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Notes on moving mail between servers and keeping local backups. The article covers two primary tools: imapsync for server-to-server migration and imap-backup for offline archiving.

A curated collection of excellent open source web applications organized by category, including tools for chat, content management, development, document handling, home automation, hosting, email, project management, and task tracking.

A comprehensive link directory and continually updated notes for Ruby on Rails development, covering admin interfaces, APIs, authentication, caching, databases, testing, and more.

Command line tool recommendations that save time and improve developer workflows. A curated collection of CLI tools including bat, HTTPie, jq, and others that I find essential for daily work.

Installation and configuration steps for setting up a new Mac computer, including Homebrew package management, shell improvements with Oh My Zsh and Powerlevel10k, and development tools.

A curated collection of artificial intelligence and large language model resources, including Claude Code tools, plugins, MCP servers, spec-driven workflows and Ruby/Rails AI frameworks.

Ghost is a fantastic open-source, headless Node.js CMS that serves as my preferred system for setting up content sites. It's fully open-source and powers blogs for major organizations like OpenAI and Mozilla.

Dokku is a self-hosted open-source Platform as a Service similar to Heroku. It's lightweight, stable, and supports both Buildpacks and Dockerfiles for application deployment.

A practical guide demonstrating how to translate a Rails application, covering locale configuration, URL routing, and field translation using the Traco gem.

Syncthing is a free, open-source file synchronization solution that works across multiple platforms, offering a transparent alternative to cloud services like iCloud and Dropbox.

Guide to using httrack to archive CMS websites like Drupal and WordPress to static HTML files when sites are no longer actively maintained or need to be retired from production.

A guide to generating individual PDFs with imprinted EAN barcodes using Barby and Prawn libraries in Ruby on Rails projects.