LastSignal: Secure Your Digital Legacy with a Self-Hosted Dead Man's Switch
6d ago · 3 min read · 📝 Quick Summary: LastSignal is a self-hosted, end-to-end encrypted dead man's switch that automatically delivers messages to trusted contacts if the user becomes unresponsive. It prioritizes security with a zero-knowledge architecture and modern cry...
Join discussionHow I Built a Multi-App OTA Update System (And Cut Costs from $199/month to $0)
Mar 1 · 10 min read · Expo's EAS Update service costs \(199/month for 50,000 monthly active users. If you have multiple apps or are a solo dev with modest traffic, that's expensive, even the \)19/month tier only covers 3,0
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Your Cloud Provider Doesn’t Work for You. It Works on You.
Feb 18 · 4 min read · Every month, you pay $60 to $100 for the privilege of storing your data on someone else’s computer. Google One. iCloud. A password manager. Three streaming services. A VPN. A backup tool you forgot you had. You call these subscriptions. The companies...
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Making a Beefy Private Cloud - Improving the Infra even Further
Feb 17 · 9 min read · I've been thoroughly enjoying using my private cloud, inside and outside my home. You may check out how I set it up in this article but the gist of it is: I have a single box running Proxmox with an OPNsense VPN as my router, the Tailscale plugin in ...
Join discussionSelf-Hosting a Production-Ready Mail Server with Mailcow, Docker, NGINX & Cloudflare on Ubuntu 24.04
Feb 7 · 6 min read · Introduction Running your own mail server gives you full control over email delivery, privacy, and branding—but only if it’s configured correctly. In this guide, I’ll walk you through setting up Mailcow using Docker on Ubuntu 24.04, placing it behind...
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Local LLM on Mac and access it via iPhone (Securely)
Feb 6 · 4 min read · Why I Wanted to Do This I wanted to see if I could: Run a large language model locally Use it outside my Mac, especially from my iPhone Keep everything private and under my control Avoid exposing any service to the public internet Still keep the...
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Home Lab Setup
Feb 3 · 5 min read · …and why it became the one place where everything finally feels mine A home lab represents independence.Not the grand, dramatic kind — more like "this is my controlled environment, powered by determination and hardware." Mine wasn't assembled from u...
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The Rise and Fall of My Home Server
Jan 23 · 5 min read · This is an amazing story and a personal experience that I can't wait to share, and it's all about Computer Science! Amazing Life. Before I dive into it, let me share some things I've been working on lately. If you've read my previous blog, it was abo...
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