Posted on 2023-12-29 in Software • Tagged with backup, caddy, debian, docker, free-software, homelab, linux, kodi, nextcloud, nginx, privacy, self-hosting
Welcome to my homelab!
If you don't know what a homelab is, it refers to running servers from your home. What is a server? It's basically a computer that is always on, connected to the network, often with no display or input. For a longer explanation take a look at …
Posted on 2023-12-07 in Software • Tagged with fish, shell, linux
I'm a heavy shell user. As a programmer I enjoy the power and flexibility of the shell, so I always keep multiple terminals open (just one keystroke away thanks to Yakuake).
I have been using Bash for as long as I have been a GNU/Linux user, that's 24 years …
Posted on 2023-11-09 in Software • Tagged with caddy, docker, homelab, nginx
The main server in my homelab runs a bunch of services, but the heart of it is a Docker Compose configuration, several of them exposed to the Internet via a reverse proxy webserver.
Before I was using three Docker images to run Nginx, proxy traffic to other services and have …
Posted on 2023-06-23 in Software • Tagged with programming, python, automation, howto, free-software
In this article I explain what I mean by code quality and how it benefits developers.
In the first half I discuss general concepts and workflows that apply to most software projects. Even if you are not writing Python code you might learn something from it.
In the second half …
Posted on 2022-05-27 in Software • Tagged with privacy, web, analytics, self-hosting
It all started with a desire: I wanted some basic analytics for this blog to know how it's doing, which articles are popular and which are the main referrers. But therein lied the conundrum: I am a privacy zealot, very much against extensive online tracking (just look at the browser …
Posted on 2022-02-23 in Software • Tagged with firefox, web, addons, privacy, security, cryptocurrency
This article lists the web browser extensions I use and why. I will keep it updated from time to time.
I use Firefox as my main web browser, because despite its shortcomings I think it's still the best available option for me, for reasons that would be worthy of a …
Posted on 2022-02-17 in Software • Tagged with nextcloud, howto, self-hosting, dns
I use a self-hosted Nextcloud instance to hold a lot of my personal data, and that includes my contacts and calendars. Recently I had to reinstall DAVx5 on my phone, and I was surprised that the Nextcloud account was failing to be added.
The DAVx5 error logs showed that it …
Posted on 2019-10-13 in Software • Tagged with linux, encryption, security, howto
The use case I wanted to solve was this: I have a headless server with a LUKS software-encrypted hard drive, and I want to be able to reboot it without having to input the password on a keyboard. The solution I implemented is to create a LUKS keyfile on a …
