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Arch Linux desktop for minimalists
Achieving software freedom on a MINIX Z100-0dB mini PC
Building on AWS w. OpenTofu, part 3: personal blog
Run my personal static website on S3 and CloudFront
Affordable Git hosting with Forgejo on Fly.io
Run your own Git forge for less than two bucks a month
Field notes: establish secure access to your dockerized homelab
AuthN/AuthZ, Caddy, and reverse proxying gotchas
Ghostty for Alacritty users
You love Alacritty but want a change? See how Ghostty is both similar and different
Neovim 0.11 LSP for mere mortals
Reduce LSP configuration complexity by switching to the native implemenation
Building on AWS w. OpenTofu, part 2: Route 53, DNSSEC and cost optimization
Part two of a series where I explore on how to use Amazon Route 53 cost-effectively
Follow-up on the SFF Mini-ITX build
Notes on things to avoid or to pursue during the hardware build and software setup
A few details about the website redesign
Fresh look based on Tailwind CSS, focus on minimalism and readability
Building a SFF Mini-ITX computer in 2025
It’s time for my next small form factor budget-and-quality gaming build
Building AWS infrastructure with OpenTofu, part 1: bootstrapping
Part one of a series where I explore on how to best use modern technologies and principles
What is good software to me? A list of useful software I value
A listicle, for a change, to show software or software projects I enjoy
Provisioning infrastructure with Terraform on Infomaniak's OpenStack cloud
PoC to demonstrate setting up a bastion-based infrastructure with IaC
Neovim lessons learned after some weeks with it
Not another howto, but my findings about switching to full-blown Neovim
Lesser known ProtonMail tricks
Non-obvious things you can achieve with ProtonMail
Notice about upcoming sunsetting of the lugh.ch email service
By 2024, there will be no email hosting service here
Uncensored, privacy-protecting DNS with Pi-hole, pfSense and DNS over TLS (DoT)
How to secure client device DNS without manual configuration
Home Automation S01E01 with Home Assistant, Tasmota and a smart plug
First steps in home automation using the example of a simplification for 3D printing
Useful Linux, Solaris and macOS commands
The commands you forgot to write down
Goodbye STARTTLS, say hi to implicit TLS
Information regarding STARTTLS and the recent vulnerabilities.
Mechanical keyboard lessons learned
One step forward, two steps back: things to avoid, things to do
Contacts are now synced between Webmail and Nextcloud
Two-way sync for contacts between Webmail and Nextcloud
TLS 1.1 end-of-life
TLS 1.1 has been disabled for all lugh.ch services
I built a second DZ60 mechanical keyboard
I did it again, this time no split spacebar and standard left shift
TLS 1.0 end-of-life
TLS 1.0 has been disabled for all lugh.ch services
Building my first 60% mechanical keyboard: DZ60
Why would anyone do this? If you don’t challenge this, read on.
We switched to Let's Encrypt
Bye-bye expensive GoDaddy.
Audio
Some notes about audio playback
Web server performance enhancements and SSL security improvements
Web site is now faster and PFS is active.
Choosing the right hardware for a new PC in 2010
Gaming rig hardware decisions