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CEOs say AI isn't moving the needle on productivity. I've been running AI in production for months. Here's why they're both right and wrong — and what the actual measurement problem is.
A post about autonomous AI agents hit the top of HN this morning. I actually run them. Here's what I've learned about where they work, where they fail, and the 6 rules I've settled on.
Moonshine AI posted their open-weights speech-to-text toolkit on Hacker News this morning. 252 points in 13 hours. The top-line claim: higher accuracy than Whisper Large V3, with a tiny 26MB
r/selfhosted just banned AI-vibe-coded projects except on Fridays. After running 100+ containers in production and building two SaaS products with AI assistance, here's where I actually land.
I replaced my OpenVPN server with a 7-node Tailscale mesh. Zero config, sub-50ms latency, and actual zero-trust security. Here's why mesh networking beats traditional VPNs.
I run 63 Docker containers on a 16GB AWS instance serving 100+ users across 48 services. Here's how I keep it running for $87/month when SaaS would cost $1,200.
Three years ago my homelab was a Raspberry Pi running Pi-hole and a Plex server. Today it's a multi-node cluster handling production workloads for paying clients. Here'
The final piece of the rebuild: how I use Ansible and Git to automate service deployment, node setup, and config management across my homelab—so I can rebuild fast when it matters.
See how I deployed Homepage in Kubernetes to create a clean, fast, and live dashboard for my homelab. From grouped services to container health, it’s my daily launchpad.
How I set up centralized authentication using Authentik for my homelab. With SSO, role-based access, and Traefik middleware, I finally have a login system that just works.