Zero Pi-Hole: Take Back Control of Your Internet Pi-Hole is open-source, built by a community of developers committed to privacy and transparency. There are no corporate strings, no premium tiers hidden behind paywalls.
Homegrown Marco “Garage Brewmaster” In Marco’s garage, homebrew isn’t a hobby. It’s a discipline, a craft, a rebellion against bland, mass-produced beer.
Homegrown How Home Labs Became the New Digital Frontier The home lab isn’t about hoarding hardware. It’s about reclaiming autonomy in a cloud-first world that quietly rents your convenience back to you.
Flip Bill Benter — The Mathematician Who Beat Hong Kong Horse Racing Inspired by blackjack card-counting techniques, he built one of the first computer algorithms capable of predicting race outcomes
Zero Why Self-Hosting Open-Source Is Next to Digital Freedom Self-hosting isn’t just tech jargon. At its core, it’s about taking a tool that usually lives on someone else’s server
Escapism How Johnny.Decimal’s Digital Method Brings Mental Clarity Johnny.Decimal’s method isn’t about turning people into machines. It’s about freeing the brain from the constant weight of remembering where everything is.
Bizarre AKA "anakata" Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, better known as anakata, wasn’t the typical cybercriminal people imagined.
Escapism The Science of Give and Take — Reciprocal Altruism In humans, reciprocal altruism forms the backbone of society. Every time you lend a friend money, share notes with a classmate, or recommend someone for a job
Zero Inkscape: The Streets of Vector Freedom Inkscape isn’t trying to be cool — and that’s exactly why it is. It’s the underground studio of the digital age, where anyone can walk in and make something beautiful.
Flip Why the Future Belongs to the Contrarians Bitcoin became more than code. It became a mirror. A symbol that trust, once lost in governments and banks, could be rebuilt by communities and mathematics.
Strains Inside the Decentralized Music Underground These subcultures thrive on small, independent platforms — apps, open-source music hubs, and decentralized streaming networks.
Escapism Synthetic Memories — Why We Remember Movies and Games More Vividly Than Real Life A film’s climax, a game’s final boss, a perfectly lit frame — these are crafted moments, engineered to trigger deep, cinematic memory.