UK gas storage often covers only about three days of demand, which lines up with the 72-hour preparedness advice. I built a Home Assistant integration to keep an eye on it.

For years, AWS customers have asked for Savings Plans that cover managed databases. Database Savings Plans promise up to 35% savings for serverless deployments and strong discounts for provisioned instances. You keep flexibility across engines, instance families, sizes, Regions, and deployment models while locking in predictable spend with a 1 year commitment measured in dollars per hour.

You may know the parable. A departing CEO hands the incoming leader three envelopes to open in times of crisis. The first says, “Blame your predecessor.” The second says, “Reorganize.” The third says, “Prepare three envelopes.”

If you’ve been eyeing AI but want privacy, control, and the joy of tinkering, 2025 is the year to build your own stack at home. Thanks to open-source distilled models, GPU acceleration, and a maturing ecosystem, you can run powerful language and image models locally no cloud required. Here’s a practical guide to the best tools, how they fit together, and where to start.

I wanted the next train, platform, and a simple signal for problems without opening a web page. This is a SwiftBar/xbar plugin written in Python that queries National Rail via Huxley2, switches routes based on time, and color-codes the menu bar. It also run in a cron on my homelab during the days and windows where I commute to and from Work.