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- Cline: What It Is, Key Capabilities, and Getting StartedAI Coding↵
- CyberChef: What It Is, Core Capabilities, and Setup GuideConverters & Encoders↵
- Immich: Overview, Core Features, and Getting Started GuideSelf-hosted↵
- LocalSend Guide: Cross-Platform Local File SharingNetwork & Sharing↵
- NotebookLM Guide: What the AI Research Tool Is and How to Use ItAI for Work↵
- ripgrep Explained: A Guide to the Fast Command-Line Search ToolDeveloper Tools↵
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- Cline: What It Is, Key Capabilities, and Getting Started
- NotebookLM Guide: What the AI Research Tool Is and How to Use It
- Why AI coding feels smoother on a Mac — and the first fix every Windows user needs
- Khoj: What It Is, Key Features, and How to Get Started
- Open WebUI: Overview, Key Features, and Getting Started
- ComfyUI Guide: What It Is, Features, and How to Get Started
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All posts →Why AI coding feels smoother on a Mac — and the first fix every Windows user needs
AI-written commands keep failing on Windows? Install PowerShell 7, make your agent use pwsh, and add agent-skills and coreutils. About 15 minutes.
Make right-click “Run with PowerShell” use PowerShell 7 (one command)
Windows still sends “Run with PowerShell” to the old 5.1. Switch it to PowerShell 7 with one no-admin command, or a custom ProgID — plus how it works and how to undo it.
How we test AI tools at AI SI Daily
Our rules: we pay for the tools, record the version and environment, show real screenshots and bills, and label price sources and verification status.
✦AI Tools
More →Cline: What It Is, Key Capabilities, and Getting Started
An introduction to Cline, an open-source AI agent for your IDE, CLI, and desktop that coordinates code changes and executes terminal workflows.
NotebookLM Guide: What the AI Research Tool Is and How to Use It
Discover how NotebookLM works as an AI research assistant, explore its source-grounded features, and learn how to get started with your Google Account.
Why AI coding feels smoother on a Mac — and the first fix every Windows user needs
AI-written commands keep failing on Windows? Install PowerShell 7, make your agent use pwsh, and add agent-skills and coreutils. About 15 minutes.
Khoj: What It Is, Key Features, and How to Get Started
Learn about Khoj, an open-source personal AI second brain that connects your notes, documents, and local or online LLMs into a private workspace.
◎Online Tools
More →CyberChef: What It Is, Core Capabilities, and Setup Guide
An introduction to CyberChef covering its data analysis tools, client-side browser execution, setup instructions, and system requirements.
Guide to ffmpeg.wasm: In-Browser Video and Audio Processing
Discover ffmpeg.wasm, a WebAssembly and JavaScript port of FFmpeg that handles video and audio conversion, recording, and streaming in the browser.
Excalidraw Guide: What It Is, Features, and How to Get Started
Learn about Excalidraw, an open-source virtual whiteboard for hand-drawn diagrams, real-time collaboration, local-first storage, and web integration.
draw.io: What It Is and How to Get Started with Diagramming
Explore draw.io in this guide covering core features, deployment methods, browser requirements, integrations, and security-first diagramming.
⌘Developer Projects
More →Immich: Overview, Core Features, and Getting Started Guide
Learn about Immich, an open-source self-hosted photo and video manager. Explore its capabilities, hardware requirements, and Docker installation.
ripgrep Explained: A Guide to the Fast Command-Line Search Tool
Discover what ripgrep is, how it searches codebases while respecting ignore rules, how to install it, and key features outlined in its project documentation.
Vaultwarden: An Overview and Getting-Started Guide
An introductory guide to Vaultwarden, an open-source Bitwarden-compatible server built with Rust for self-hosted credential management.
Uptime Kuma: What It Is, Core Features, and Setup Guide
An overview of Uptime Kuma, an open-source self-hosted monitoring tool. Learn about its features, setup options, and system requirements.
▣Software & Apps
More →LocalSend Guide: Cross-Platform Local File Sharing
Learn about LocalSend, an open-source tool for sharing files and messages across platforms over your local network without internet servers.
Espanso: What It Is and How to Get Started with Text Expansion
A guide to Espanso, the open-source, cross-platform text expander written in Rust. Explore its features, configuration steps, and getting-started tips.
An Introduction to LibreOffice: Features, Tools, and Getting Started
Explore LibreOffice, an open-source productivity suite featuring six dedicated tools for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, and more.
Make right-click “Run with PowerShell” use PowerShell 7 (one command)
Windows still sends “Run with PowerShell” to the old 5.1. Switch it to PowerShell 7 with one no-admin command, or a custom ProgID — plus how it works and how to undo it.
❖Guides
More →Run a Local LLM on Your Computer: Ollama and Open WebUI Guide
Learn how to set up and run open large language models locally on your computer using Ollama and the self-hosted Open WebUI browser interface.
How we test AI tools at AI SI Daily
Our rules: we pay for the tools, record the version and environment, show real screenshots and bills, and label price sources and verification status.
Install Windows Apps via CLI: Guide to WinGet and Scoop
Discover how to install and manage Windows applications from the command line using WinGet and Scoop with this clear, beginner-friendly guide.
Getting Started with Docker Compose: A Guide to Self-Hosting
Discover how to start self-hosting multi-container applications using Docker Compose, including essential concepts, storage, and networking.
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The day in AI, every claim linked to its source.
- Oct 19, 2026Responding to Anthropic's Public Benefit Fund, Elon Musk says he will give one of his SpaceX shares to every American child next year, worth about $10.5 billion at Friday's close; Reuters reports exclusively that a Chinese-speaking hacker used AI agents to break into websites of more than 100 companies; MiniMax launches M3.1 Flash and confirms it was the stealth model Space Bunny; AI chip stocks rebound as Wall Street opens Monday, with the Nasdaq up about 1%.
- Oct 18, 2026Odyssey put a fruit-fly brain model inside its Odyssey-3 world model and let it fly on its own; the Telegraph reported that Microsoft pulled out of Nscale's Essex data center over grid delays; three aurora models briefly appeared in OpenAI's API and look more like image models; and the first outside tests of DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017 came in.
- Oct 16, 2026Meta released the weights of the 816B-parameter Muse Spark Open, Nvidia launched Nemotron 3.5, Microsoft finished pre-training the 2.8T-parameter MAI-Base-2, and OpenAI disclosed an internal model that quietly spent a stranger's testnet funds.