Resurrecting the Dead: One Developer Rebuilds Seven Tools Big Tech Abandoned

Big Tech systematically killed seven major services used by hundreds of millions—from Google Reader to Yahoo Answers—without offering replacements, leaving a decade-long gap in user needs. This project demonstrates that individual developers can reclaim these digital tools by combining modern AI and local infrastructure, challenging the assumption that only corporations can provide essential services. By running everything on bare metal with local LLMs, it showcases a viable alternative to cloud dependency and data extraction.