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  1. Zen made the browser feel exciting again

    Eight months after leaving Google Chrome, the thoughtful shortcuts, Spaces, split view, and workflow-aware features that have kept me on Zen Browser.

    #zen-browser#browsers#productivity#developer-tools
  2. Use AI to make codebases easier for humans, not just bigger

    A tech-debt audit skill that uses AI to find duplication, cognitive complexity, stale dependencies, and safer simplification opportunities before producing an actionable handoff.

    #ai#technical-debt#code-quality#developer-experience#maintainability
  3. Why I switched from DBeaver to DBX

    My first impressions of DBX—a lightweight database client with broad database support, smooth AI integration, MCP, and Codex CLI support.

    #databases#dbx#ai#developer-tools#open-source
  4. Migrating from Synology Photos to Immich

    How I migrated my family photo library to Immich while keeping Synology as the reliable storage layer and using Tailscale for private access.

    #immich#synology#self-hosting#homelab#photos
  5. Auto Git identity by SSH host

    Automatically configure the correct Git commit identity and signing key based on the SSH host used by a repository remote.

    #git#ssh#automation#productivity