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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 RSS and feed readers in 2026: revisit FreshRSS, Miniflux and Tiny Tiny RSS before you follow another feed through an algorithm
Most engineers follow a lot of sources: release notes of the databases they run, security advisories, vendor status pages, a few good engineering blogs and maybe a newsletter or two.
Read moreSelf-hosted bookmarks and read-later in 2026: revisit Linkwarden, Karakeep and Wallabag before you save another link to Pocket
Every technical team collects links. A design document refers to a vendor page. A support engineer saves the forum thread that finally fixed a customer issue.
Read moreSelf-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.
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