How I accidentally got better at self-hosting and FOSS contributing
A year ago (April 3rd, 2024) I started a webring with the System Crafters Community, building the web I wanted to see instead of lamenting its absence. Craftering has motivated others to write and share more, which in itself is very rewarding, but what I didnāt anticipate is how it improved my self-hosting and FOSS contributions. ...
Slimming the site slightly
I was looking into how Caddy serves pre-compressed files (html/css/js), itās pretty straightforward, I just need to generate the compressed files after Hugo builds the site. However, that is small fraction of the total payload since a lot of my posts have images. So Iām tackling that first. ...
PineNote - Day One
Iāve been eyeāing the PineNote for years and recently decided to check up on it. The community has been hard at work it starting to look ready for prime now. I would LOVE an ebook reader and note taker but do not want to be tied into proprietary walled gardens (tempted most by the Remarkable 2 / Paper Pro). I didnāt find much review type information on the PineNote since itās original developer edition release several years ago. So I decided to be the change I wanted to see and bought one. Itās Open-Hardware, Free Open Source Software (FOSS), and the main distro is purely community built, the purchase justifications just write themselves! ...
Hosting a Valheim Plus server on a VPS with Podman and docker-compose
One of the best parts of being a self-hoster is being able to host a game server for your friends, right? Well, yes but also it can go sideways and not only because youāre a system admin for more than yourself. There are many ways but Podman, docker-compose, and Syncthing can help! ...
Enshittification protests beget more enshittification
Like many others, I am frustrated by corporations that have ingested immense amounts of user generated content and are using/selling it to train LLMs1. However, deleting the content now is counter productive, letās protest more effectively by building a better web. ...