https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com Technical news, guides and deep-dives across AI, programming and the open-source world https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-business-enterprise-team-platform-nous-research/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-business-enterprise-team-platform-nous-research/Two new tiers, one shared credit pool, and an org-owned skill library. What the launch means for teams already running the open-source agent.Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/opentofu-becomes-default-iac-engine-2026/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/opentofu-becomes-default-iac-engine-2026/OpenTofu is now the default engine for new IaC workspaces. Here is the evidence, the feature lead, and the honest limits of the migration.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/typescript-without-build-step/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/typescript-without-build-step/For many projects the build-to-JS step is now optional: mainstream runtimes run .ts files natively via type stripping.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/the-transformer-how-attention-is-all-you-need-reshaped-ai/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/the-transformer-how-attention-is-all-you-need-reshaped-ai/Eight Google researchers, one 2017 paper, no recurrence: how 'Attention Is All You Need' became the Transformer behind today's LLMs.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-agent-v0-21-4-stability-and-automation/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-agent-v0-21-4-stability-and-automation/Hermes Agent v0.21.4 rolls ~1,800 PRs into one stable tag: gateway singleton, stream-json, skill auto-load, and a wave of fixes.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/getting-started-with-docker/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/getting-started-with-docker/A friendly guide to Docker: containers vs VMs, images vs containers, your first docker run, a Dockerfile, and docker compose.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/watchtower-automatic-docker-container-updates/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/watchtower-automatic-docker-container-updates/Watchtower polls your registry, pulls new images, and restarts containers with the same settings. Install it, schedule off-peak updates, and mind the caveats.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/python-3-13-new-features/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/python-3-13-new-features/Python 3.13 ships an experimental free-threaded build and JIT compiler, a redesigned REPL, and real speedups. Here's what each feature actually does and how to try it.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/ai-coding-models-2026/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/ai-coding-models-2026/AI coding agents went from autocomplete to autonomous teammates in 2026. Here's how the frontier moved, and what it means for your team.Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/agentic-ai-trends-2026-pilots-to-production/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/agentic-ai-trends-2026-pilots-to-production/Agentic AI left the pilot phase in 2026. Yet most projects still never reach production. Here's what the survivors do differently.Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-agent-v0-20-3-release-and-funding-2026/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-agent-v0-20-3-release-and-funding-2026/The dual milestones show Hermes Agent growing as a platform while its creator secures the runway to keep building in the open.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/log4shell-cve-2021-44228-retrospective/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/log4shell-cve-2021-44228-retrospective/Log4Shell turned a logging utility into the defining zero-day of the modern era. Here's how CVE-2021-44228 worked, why it spread so far, and what teams must keep doing five years on.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/ecmascript-2026-seven-features/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/ecmascript-2026-seven-features/ECMAScript 2026 is here with seven quiet features — from Math.sumPrecise to Iterator.concat — each deleting a real piece of boilerplate.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/deepseek-v32-reasoning-first-ai-agents/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/deepseek-v32-reasoning-first-ai-agents/A warm technical look at how DeepSeek-V3.2 folds reasoning into tool-use and shrinks long-context cost — and why it was a turning point before V4 arrived.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/ollama-local-llms-ubuntu/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/ollama-local-llms-ubuntu/Run open-weight LLMs locally with Ollama — install, pull a model, chat from the terminal or API, and the key trade-offs.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/automate-tasks-cron-guide/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/automate-tasks-cron-guide/Schedule recurring jobs on Linux with cron — crontab syntax, real examples, logging, and the pitfalls to avoid.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/host-static-site-nginx-lets-encrypt/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/host-static-site-nginx-lets-encrypt/Serve a static site on Nginx with free automatic HTTPS — install, configure the vhost, point DNS, and get a Let's Encrypt cert in minutes.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/how-to-setup-hermes-agent-on-ubuntu/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/how-to-setup-hermes-agent-on-ubuntu/Install Hermes Agent on Ubuntu from scratch: prerequisites, the one-line installer, model setup, and your first chat.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/linux-command-line-basics/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/linux-command-line-basics/Navigate, inspect, and control a Linux system from the terminal — the core commands every developer uses daily.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/practical-git-workflow-solo/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/practical-git-workflow-solo/A clear, low-overhead Git workflow for solo developers — branching, commit hygiene, messages, and safe rollback.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/running-local-llms-with-ollama/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/running-local-llms-with-ollama/A hands-on guide to running open-weight LLMs locally with Ollama, from GGUF and quantization to memory math and real-world caveats.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/how-teams-build-rag-retrieval-augmented-generation/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/how-teams-build-rag-retrieval-augmented-generation/A grounded field report on production RAG: the pipeline, pgvector vs. dedicated vector stores, and the chunking mistakes that break retrieval.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/restic-backups-with-cron-schedule/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/restic-backups-with-cron-schedule/Encrypted, deduplicated, off-site backups on a schedule with restic and cron, plus the verification step everyone skips.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/https-lets-encrypt-certbot-nginx/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/https-lets-encrypt-certbot-nginx/Get free, trusted HTTPS on your self-hosted nginx site with Let's Encrypt and certbot, and set up renewal so it stays valid.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-wake-word/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-wake-word/Turn on the wake word and Hermes becomes hands-free — say 'hey hermes' to start a voice session from across the room.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-local-models/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-local-models/Run Hermes fully on your own hardware with open-weight models and zero API cost.