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ChromaDB is a powerful open-source embedding database, essential for building AI applications involving semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and more. While Chroma offers a managed service, self-hosting provides greater control, privacy, and potentially...
Running your own Large Language Model (LLM) interface offers fantastic benefits like privacy, customization, and potentially lower costs compared to hosted services. Open Web UI is a popular, user-friendly interface for interacting with local LLMs managed by Ollama.
In today’s data-driven world, moving information, processing it, and acting upon insights are critical. But stitching together these processes can be complex. Thankfully, a powerful trio of open-source tools, when used together, can create incredibly robust and flexible...
Matomo is a powerful, open-source alternative to Google Analytics that gives you full ownership of your website’s traffic data. This guide walks through installing Matomo on its own subdomain using Docker Compose, Caddy as a reverse proxy, storing data on a separate...
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) offers powerful and cost-effective ARM Ampere A1 instances. Running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (“Noble Numbat”) on these instances is a popular choice. If you’re planning to use Docker, this guide will walk you through the official installation...
Setting up a WordPress blog or website on an efficient Oracle Cloud ARM instance is a great way to get performance on a budget. Combining it with the modern Caddy web server provides automatic HTTPS, simple configuration, and an excellent foundation for hosting multiple...
This guide details how to install the Qdrant vector database on an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) ARM Ampere VM running Ubuntu 24.04. We’ll use Docker Compose for easy management, Caddy as a secure reverse proxy with automatic SSL, and store Qdrant’s data on a...
Restoring a virtual machine instance from a custom image or backup in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) should be straightforward. You click a few buttons, and presto, your server is back, right? Well, as many of us discover, the reality can involve frustrating SSH...