Category: tech
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every appliance should have a power button, preferably in the front
That’s it – that’s the tweet. I’m not going to try and convince you; this is an opinion about something that feels painfully obvious to me, but I don’t care if you feel the same way, unless you design electrical appliances for a living.…
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the smart girl’s guide to privacy, revisited
“The Smart Girl’s Guide to Privacy” is the name of a 2015 ebook by Violet Blue on staying safe online that I got in some bundle – this is not really based on it, as I never really got around to finishing it, but the name has stuck with me, as it only gets more relevant.…
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Escape from G**gle Photos part 3: Immich
It’s been almost another full year since the last part, and (naturally) the setup has switched dramatically: I’ve ditched LibrePhotos and ResilioSync for an app that does it all: Immich.…
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Escape from G**gle Photos part 2: User 2
After almost a full year of happily storing and serving my photos on a little box under my desk at home, something unplanned happened: my partner needed some extra storage for their photos, too.…
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Escape from G**gle Photos – selfhosting
If you’re here, you already know why we’re doing this – they capped the “unlimited for free” offer, they can suspend your account for any reason at any time, and probably worst of all, your photos are their product.…
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Limit your sites to VPN and local clients only
The problem: You have a bunch of sites running behind an nginx proxy, and you want to limit access to some of the more critical ones to your VPN clients only as a second security layer.…