Happy Holidays
I've been out of pocket for the past week (with it being a major holiday in the U.S. and all) and am taking a break from the typical long-form intro in favor of the bulleted highlights below.
Happy holidays to those who celebrate them – may your maintenance windows be short, and your time spent with loved ones longer.
Happy selfh.st/ing!
Weekly Highlights
- The infamous "open library" known as Anna's Archive announced they've publicly backed up Spotify's entire catalog (300TB in size) and will be releasing the data in various stages
- n8n (workflow automation) had a bit of a rough week as a critical security vulnerability was discovered that could allow malicious actors to execute arbitrary code across exposed instances
- Postgresus – a database backup tool that made my favorite new apps of 2025 list – has rebranded to Databasus after picking up support for non-PostgreSQL databases
- Trilium (note-taking) celebrated its eighth birthday on Christmas with a new release that features an updated layout (the interface seems to be trending towards a Notion-styled appearance)
- Someone developed a drag-and-drop interface for visually planning/designing rack layouts and it's pretty great
Related
- The 90's called as LimeWire re-emerged and made headlines for leading the charge to share a controversial 60 Minutes segment that was controversially pulled before airing
- The Microsoft Excel World Championships are apparently a thing, and a user known as the Lebron James of Excel took home this year's $60k prize
Newswire
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Content Spotlight
Meet Norish, a real-time grocery list and recipe platform. Built as a visually aesthetic alternative to existing platforms like Mealie and Tandoor, Norish features a modern interface for tracking recipes and meals (and their associated grocery lists). Features include imports (including videos and images), SSO, allergy warnings, unit conversion, real-time list syncing, households, CalDAV sync, light/dark themes, and local AI support.
Norish can be deployed via Docker and requires a separate database, memory cache, and headless browser for full functionality.
Links: Source Code
Videos and Podcasts
- ZFS For Beginners | TrueNAS 2025 | Servers@Home
- Tianji - Open Source, Self Hosted, Website Stats and System Uptime Monitoring | Awesome Open Source
- Stop Losing STL Files – Set Up Manyfold on Unraid | AlienTech42
- Block stupid Ads and manage DNS // AdguardHome Tutorial | Christian Lempa
Command Line Corner
Use date +%s to print the epoch time (seconds elapsed since 1970-01-01) from the command line (because why not?):
$ date +%s
1766514680Click here for an archive of commands shared in past newsletters.
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