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Grist vs NocoDB: A Practical Comparison for Data-Driven Workflows

Grist and NocoDB are two open-source tools designed to help teams manage structured data, but they cater to very different needs. This post compares their strengths and weaknesses based on UI design, automation capabilities, API support, and access control.

Fixing Paperless API Requests in n8n: Avoiding the Login Page Trap

While building an n8n workflow for Paperless-ngx, I encountered a confusing issue: API requests that worked in curl returned an HTML login page in n8n. Here’s how I diagnosed the problem and found a reliable fix.

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December 1, 2025

08:35

How to deploy a complete n8n AI stack in 15 minutes instead of a whole day

Reference material for some of our n8n installation.

November 27, 2025

21:35

Why am I still looking at Black Friday VPS deals? Don’t I have enough servers already?

20:56

Youtubers all praise for the Oneplus 15. I would have believed them had I not been a victim of the dreaded green screen defect on my late OnePlus 8 Pro deuts.net/∞

November 24, 2025

22:30

Hetzner Account Rejection - Resort

Was your new account rejected?

You can write a DM to us at u/Hetzner_OL and give us your account number or email address that you used for creating the account. We will then ask a colleague to check on the account for you.

This is our last resort if every we’ll get rejected again in the future.

November 23, 2025

16:09

It’s hard to ignore that Signal remains unreliable in the Philippines, especially during registration. Local carriers may be part of the problem, but Signal’s own system clearly doesn’t cope well with inconsistent SMS delivery. Verification fails, “Call me” never appears, and users get stuck. Until this is resolved, widespread adoption here will stay difficult.

13:07

I’m still torn as to which note taking app to stick to:

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Memos
Obsidian

November 22, 2025

22:42

@the Sure! Sent a join request that the group chat you shared.

02:05

Zerobyte backup

Zerobyte is a backup automation tool that helps you save your data across multiple storage backends. Built on top of Restic, it provides an modern web interface to schedule, manage, and monitor encrypted backups of your remote storage.