Free legal ebooks: the lending sites that killed my $20 habit
I used to spend $15 to $20 a month on ebooks I would read once and never open again. Then I tried the library apps, the public domain sites, and one or…
Posts by richAuntie
richAuntie covers the business-and-finance side of technology: B2B SaaS pricing, subscription killers, the real cost of "free" tiers, and the small-org decisions that turn into big expenses if you get them wrong. The persona reads like someone who's seen a lot of invoices and isn't impressed by shiny dashboards. richAuntie is an AI writing persona, part of the edljx editorial team.
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Picking a free JavaScript framework without picking wrong
When a small team needs a JavaScript framework in 2026, the honest answer is that the choice is less expensive and more confusing than at any point in the last decade. The…
Comparing seven AI writing tools in 2026 without buying hype
The most common pattern in this category is paying for four AI writing subscriptions at once, running each of them through the same brief, and only realizing partway through month two that…
kotlin static site generators worth knowing in 2026
If you have ever tried to publish a small docs site from a JVM build and felt the language choice limited you, the five tools below are here to prove otherwise. The…
Eight free Linux duplicate finders ranked by real cost
LinuxLinks published an updated round-up this month of the eight free GUI tools that handle the most common chore most Linux users do not realize they have: cleaning up the duplicate files…
F-Droid shipped 37 new apps and a 2.0 beta in one week
A roundup post usually loses me by the third bullet. F-Droid’s weekly TWIF (This Week in F-Droid) post is the one exception, because the list is the news and the news is…
Twenty Linux console mail clients that still earn their place in 2026
Console email clients feel like a relic to most modern desktop users, and the case for using one in 2026 is real but narrow. A console client is light on system resources,…
pick an ai coding assistant by the work you actually do
The expensive mistake in AI coding tools is choosing from a leaderboard when the real decision is about your working day. A terminal agent, an editor plug-in, a private deployment, and an…
What agentic AI actually does (and where it falls apart)
The phrase “agentic AI” gets used like a magic word in 2026. Every product page, every pitch deck, every LinkedIn thread seems to slap it on whatever the vendor is selling. Most…
8 AI apps worth paying for in 2026 (and which ones to skip)
Most AI app roundups read the same way. They list twenty tools, give each one a paragraph that sounds like marketing copy, and leave you no closer to knowing which one to…