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-agent-side-projects/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-agent-side-projects/Hermes turns a casual idea into a shipped side-project — skills, memory, and terminal tools do the wiring.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/archive-first-five-months/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/archive-first-five-months/Between March and July 2026, Hermes Agent went from its first tagged public release to the durable, low-latency Quicksilver — a five-month span that rewrote what an open-source agent could do.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/getting-started-with-sqlite/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/getting-started-with-sqlite/SQLite is the zero-config, serverless database that ships inside your apps. Here's how to create, query, and back up one from the CLI.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/sqlite-vs-postgres-choosing-a-database/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/sqlite-vs-postgres-choosing-a-database/SQLite or Postgres? Ask three questions about your workload, and the right database becomes obvious.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-plugins/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-plugins/Drop a plugin into ~/.hermes/plugins/ and Hermes learns a new tool, hook, or integration without touching core code.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-computer-use/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-computer-use/Let Hermes click, type and drag across your desktop without touching your cursor.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-petdex-mascots/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-petdex-mascots/Hermes can show an animated pet that reacts to what your agent is doing — idle, running, thinking, or celebrating.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-browser-control/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-browser-control/Drive the web from Hermes with cloud or local browsers for filling, clicking and scraping.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-mcp-servers/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-mcp-servers/Wire any MCP tool server into Hermes and control exactly which tools it loads.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-agent-skills-history/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-agent-skills-history/Skills went from a niche workflow trick to the core of what makes coding agents self-improving. A short history of the idea.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-mixture-of-agents/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-mixture-of-agents/Mixture of Agents gives Hermes multiple model perspectives per turn — an aggregator backed by reference models.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-recurring-loops/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-recurring-loops/With /loop, Hermes re-runs a prompt on a recurring cadence inside your session — perfect for polling and monitoring.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-managing-api-keys/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-managing-api-keys/Store, scope, and rotate API keys with .env, secrets management, credential pools and egress controls.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-security-model/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-security-model/Approvals, allowlists and container isolation combine into a defense-in-depth security model.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-curator-skills/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-curator-skills/The Curator prunes, consolidates and archives unused skills automatically — so a growing library never turns to junk.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-checkpoints-rollback/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-checkpoints-rollback/Automatic pre-destructive snapshots restore your work with one command, preserving your hand-edits.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-memory-system/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-memory-system/Hermes keeps a small, curated memory that persists between sessions — so it remembers your preferences and projects.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-credential-vault/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-credential-vault/The agent fills logins, 2FA codes, cards and addresses without the model ever seeing a secret.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-skills-system/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-skills-system/Hermes saves reusable procedures as skills it loads only when needed — and grows that library from real experience.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-interfaces-cli-tui-desktop/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-interfaces-cli-tui-desktop/Decide between Hermes' CLI, Ink-based TUI, and native Desktop app by matching each interface to how you work.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-voice-mode/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-voice-mode/Talk to Hermes with your microphone and hear spoken replies — across the CLI, Telegram and Discord.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-telegram-bot/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-telegram-bot/Install the messaging extras, configure your bot, and start the gateway to chat with Hermes from Telegram.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-configuration-guide/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-configuration-guide/Learn how config.yaml, environment variables, and secrets shape Hermes Agent's providers, models, and API keys.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-agent-quickstart/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-agent-quickstart/Move from install to your first Hermes Agent conversation in under five minutes with this quickstart.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-messaging-gateway-overview/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-messaging-gateway-overview/Chat with Hermes from Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, SMS and 15+ more via one gateway.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/installing-hermes-agent/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/installing-hermes-agent/Install Hermes Agent on Linux, macOS, WSL2, native Windows, or Android via Termux with a single command.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-bot-mode/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-bot-mode/Turn your Hermes profiles into a roster of named Bots that run routines, share group chats, and message each other.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-webhooks/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-webhooks/Point any service at Hermes and let webhook events trigger agent runs or instant notifications.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/what-is-hermes-agent/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/what-is-hermes-agent/Meet Hermes Agent: Nous Research's self-improving, terminal-native AI agent with persistent memory and agent-created skills.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-kanban-multi-agent/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-kanban-multi-agent/Coordinate multiple named agents on a durable shared board that survives restarts and human input.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-persistent-goals/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-persistent-goals/Set a goal once and let Hermes keep iterating across turns until it's genuinely done.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-delegation-subagents/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-delegation-subagents/Fan out parallel research, reviews, and refactors to isolated subagents that report only their summaries.Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-cron-jobs/https://stacksignal.fdhcl.com/hermes-cron-jobs/Tell Hermes when and what to run in plain language and let the gateway scheduler handle the rest.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000