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Generating PDFs on a server is one of those tasks that sounds simple until you actually sit down to do it. HTML-to-PDF rendering drifts between browsers, LibreOffice headless mode is finicky to install, and most SaaS solutions charge per page once you hit volume. Gotenberg solves this cleanly: a single Docker container that bundles headless […]

FFmpeg is the swiss-army knife of media processing, but wiring it into a web application is rarely fun. You either install the binary on every worker, juggle temp directories, sanitise shell arguments, and hope nothing escapes your wrapper – or you reach for a heavy SaaS service and pay per minute of video. Aureum-Cloud/FFmpeg-API takes […]

If you have ever embedded an audio player on a podcast site, a music portfolio, or a media archive, you have probably noticed that pretty rendered waveform behind the playhead. Libraries like Wavesurfer.js and Peaks.js can draw those visuals on the client, but decoding a 60-minute MP3 in the browser is slow, memory-hungry, and unreliable […]

Managing multiple social media accounts is exhausting. Between juggling different platforms, scheduling posts at optimal times, and keeping up with analytics, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Commercial tools like Buffer and Hootsuite work well but come with hefty subscription fees and feature limitations. Enter Postiz – an open-source, self-hosted social media scheduling platform that puts […]

FEATURED: Best Server Hosts in Europe 2026: The Ultimate Guide A lot has evolved since I shared my top Docker picks in 2025. I’ve streamlined the whole setup, cut the noise, and focused on what I actually use — locally and externally. Better organised, better documented, and somehow more enjoyable than ever. Could not stick […]

Spam hasn’t gone anywhere. Keep coming back to it, as I hate cleaning up my INBOX and so do my clients! In fact, AI-generated spam has made the problem noticeably worse through 2025 and into 2026 — it’s more convincing, passes basic heuristic checks that would’ve flagged template spam instantly, and arrives in higher volumes. […]

Quick Answer: Modern developers have a rich ecosystem of dummy data tools — from classic Lorem Ipsum text generators and Lorem Picsum image placeholders to powerful libraries like @faker-js/faker and Falso, plus self-hosted Docker mock API servers like Mockoon, Smocker, and JSON Server. Let’s be honest — every developer has been there. You’re building a […]

AI-generated phishing campaigns, snowshoe spam, and compromised accounts blasting garbage have made 2026 a genuinely rough time for inboxes — and every production mail environment needs a solid filtering layer to survive it. In 2026, the best open source options all run in Docker. This guide covers every major open source anti-spam solution with a […]

You know that moment when your server suddenly decides it’s had enough and refuses to write any more data? Yeah, that’s usually when you discover your disk is at 100% and has been crying for help for weeks. Fun times. Setting up NTFY with Docker: NTFY Self-Hosted Push Notification Service The Problem: Disk Space Sneaks […]

If you’re looking for alternatives to Dozzle or just want to know what’s out there for centralizing Docker logs with a nice dashboard, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve done the research and tested these solutions, so here’s the breakdown of what actually works, ranked from easiest to most complex. Top Solutions by Setup […]