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Redis, Valkey, or Dragonfly: revisit the choice before you treat them as the same cache
If your service already uses Redis, the name on the port has not changed. The product behind that name has. Treating Redis, Valkey, and Dragonfly as three labels for one cache is the habit worth unlearning.
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MongoDB 8.0 Performance is 36% higher, but there is a catch…
TLDR: If your app is performance critical, think twice, thrice before upgrading to MongoDB 7.0 and 8.0. Here is why…
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Self-hosted photo libraries in 2026: revisit Immich, PhotoPrism and Ente before you upload another album to Google Photos
Photos look like a personal topic, but in many small Indian businesses they are working data. A studio keeps client shoots.
Read moreSelf-hosted document management in 2026: revisit Paperless-ngx, Mayan EDMS and Docspell before you scan another invoice into a shared drive
Every small business has a paper problem that slowly becomes a file problem. Purchase invoices, GST returns, rent agreements, salary slips, vendor KYC, insurance policies, bank statements.
Read moreSelf-hosted forms and surveys in 2026: revisit Formbricks, LimeSurvey and OpnForm before you collect another response through Google Forms or Typeform
Almost every organisation collects data through forms. Admission enquiries, job applications, event registrations, customer feedback, employee pulse surveys, vendor onboarding. Most of this goes into Google Forms or Typeform because they are quick to start.
Read moreSelf-hosted newsletters and email campaigns in 2026: revisit listmonk, Mautic and Keila before you send another campaign through Mailchimp
Email is still the one marketing channel that a company really owns. Social platforms change their feed rules, ad costs keep rising, but a list of people who asked to hear from you stays with you.
Read moreOpen-source ERP in 2026: revisit ERPNext, Odoo Community and Dolibarr before you move another business onto a new ERP
An ERP is the one application that touches almost everyone in a company. Sales raises the order, stores issue the material, production books the output, accounts raise the invoice and file the tax return, and management reads the numbers at month end.
Read moreSelf-hosted CRM in 2026: revisit Twenty, EspoCRM and SuiteCRM before you move another sales pipeline off Salesforce
A CRM looks simple from outside. It is a list of companies, contacts, deals and follow ups. Inside most organisations, though, the CRM slowly becomes the record of every customer conversation, every quote, every renewal date and every promise a sales person made.
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