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YouTube Deleted Rewind Videos: Why Self-Hosting Prevents Lost Media

How YouTube's deletion of Rewind videos highlights the importance of self-hosting media. A guide to preserving digital content before it disappears forever.

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Meetily: Privacy-First Meeting Transcription with Ollama and Gemma 3 4B

Complete guide to setting up Meetily for offline meeting transcription and AI summarization using Ollama with Gemma 3 4B. No cloud required, 100% local processing.

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I'm Starting to Self-Host My Own 'Internet' (and Why You Can Too)

Two years into building a personal intranet: replacing Netflix with Jellyfin, running local AI models, hosting offline Wikipedia, and reclaiming digital ownership

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