Self-Host Weekly (17 July 2026)

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Weekly Highlights

This week, Linus Torvalds (the CEO of Linux) found himselfscolding the community for its backlash against AIin response to development concerns overSashiko, anagentic Linux kernel code review system.

If you're too lazy to read the memo, below are the snippets I found the most notable in what eventually led to the creator telling AI haters to (literally and figuratively)fork it:

Naturally, Torvalds' remarks created a bit of a stir among both those in disagreement with his takes and those who find his methods of communication too crass. (TBD on how this will impact this week's milestone release ofHannah Montana Linux v26.)

In other news, Windows also had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week as researchersrevealed a 0-day exploitthe same day Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release addressed a record-breaking number of security fixes.

Other activity and happenings you should be aware of:

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MeetSUB/WAVE, a self-hosted and AI-powered personal internet radio station. WithSUB/WAVE, users can broadcast a unified music stream (via Navidrome's Subsonic API) layered with weather, intros, time, and other commentary curated by an AI DJ. Features include user requests, swappable LLM providers, multiple DJ personas, multi-format broadcasts, native mobile apps, scheduled shows, pluggable skills, scrobbling, an MCP server, and a web-based console for administration.

SUB/WAVE can be deployed viabare metalorDockerand requires either a local LLM or a paid subscription to a hosted provider.

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Command Line Corner

Use> file.txtto flush the contents of a file from the command line (helpful for clearing old log files when troubleshooting via CLI):

Clickherefor an archive of commands shared in past newsletters.

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