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April 8, 20263 min read

LPMud-Revised: Dragonlance Expansion and Weapon Shops

A 48-room Dragonlance-themed area with four new quests, plus a reusable weapon and armor shop system — LPMud-Revised now has 10 quests and a proper economy.

AnnouncementLPMudOpen SourceGamingDocker
March 30, 20263 min read

Announcing Truebuntu — A Self-Hosted NAS Management Interface

A lightweight Docker-based alternative to TrueNAS Core for managing Ubuntu ZFS storage servers, with a React dashboard and FastAPI backend in a single container.

AnnouncementOpen SourceDockerSelf-HostedNAS
March 30, 20262 min read

SSETCO Is Now on Facebook, Instagram, and GitHub

Follow our journey across social media and explore our open-source projects on the new SSETCO GitHub organization.

AnnouncementCommunityOpen Source
March 28, 20265 min read

LPMud-Revised: Quests, Creatures, Wizard Castles, Familiar Orb, and Graceful Shutdown

Two new quests, 17 creatures, seamless wizard castles, a familiar orb for remote scouting, graceful shutdown, and bug fixes — LPMud-Revised now has six quests and a full progression path from level 1 to endgame.

AnnouncementLPMudOpen SourceGamingDocker
March 28, 20262 min read

Z2 Training Monitor: Smart Zone 2 Alerts for the Garmin Edge 840

A Connect IQ data field that watches power and heart rate together — catching quietly overcooked efforts before you bonk.

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March 19, 20262 min read

Announcing Folium — Document Scanning with Multi-Cloud Sync

Folium is a new document scanning app for iPhone and iPad with OCR text extraction, multi-provider cloud synchronization, and a privacy-first design. Coming soon to the App Store.

AnnouncementiOSFoliumComing Soon
March 17, 20263 min read

LPMud-Revised: Quests, Economy, and Fast Travel

Four quests, a bank vault economy, underground rail fast travel, and a complete NPC overhaul — LPMud-Revised just got a major content update.

AnnouncementLPMudOpen SourceGamingDocker
March 14, 20262 min read

SSETCO LPMud Is Live

Connect to our public LPMud instance — a classic 1990s multi-user dungeon running at lpmud.ssetco.com port 4000.

AnnouncementLPMudOpen SourceGaming
March 4, 20263 min read

Hot Laps Is Almost Ready

Development is wrapping up on our racing telemetry app. Here's what's shipping in the free and pro tiers, and what's coming next.

Hot LapsiOSDevelopmentUpdate
March 2, 20264 min read

Introducing LPMud-Revised

A Dockerized classic LPmud server combining the ldmud 3.6.x driver with the LPmud 2.4.5 mudlib — complete with a web admin dashboard for backups, map viewing, and server management.

AnnouncementOpen SourceDockerGamingSelf-Hosted
February 14, 20263 min read

Announcing Hot Laps — Racing Telemetry from Your iPhone

Turn your iPhone into a track-day data logger. Hot Laps captures real-time telemetry using built-in sensors for lap timing, performance tests, and session analysis — all with zero data collection.

AnnouncementiOSHot LapsComing Soon
February 13, 20263 min read

Introducing SeascanPro: Document Scanning for Seafile

A privacy-first iOS document scanner with OCR, offline scanning, and direct Seafile server sync — no third parties, no tracking, no accounts.

AnnouncementiOSSeafilePrivacy
February 13, 20263 min read

YardSaleTrail 1.1.0 Is Here — Just in Time for Spring Yard Sales

Your GPS copilot for yard sale season is live on the App Store. Road-snapped routes, automatic yard sale pins, purchase tracking, stats, and export — all with zero data collection.

AnnouncementiOSYardSaleTrailPrivacy
January 29, 20263 min read

Introducing Minecraft Server Manager

A Docker-based platform for managing multiple Minecraft servers with on-demand startup, web admin panel, and BlueMap integration.

AnnouncementOpen SourceDockerMinecraftSelf-Hosted
January 29, 20263 min read

YardSaleTrail Testing Heats Up for Spring 2026

With garage sale season approaching, testing is in full swing for SSETCO's upcoming yard sale companion app designed to help you navigate sales like a pro.

YardSaleTrailiOSDevelopmentTesting
November 29, 20253 min read

Welcome to the New SSETCO Website

We're excited to launch our newly redesigned website, showcasing our mobile apps and sharing our journey in technology.

AnnouncementTechnologyMobile Apps
November 28, 20254 min read

Privacy-First Mobile Development: Our Philosophy

Why we believe user privacy isn't just a feature—it's a fundamental right that shapes every decision we make.

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