
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Run a Fake S3 Server Locally

gofakes3 lets you run a local S3-compatible server for development and testing. It helps you build and test apps that rely on AWS S3 without real credentials, network calls, or accidental production u...

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January 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM

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I switched to ONLYOFFICE and It Covers Almost Everything I need
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I switched to ONLYOFFICE and It Covers Almost Everything I need

ONLYOFFICE brings documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, and even AI tools into one clean desktop app. For everyday work, it might be the only productivity tool you actually need.

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January 1, 2026 at 7:00 AM

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How to Encrypt a USB Drive With VeraCrypt (And What Most Guides Get Wrong)

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How to Encrypt a USB Drive With VeraCrypt (And What Most Guides Get Wrong)

VeraCrypt is still widely used to encrypt USB drives, even in 2025. This guide explains how it works in practice, why people trust it, and the tradeoffs that come with real encryption.

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December 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM

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Anthropic Fellows Program for AI Safety Research
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Anthropic Fellows Program for AI Safety Research

Anthropic launching the Anthropic Fellows Program for AI Safety Research, a pilot initiative designed to accelerate AI safety research and foster research talent. The program will provide funding and ...

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December 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM

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The Open Standard for the Future of Communication
Element and Matrix
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Element.io The Open Standard for the Future of Communication

Stop choosing between privacy and productivity. Element.io offers end-to-end encryption and total data sovereignty on the Matrix protocol. Whether you're self-hosting or bridging Slack and Discord, th...

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December 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM

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Is Adobe Dead? Why Everyone is Swapping to the NEW Free Affinity #Affinity #DesignTools #AdobeAlternative #GraphicDesign
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Is Adobe Dead? Why Everyone is Swapping to the NEW Free Affinity

Affinity is now FREE! Discover why thousands of designers are ditching Adobe Creative Cloud for the new unified Affinity app by Canva.

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December 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM

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n8n Just Killed the Learning Curve: Here’s How to Build Your First Workflow in 5 Minutes.
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