When I started self-hosting, it was for work. I wanted to understand the concepts and services available in order to write about them, which meant that I focused on services for articles I was writing at first.

A lot of non-coders and people unfamiliar with the app development scene often confuse Git and GitHub, but only the latter is the online code repository for inscrutable projects. That's one half of the story, but Git is where all that code gets written, merged, and maintained. It's a free, open-source version control system designed to track changes in files that are usually code. But here's the secret I wish I'd learned years ago: at its core, Git is a version tracker for documents, and it absolutely does not care if those documents are complex code or your weekly grocery list.

Microsoft has been fighting for a passwordless future for a little while now. It's easy to see why; with the removal of passwords, it makes it a lot harder for someone to remotely gain access to somebody else's account. In fact, if you create a new Microsoft account, it will be a passwordless one by default unless you want to add your own.

It had been going on for as long as I remember becoming interested in gaming — the Console War between the Sony PlayStation and the Microsoft Xbox. Now, something my teenage self could never have fathomed, is seemingly coming to pass. The entire idea of console generations — a clean, cyclical reset every seven or eight years — might actually be dying before our eyes.

When it comes to self-hosting, the initial setup – navigating complex documentation, dealing with configuration files, and troubleshooting errors – can often be the biggest barrier to entry. I have been there: a dozen tabs open, switching between tutorials, Docker docs, and forum posts to get a simple service like Activepieces or Docmost running.

A new State of Play showcase took place today. Hosted by the famous Japanese voice actor Yuki Kaji, it focused on games from Asian developers. It's aptly titled State of Play Japan, and is the first PlayStation presentation to bear that specific name.

While buying a new laptop might be tempting, a simple RAM upgrade could extend your device's life for years, making it a worthy upgrade that's easy on the wallet. Naturally, we don't think you should spend that much, so when this deal popped up on our radar, it was a must-buy in our eyes. You're getting a 16GB DDR4 kit from Woot, coming in at just $24. This kit features two 8GB chips, and is made for laptops, or devices with SO-DIMM slots. So, if you've been looking to upgrade your laptop or other device on a budget, now's the time.

After so many years of watching Mac owners use Arm-based processors, Windows mini PC fans have been waiting for their turn. That wait is now over, after seeing laptops with Qualcomm Snapdragon X systems-on-a-chip running Windows on Arm released over the last year. The $604 Lenovo ThinkCenter Neo 50q uses the entry-level Snapdragon X SoC, and brings all the benefits of Arm to the desktop for Windows users. This is the first mini PC using Arm that didn't come from Apple, and that makes it all the more special.

There are a lot of things I'd do differently the next time I build a PC. From picking an X870 motherboard to going AMD for the GPU, my priorities during my next build will be completely different. I'll buy the CPU and GPU based on relative performance, not specs, and almost every motherboard over $200 will give me the features I want. The SSD, however, will be my sole focus because of a crucial specification — the DRAM. The SSD determines a major chunk of the day-to-day PC experience, and I've seen the consequences of using a DRAM-less SSD firsthand. Next time, I'm not making the same mistake.

After moving from Windows 10 to Linux, I quickly found a new home in Fedora KDE Plasma. It does what I want, it's very stable, and I really like how it automatically keeps the last three OS versions, so you can use those if something breaks in the newest build. However, I also knew that Fedora comes in a few flavors, and I really wanted to try a different one on my laptop and see what it's like compared to my current workstation.

There are many different kinds of video games that get developed and released to the public. But sometimes, certain games end up becoming lost to time, often because of development issues or the aftermath of a poor release. And while most of those lost games are gone forever, there are a few examples of ones that were found and given a type of release for everyone to see and play. A game that was once believed to be lost for a time was Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Wave Net, an online-enabled version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 that was played in a small selection of arcades. But through the Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, fans of the series were finally able to play the once-believed lost version of the game.

Black Friday is almost here, which means plenty of great deals on some of our favorite tech. However, that doesn't mean you need to wait until Black Friday weekend to shop, because we're already seeing some great discounts. For a limited time, Amazon is dropping the price on this LG 34-inch OLED gaming monitor by over $700. That means you're getting one of the best prices we've seen in quite some time, which is just a few dollars above the lowest price ever recorded. So if you've been thinking about a new monitor, this one might have your name on it.