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ArticleCtrlAltNod: IT news and operational guides
What CtrlAltNod covers, how to use its technical guides safely, and how it compares to Anavem. Includes a short FAQ.
GuideOpenWA: evaluate a self-hosted WhatsApp gateway
Evaluate OpenWA's WhatsApp gateway, including connection engines, scoped API keys, media storage, backups, and account restriction risks.
ComparisonHetzner vs DigitalOcean: choosing a cloud host
Compare Hetzner and DigitalOcean on regions, managed services and total cloud costs, including storage, backups, IPv4 and outbound traffic.
ComparisonNotion vs Obsidian vs Mem: choosing a knowledge tool
Compare Notion, Obsidian and Mem for note storage, team collaboration and retrieval, with practical criteria for choosing a knowledge tool.
ArticleData space: how to evaluate data access and sharing
Compare Copernicus and Mobility Data Space, understand their different purposes, and build a practical checklist for evaluating data access and sharing.
ArticleIntuneAutomation: PowerShell scripts for Intune admins
Explore IntuneAutomation's PowerShell script categories for Microsoft Intune, with guidance on permissions, testing and scheduled execution.
ComparisonGrafana vs Datadog: choosing an observability stack
Compare Grafana and Datadog on hosting, metrics, logs, traces and billing models, then plan a trial using your own workload and usage.
Payload Comments: self-hosted comments for Payload CMS
Review navanem Payload Comments for Payload CMS 3: moderation, replies, reactions, access control and the work of running comments yourself.
ArticleArchivia: Email Archiving for Microsoft 365 Teams
How Archivia archives Microsoft 365 email in Switzerland. Compare paid plans, retention locks, exports and native Microsoft options before offboarding.
Strata: running a 125B AI model locally on consumer PC hardware
How Strata runs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next locally on NVIDIA or AMD PCs, its RAM, VRAM and disk requirements, API compatibility, benchmarks and tradeoffs.
REA: reverse engineering with AI agents, evidence and local analysis tools
How REA connects AI agents to local reverse-engineering tools, what targets it supports, how evidence is returned, and the legal and security limits to assess.