{"id":469,"date":"2026-05-21T19:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/start-here\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T19:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:02:20","slug":"start-here","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/start-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Start Here<\/h2>\n<p>New to TheThriftyDev? Start with the guides that give you the fastest wins in automation, privacy, AI, and game preservation.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/n8n-ai-agents-self-hosted-automation-guide-2026\/\">n8n AI Agents: Self-Hosted Automation Guide (2026)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/private-ai-developer-edge-venice-ai-2026\/\">Private AI Is Becoming the New Developer Edge: Why Venice AI Fits the 2026 Shift<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/meshtastic-build-your-own-off-grid-mesh-network\/\">Meshtastic: Build Your Own Off-Grid Mesh Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/mcp-explained-the-usb-c-of-ai-connections\/\">MCP Explained: The USB-C of AI Connections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/how-one-dev-rescued-a-dead-mmo-from-a-dying-engine\/\">How One Dev Rescued a Dead MMO From a Dying Engine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n        <div class=\"ttd-abn ttd-abn-inline\" data-variant=\"E\">\n            <button class=\"ttd-abn-close\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Close newsletter signup\">\u00d7<\/button>\n            <div class=\"ttd-abn-kicker\">TheThriftyDev Dispatch<\/div>\n            <strong>De-Google Without Going Crazy<\/strong>\n            <p>Get the practical escape map: search, email, cloud files, photos, browser, phone backups, and what to replace first.<\/p>\n            <form class=\"ttd-abn-form\">\n                <input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"you@example.com\" required aria-label=\"Email address\">\n                <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"variant\" value=\"E\">\n                <button type=\"submit\">Send the escape map<\/button>\n            <\/form>\n            <small>No spam. Practical privacy, AI, backup, and tool drops. Unsubscribe anytime.<\/small>\n            <div class=\"ttd-abn-result\" role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n<p>Views: 2<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start Here New to TheThriftyDev? Start with the guides that give you the fastest wins in automation, privacy, AI, and game preservation. n8n AI Agents: Self-Hosted Automation Guide (2026) Private AI Is Becoming the New Developer Edge: Why Venice AI Fits the 2026 Shift Meshtastic: Build Your Own Off-Grid Mesh Network MCP Explained: The USB-C&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/start-here\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Start Here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-469","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thethriftydev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}