Prompt It Again, Sam: The Three Reasons Microsoft Decided to Ditch OpenAI and Run Its Own Models.
Bad news for OpenAI: its former partner and funding source will instead shortly become a very well-funded competitor.
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"An Extremely Interesting Early Morning": An AI Agent Wrote a Hit Piece Targeting a Developer After Its PR Was Rejected
The developer of a very widely used Python package rejected an AI-authored pull request. The AI agent responded by going into hostile mode and publishing a hit piece about the developer. Welcome to the future.
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Are Tutorials Dead?
With the rise of AIs answering every technical question you've ever had, is there any point to people publishing tutorials any more? Surprisingly, yes.
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LowEndTalk Will Require a Face Scan or ID Verification for Full Access Next Month
I kid, I kid...but this does seem to be a new trend sweeping the interwebs. Last month it was Roblox, and this month it's Discord.
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Are You Running Automated Updates? Fail Back Easily With Proxmox Snapshots! But There's a Catch...
Every patch carries a risk. How can you quickly revert back if you have an issue. In Proxmox and other VM systems, you can use snapshots...thought there's a catch.
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Next Time You Think About Using rsync, Consider rclone Instead to Overcome rsync's Big Limitation
rsync is a fantastic tool. But it has one key weakness that rclone can help you overcome.
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Burned by the notepad++ Hack? Maybe Zed is Your New Editor. It's Free!
Chinese government-sponsored criminals hacked Notepad++. If you're looking for an alternative, you should check out Zed, which is free and quite pleasant to use.
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You Need Biometric Protection For Your Apps
If your iPhone is stolen and the thief has observed your passcode, your digital life could be turned upside down. However, you can protect yourself with recent mobile OS biometric options.
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Is Elon Musk Going to Spy on Starlink Users? What Can They Harvest?
Starlink changed its Terms of Service to allow it to train on customer data. What does that really mean?
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How AI Intermediation Will Wreak Havoc. It Already Is. Here Are Some Examples.
Recently, Tailwinds - makers of the popular CSS framework - announced they were laying off 75% of their engineering staff. In absolute numbers, that's only three people, but for a company that had 8...
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Are You Using All the Cloud Storage You're Paying For? rclone Can Help You Use 100% for Backups!
Are you really using all the cloud storage you're paying for? If you're an O365, iCloud, etc. subscriber, you can use some of that storage for your home and server backups via rclone.
Read MoreDo You Need PrepperDisk, the Off-The-Grid Raspberry Pi-Powered Reference Library?
Do you need 512GB of data to survive a disaster? Maybe not, but it's kind of a cool idea.
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Should You Run FreeBSD in 2026? Maybe, Maybe Not
Let's talk FreeBSD for a moment. Should you run it? There are some pros and cons.
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cPanel Forks CSF (ConfigServer Firewall) and Will Maintain the Product for Its Users
ConfigServer Firewall (CSF) is no more. cPanel has noticed this and decided to pick up maintenance. And probably not much more.
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2026: The Breakthrough Year for Rust
The Rust programming language is coming on strong in 2026, and one key development could see its adoption explode.
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So How Has Dropbox's Buyback Strategy Fared? A Followup to Our March 2025 Article
Dropbox offers a great product that "just works" and I've been a very happy customer since 2008. But how much longer can they survive? An update on our March 2025 article.
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What's Your Prediction for RAM Prices on December 31, 2026?
RAM prices are brutal now. There's a nice site which tracks RAM prices over time, and the chart is a hockey stick on steroids with a side habit of snorting coke.
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Design Your Personal To-Do System Using the Apple Reminders Toolkit (Or Any Other To-Do Management System)
Most to-do management systems are highly opinionated. The specifics of what you need to get done are what you put into it, but how you track those tasks and organize them is within the paradigm presented by the application. Other systems present you with a wide variety of tools and it's up to you to design how the system works. Reminders (and many others) are more toolkit-y. Here's some guidelines on how to use all the features.
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Want to Join the LowEndBoxTV Team? Let's Talk!
LowEndBoxTV is our YouTube channel and we're interested in putting out more great content in 2026. We're looking for talented individuals who can produce engaging videos for our community.
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When Considering a Provider, Be Alert to These Six Red Flags on Their Web Site
I review a lot of offers, and over the years I've learned that some things are just bad signs. My radar isn't 100% (as the community reminds me), but I do filter out a lot of sketchy providers that either aren't ready or aren't professional enough for our community. Here are some things I scrutinize.
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Deep Lore: The Time Traveller Looking for a "Portable Mainframe" Who Freaked Out the Early Internet
In the early days of message boards and dial-up, a stranger showed up claiming to be a soldier from 2036—on a mission to retrieve an IBM 5100 “portable” computer. He didn’t just drop a prophecy and vanish. He argued, explained, posted technical details… and built one of the internet’s most enduring modern legends.
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You Really Should Check Your History on FraudRecord
Everyone knows about credit reports, but many are unaware that different industries have their own specialized reputational systems. For the hosting industry, it's FraudRecord and you can check your history there for free.
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The Year Ahead: Our Predictions for 2026
On the spectrum between speculation to prediction to guarantee, these are definitely towards the left end. The hosting industry has a special talent for making fools of us all (usually right after you prepay for three years). Here are five bets for what 2026 will look like.
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Looking Back at 2025: What a Wild Year! Our Recap of the Year's Biggest Moments
Satellites crashing to Earth. Providers expanding and deadpooling. Everyone getting sick of AI. And the launch of ServerVerify. What a year!
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Revisiting One of the Greatest Posts in LowEndBox History
One of my all-time favorite posts on LowEndBox - indeed, maybe on any site -is the seminal article "Yes, You Can Run 18 Static Sites on a 64MB Link-1 VPS". 16 years later, is it archaic? No.
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Hyper Expert 2.0: A Whole New Mission, Same Great Team - an Interview with Founder Ali
I'm a former Hyper Expert customer and used my VPS for several years. I had a great experience with them. They've gone through some changes and refocused their enterprise (indeed, their whole mission) and we thought it'd be a good opportunity to sit down with their founder, Ali, and catch up on what's new with this provider. If you're a student or teacher, you definitely need to check out this provider because you may qualify for a free VPS!
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What Apps Should You Be Self-Hosting is 2026?
Not long ago, LowEndTalk member @vitobotta started a great thread listing what he self-hosted and invited others to share their lists. It reminded me of the venerable Awesome-Selfhosted list on GitHub, which has hundreds and hundreds of apps in dozens of categories to choose from. What are you hosting?
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