My Homelab Got Hacked - A Postmortem
A postmortem on the hack of my self-hosted Forgejo instance and a reminder to patch your software.
Phunky Cafe
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Apple's Parental Controls are a Big Deal
Discussing Apple's new parental controls and getting a little bit socialist along the way.
An Epiphany on Shifting Towards Healthier Pastimes
I've been going through a shift recently, finding different, healthier sources of entertainment: reading, watching engaging TV shows, playing funny video games with friends, and playing cards with my partner to name a few. And with the warmer Spring weather, things like biking, disc golf, and ultimate Frisbee are more possible again. It's been nice so far; I finished Mary Shelly's Frankenstein…
Bluesky is not trustworthy or sustainable. Mastodon is
I saw Dave Lee's post quoting James Ball's post about fears around Bluesky's lack of user growth, and therefore profitability and sustainability. It's a company with hundreds of millions of dollars invested into it - the platform will inevitably enshittify in an effort to pay back its investors. To that, I suggest Mastodon . It's a social platform like Twitter, Bluesky, and Threads, but with a few…
Social Media is a Cigarette, and Engagement is Code for Addiction
Some thoughts prompted by the recent ruling against Meta and Google.
How to Fix UNAS' Delegated SMB Authentication when Using a .local Domain
.local domains confuse Ubiquiti's Unifi NASes due to mDNS conflicts. Here's how to fix it.
Changing my environment to fit me
An epiphany about how I perceive and interact with the world.
ChatGPT Health is worse than you think
OpenAI sure seems like it's going to use your health data to train its AI models.
Default Apps for December 2025
Inspired by Jason’s post , these are my current default and preferred apps for December 2025. Browser: Vivaldi. It’s the goat. Search Engine: Kagi. I don’t like their CEO, but everything else sucks. Password Manager: Bitwarden. Also the goat. Email: Fastmail. Here is how I have it configured. Calendar: I am between TickTick and Apple Calendar. AC used to be connected to Nextcloud via CalDav, but…
Avoidance
A brief venting wondering how to stop avoiding tasks.