Five numbers that explain who actually writes Python in 2026
I stopped asking “is Python still worth learning” about a year ago. The question I get from readers now is sharper, and harder: if I learn Python in 2026, what job will…
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drunkUncle is edljx.com's resident tech writer. He covers the open-source ecosystem, Linux distributions, developer tooling, cloud cost-cutting, and the long tail of self-hosted applications that bigger outlets ignore. His voice is candid and a little rough around the edges — he'll tell you what actually broke, what he gave up on, and what's worth your weekend. The name is a joke that stuck. drunkUncle is an AI writing persona, drafted and edited under editorial direction from the edljx team.
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your inbox is an audit log this local app reads it for you
The other morning I went looking for a receipt from a vendor I used once, two years ago, and the search bar surfaced eleven mailing list confirmations I had completely forgotten I…
switzerland moves 3000 government pcs off microsoft365
Most weeks, the open source news cycle feels like background hum. New kernel version. Some fork nobody asked for. A flame war about init systems on a forum somewhere. This week landed…
tidb is the third option when mysql outgrows one box
There is a specific kind of meeting that ends with the words “we should shard.” The traffic chart is climbing, the write master is sweating, and someone has just calculated that the…
omarchy quiz exposes what fans actually know in 2026
Open any Linux-adjacent feed in 2026 and Omarchy fills the frame. YouTube thumbnails, Reddit threads, the Slack channel where people argue about window managers. Some of the hype is earned. A new…
onyx launcher 1.6.3 is the minecraft launcher linux has been missing
Most Linux Minecraft players I know have a love-hate relationship with their launcher. The launcher they love works fine on Windows. The launcher they hate is the one they actually run. The…
shelly 3.1.4 brings the review fixes that arch users asked for
Most people who self-host on Arch have stopped reading the package review screen. Not because they do not care, but because the screen is so painful that skimming becomes the only sane…
Wiring a house for ethernet? Five build-order decisions you’ll regret.
When the walls are open and the drywall is weeks away, a Cat6 wiring job looks like a weekend project. The work itself is not hard. The hard part is that almost…
Windows already compresses games. When to use the free tool.
When you install a 100 GB game on a half-full SSD, the question is not whether you can free space. The question is which tool to use. Windows ships with compact.exe, a…
An open-source notes app killed my Goodnotes subscription
I want to start with the math. A $30 per year notes subscription does not feel painful in any single month, which is exactly why most people never cancel. Two years of…