A guide to common pitfalls and best practices when starting with Playwright and Python, covering topics like browser context, waiting strategies, and handling different environments.
A look at how GitHub rebuilt GitHub Actions’ core architecture and shipped upgrades to improve performance, workflow flexibility, reliability, and developer experience.
This article details 7 ESPHome projects that enhance smart home functionality, including washing machine state detection, water leak detection, presence detection, Bluetooth proxy, custom smart speakers, cheap yellow displays, and ePaper dashboards.
A Raspberry Pi 5 can transform a home network into a faster, safer, and easier-to-manage system by consolidating DNS, VPN, and monitoring tools into a single, low-power machine.The author implemented Pi-hole (ad blocking & DNS), Unbound (recursive DNS resolver for privacy & speed), and WireGuard (secure VPN for remote access). For monitoring, tools Uptime Kuma, Netdata, or Prometheus with Grafana provide real-time insights into network performance and security.
This article details how the author uses a local LLM to summarize Docker logs and other home lab logs, providing proactive insights into their self-hosted setup and improving maintenance.
This article details seven small Python scripts designed to automate common tasks and improve productivity on both Mac and Windows machines:
**Script Name** | **Purpose** | **Key Features/Notes** |
|---|---|---|
| **Inbox Cleaner** | Cleans email inbox | Archives or deletes emails older than a specified number of days. Works with IMAP, compatible with most email providers. |
| **S3 Backup** | Backs up files to cloud storage | Uploads files to an S3-compatible storage provider. Minimalist, suitable for daily/weekly backups. |
| **Screenshot Sorter** | Organizes screenshots | Finds screenshots, sorts them by date into a tidy folder structure. Includes a dry-run mode. |
| **Bulk Rename** | Renames multiple files | Renames files using patterns or sequentially. Uses regular expressions for advanced renaming. |
| **Arrange It** | Organizes files into folders | Moves files into categorized folders based on their extension (Images, Docs, Spreadsheets, etc.). |
| **Clipboard Save** | Saves clipboard history | Saves every new clipboard item to a daily text file. Creates a personal history of copied text. |
**Script Name** | **Purpose** | **Key Features/Notes** |
|---|---|---|
| **Inbox Cleaner** | Cleans email inbox | Archives or deletes emails older than a specified number of days. Works with IMAP, compatible with most email providers. |
| **S3 Backup** | Backs up files to cloud storage | Uploads files to an S3-compatible storage provider. Minimalist, suitable for daily/weekly backups. |
| **Screenshot Sorter** | Organizes screenshots | Finds screenshots, sorts them by date into a tidy folder structure. Includes a dry-run mode. |
| **Bulk Rename** | Renames multiple files | Renames files using patterns or sequentially. Uses regular expressions for advanced renaming. |
| **Arrange It** | Organizes files into folders | Moves files into categorized folders based on their extension (Images, Docs, Spreadsheets, etc.). |
| **Clipboard Save** | Saves clipboard history | Saves every new clipboard item to a daily text file. Creates a personal history of copied text. |
Local Micro-Agents That Observe, Log and React. Build powerful micro-agents that observe your digital world, remember what matters, and react intelligently—all while keeping your data 100% private and secure.
A roundup of four lightweight Python utilities that automate common annoyances—sorting your Downloads folder, quickly logging timestamped notes, cleaning tracking parameters from copied URLs, and logging intermittent internet outages—each presented with source code and usage tips.
Plural is bringing AI into the DevOps lifecycle with a new release that leverages a unified GitOps platform as a RAG engine. This provides AI-powered troubleshooting, natural language infrastructure querying, autonomous upgrade assistance, and agentic workflows for infrastructure modification, all with enterprise-grade guardrails.
Jules Tools has quietly joined Gemini CLI and GitHub Actions in Google's lineup. This article details how these command-line agents differ and provides examples of their use.
