When Plex asks for 750 dollars you should probably walk
The new Plex Pass lifetime tier costs $749.99 and goes live July 1, 2026. Anyone who already paid for the old $249.99 lifetime tier is grandfathered and does not have to do…
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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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React Leaves Meta—Now Runs Under Its Own Foundation
React leaves Meta and runs under its own foundation I have been writing React code for about a decade, and I have watched the project go through three identity shifts. The first…
Speed Up Your Linux RAID Resyncs
Speed Up Your Linux RAID Resyncs I rebuilt a 6TB mirror last weekend after a routine scrub flagged a sector, and the default resync speed took 14 hours. I then rebuilt the…
3 reasons to host a docathon for your open source project
3 reasons to host a docathon for your open source project A docathon is a focused, time-boxed event where a group of people get together (in person, on a video call, or…
Generate web pages from Markdown with Docsify-This
Generate web pages from Markdown with Docsify-This I write most of my long-form notes in Markdown. The trouble is the same trouble it has been for ten years: Markdown is great for…
Cursor becomes code-completion champion
Cursor becomes code-completion champion Cursor quietly acquired Continue_, the open-source alternative to GitHub Copilot. If you have been on the fence about which AI coding assistant to actually install on your machine,…
The Pope Wrote About AI and Self-Hosters Should Care
The Pope Wrote About AI and Self-Hosters Should Care A few weeks ago, Pope Leo XIV released a 52-page document on artificial intelligence. The document is titled Magnifica Humanitas of His Holiness…
Bluesky Hits 900 Members Without Ads
Bluesky Hits 900 Members Without Ads I run a small Bluesky community for sysadmins and homelab folks. On June 23, 2026, the member count crossed 900. That is not a viral moment,…
Google Play Cuts Fees for Small Developers
Google Play Cuts Fees for Small Developers Google’s Play Store has been running the same 30% take-rate on most app sales since the early 2010s, and the small developer side of the…
How to Find Command Location and Description in Linux
How to Find Where a Command Lives on Linux (and What it Actually Does) Every few weeks I find myself typing some command I have used for years, and I cannot remember…