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Proxmox on used mini PCs, NAS builds, local AI, and the tools around them. Every guide names the exact hardware and versions it was tested on, and the experiments that failed stay published. Run by an engineer who reads the 2am forum threads so you don't have to (I do it anyway, it's a condition).
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My Cursor AI workflowHow I actually use Cursor for day-to-day coding: the setup, the prompting habits that pay off, and the failure modes to expect. Retitled and migrated from the old site, tooling refresh queued.
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SHIPPED Eight weeks of failure emails from a link checker that had never checked a linkSHIPPED Rebuilt the whole web presence: 2 sites, 5 repos, $0 a monthwhat every guide carries
- tested onThe exact hardware and software versions, and the date I ran it. "Linux" is not a version.
- costsWhat I actually paid, in Canadian dollars, dated. Not list price, not "around".
- changelogWhen a new version breaks a step, the fix gets a dated entry. No silent edits.
- failuresAbandoned experiments stay up with an ABANDONED badge. Negative results are data.
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