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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 didn’t anticipate is how it improved my self-hosting and FOSS contributions. ...

April 2, 2025 · 5 min
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Slimming the site slightly

I was looking into how Caddy serves pre-compressed files (html/css/js), it’s 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 I’m tackling that first. ...

March 26, 2025 · 3 min
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Python, FastHTML, and Yak-shaving

I wanted to save my barely passable Python scripting from total extinction and write something quick/useful. So what had happened was… ...

March 2, 2025 · 2 min
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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 you’re a system admin for more than yourself. There are many ways but Podman, docker-compose, and Syncthing can help! ...

August 18, 2024 · 5 min