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Tips, tutorials, product updates, and insights from the LionScripts team.

Why Self-Hosting Is Quietly Making a Comeback
After a decade of "everything to the cloud," more teams are bringing software back in-house. Here's what changed.

Essential iOS Apps in 2026
Apple's defaults are strong on iOS. These are the third-party apps worth adding anyway, plus the iOS settings that protect your privacy by default.

Prestashop Total Protection Pro: Content Theft Defense for eCommerce
eCommerce sites are prime targets for content scrapers — product images, descriptions, prices. Here's how to protect a Prestashop store.

WordPress Plugins Actually Worth Installing in 2026
Most WordPress sites are 80% bloat. Here are the few plugins that pay for themselves — security, IP blocking, content protection, and SEO essentials.

A Simple Productivity System That Actually Sticks
Forget complex productivity frameworks. Here's a four-tool system you can set up in an afternoon and actually keep using.

The Case for Self-Hosted Web Tools in 2026
Web apps and plugins that don't require a SaaS subscription. Run them on your own server, own your data, scale at your pace.

Windows Symlink Creator Pro: Free Up Disk Space Without Buying a New Drive
Move giant folders — Steam libraries, Docker volumes, browser profiles, Adobe caches — to a secondary drive without breaking apps. Point-and-click symlinks for Windows.

A Practical Backup Strategy: The 3-2-1 Rule, Updated for 2026
Backup is the most boring problem in tech and the most expensive when ignored. Here's a strategy that actually works against modern threats.

A Developer Toolkit for 2026: Small Tools That Stay Out of the Way
The dev tools we install on every new machine. Lightweight, scriptable, and they let you get back to writing code.
10 Tips to Boost Your Productivity with LionScripts Tools
Discover how to get the most out of your LionScripts software with these 10 productivity tips from our power users.

Chrome Extensions Worth Installing in 2026
A ruthlessly short list of Chrome extensions worth installing — privacy, productivity, and the cases where a native app beats a browser extension.

CalculatorX Review: The Calculator the Default One Should Have Been
A free calculator with permanent history tape, GST one-tap, lakhs/crores grouping, and 13 themes. Why a "boring" upgrade quietly saves you hours.