Abdur-Rahman's Articles
Should You Self Host Git? (Last Modified: 06/03/2024) As you may already know, Git is a popular decentralized version control system (VCS) used by GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, and other Git forges. You probably use one or more of these Git forges yourself. All fine, no problems there. In fact, I highly recommend using these platforms if you're trying to gain recognition and collaborate with others on…
Email Providers (Last Modified: 05/21/2024) This article is heavily inspired by Diggy's article . However, instead of focusing on privacy and anonymity, this article primarily focuses on finding a secure and reliable general-purpose email provider for individuals. This article is very opinionated, and I make no intention to hide that fact. It's ultimately up to you to decide what provider suits…
Using Old Computers in 2024 - Viable or Not? (Last Modified: 06/10/2024) It's not possible they said! You can't just run Firefox with dozens of tabs open on a modern Linux distribution on a computer with a mere 256MiB of RAM. Well guess what, I DID! (with some caveats...) I have seen people trying this experiment with vintage computers, but it's usually the same thing and comes with significant…