Tutorials and reviews for developers: databases, servers, Docker, web scraping, mobile development and AI tools. Written since 2017, checked and corrected when things change.https://howpcrules.com/https://howpcrules.com/glm-5-3-flash-review/https://howpcrules.com/glm-5-3-flash-review/Z.ai released GLM-5.3-Flash, a 320B MoE model with native vision, 1M context, and MIT-licensed weights that Z.ai says approaches Claude Opus 4.8 on coding and agentic benchmarks at about a tenth of GLM-5.2’s price. Here’s what it costs and whether self-hosting makes sense.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://howpcrules.com/qwen-3-8-max-review/https://howpcrules.com/qwen-3-8-max-review/Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter MoE model with 1M context, multimodal input, and benchmark results that rival GPT-5.6 and Claude Fable 5. Open weights have since been released.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://howpcrules.com/kimi-k3-moonshot-ais-28t-open-model/https://howpcrules.com/kimi-k3-moonshot-ais-28t-open-model/Moonshot AI just dropped Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open model with a 1M-token context window that benchmarks competitively with Claude Opus 4.8. Here’s what developers need to know about the architecture, benchmarks, and pricing.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://howpcrules.com/deepseek-v4-everything-you-need-to-know/https://howpcrules.com/deepseek-v4-everything-you-need-to-know/DeepSeek released V4-Pro (1.6T params) and V4-Flash (284B params), both with 1M token context, open-source under MIT, with low API pricing. Here is what shipped and why it matters for developers.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://howpcrules.com/chatgpt-images-2-review/https://howpcrules.com/chatgpt-images-2-review/ChatGPT Images 2.0 brings reasoning, web research, and accurate text rendering to AI image generation. Here’s what changed, how it compares to Google and Midjourney, and why developers should care.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://howpcrules.com/docker-compose-full-stack-tutorial/https://howpcrules.com/docker-compose-full-stack-tutorial/Learn how to use Docker Compose to build and run a full-stack application with Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Nginx. One YAML file, one command to start everything.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://howpcrules.com/getting-started-with-claude-code/https://howpcrules.com/getting-started-with-claude-code/A hands-on guide to installing Claude Code, configuring your projects with CLAUDE.md, creating reusable skills, and managing costs. Everything you need to start coding with an AI agent in your terminal.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://howpcrules.com/a-practical-example-for-designing-a-database-schema/https://howpcrules.com/a-practical-example-for-designing-a-database-schema/Designing the perfect database schema is always one of the first tasks in the initial phases of developing a new software project.Many of the software modules are basically a model of the database and all its tables and fields. This means that a well thought-out database design…Wed, 29 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://howpcrules.com/mobile-development-with-flutter-yes-or-no/https://howpcrules.com/mobile-development-with-flutter-yes-or-no/Development of mobile applications is becoming more popular by the day. The number of users using handheld devices continues to grow, and in terms of marketing, it’s usually better to install your software products on users’ devices, where customers will see your logo every day, rather…Mon, 27 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://howpcrules.com/step-by-step-guide-on-scraping-data-from-a-website-and-saving-it-to-a-database/https://howpcrules.com/step-by-step-guide-on-scraping-data-from-a-website-and-saving-it-to-a-database/Scraping data from a website is one the most underestimated technical and business moves I can think of. Scraping data online is something every business owner can do to create a copy of a competitor’s database and analyze the data to achieve maximum profit. It can also be used to analyze…Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://howpcrules.com/create-pptp-vpn-connection-on-mac/https://howpcrules.com/create-pptp-vpn-connection-on-mac/The PPTP VPN connection has been one of the most used connection types a few years back. But, PPTP has been subject to many security breaches in the last few years and it is definitely time for companies and organizations to update their network structures to more modern VPN protocols like…Mon, 20 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://howpcrules.com/different-php-versions-on-the-same-server/https://howpcrules.com/different-php-versions-on-the-same-server/Last week I received an E-mail from a web hosting provider I have been using for almost 5 years that it is time to renew the contract and pay the 121$ bill once again. 5 years ago I didn’t have much experience with private servers and I had no other choice than using a sharedTue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT