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I replaced Files by Google with an uglier app, and I'm not going back

I replaced NextDNS with Control D and I'm not going back

I jumped from the Apple Watch Series 7 to the Series 12, and these 7 upgrades made it worth it

5 ESP32 projects worth building that have nothing to do with fixing your Wi-Fi

I stopped leaving Google Maps to research places; Ask Maps does it now

I stopped chrome from restoring my old tabs, and it made a huge difference

This Google Photos feature gave me 10GB back for the files I actually need

My next Windows PC won’t need hours of app installs thanks to this one file

Switching from Spotify felt impossible until I found this app

I wrote 12 lines of code and made my keyboard do things Windows won't

Anthropic says Claude can work with Android apps now, so I tested it against Gemini

I used Google Messages for years without realizing this feature existed