Decluttering my online self

Lately I've been noticing that my online presence has been all over the place. I usually keep my online presence organized by using a password manager and making sure I make a note of the online services that I'm a part of. Despite all that, I've been greeted with a…

Moving to Fastmail -- again!

For some reason that I don't remember, I had ditched Fastmail for a self-hosted email setup. Which, then I realized, was a bad idea since self-hosting email is too anxiety inducing; at least if you don't know what you're doing. In my case, it was since I had no clue…

Nextcloud to Good Ol' “DAV”

"We need standards, not tools" The above line really resonates with me now. It was a while ago when I saw this lurking in my Mastodon feed and was lost with a scroll. Unfortunately, I'm not able to find the person who said it, but whatever is said, is true.…

Backup, Restore, Migration — A new VPS

If you had been following my blog for some time, you would know that I host most of my services on a self-hosted VPS. For those who are unfamiliar, it's a computer located in a remote part of the world still enabling me to rent it, access it and host…