📱 SailfishOS: A European Linux-Based Alternative to Mainstream Mobile Platforms
A rare example of a truly independent mobile OS—Sailfish continues to champion privacy and European digital sovereignty in a landscape dominated by U.S. tech giants.
Sailfish OS was born from Nokia and Intel’s MeeGo initiative to build an open-source mobile system. After Nokia’s pivot to Windows Phone, former developers founded Jolla Ltd., continuing development toward what became Sailfish OS. Over the years, it evolved into a secure, Android-compatible solution tailored to both individual users and enterprise clients, marking its fourth major release in 2021.
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🤖 Pomelli: Google and DeepMind’s AI Tool for Effortless Brand Marketing
Pomelli shows Google’s push to commercialize generative AI for everyday business use, empowering SMBs to scale their marketing without large creative teams.
Google Labs and DeepMind have launched Pomelli, an AI-based marketing assistant for small and mid-sized businesses. It scans a company’s website to build a ‘Business DNA’—analyzing tone, visuals, and color palette—to craft personalized, brand-aligned social media campaigns with minimal effort.
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🧩 A Prison of My Own Making: Escaping the Trap of Overengineering
A refreshing reminder that not every project needs enterprise-grade rigor—sometimes simplicity restores creativity and motivation.
The author reflects on how personal homelab projects turned stressful after chasing perfection through GitOps, immutable infrastructure, and endless CI/CD tweaks. Realizing that excessive automation killed the joy of experimentation, they choose to simplify and focus on flexible, enjoyable setups instead.
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🐚 Using FreeBSD to Make Self-Hosting Fun Again
A thoughtful reflection on returning to simplicity—FreeBSD embodies the philosophy that technology should empower curiosity, not exhaust it.
In this follow-up, the author shares how switching to FreeBSD helped revive the excitement of self-hosting. Its straightforward design, reliable documentation, and lasting compatibility brought back the joy of tinkering that modern complexity had eroded.
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