# couple years ago (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover couple years ago. Page: Feed: --- ## [I Finally Built It: Bookpile](https://bitboxer.de/2026/05/29/bookpile/) _2026-05-28 · Bitboxer - hacking_ About five years ago I had an idea for a small tool. Whenever I wanted to share a book with a friend, I had no good way to point them to a place to actually get it. I wanted something simple: give it an ISBN, get back a list of independent bookshops nearby where they could buy it, libraries where they could borrow it, and sites where they could track it. I bought the domain, created a repository… ## [No Subscription, No Ads - My Local Music Streaming Setup](https://bitboxer.de/2026/03/17/music/) _2026-03-16 · Bitboxer - hacking_ I am currently making my digital life better and more sustainable for every party involved. One of the topics I am changing is music. I want music artists to get a fair share for the music I am listening to. The only way to do that is to actually buy music from them. If possible, through Bandcamp . I cleaned up my old library of music files and am slowly adding all the music I love and used to… ## [Self-hosting is being enshittified](https://troubled.engineer/posts/selfhosting-in-2025/) _2025-12-29 · Greg Dzhanelidze · Troubled Engineer_ Self-hosting is hard. I know this because I self-host as many services as I can. 1 2025 was a big year for self-hosting. The good news? It's going mainstream: More people are choosing Immich as a backup or as an alternative to cloud options as they show how unreliable they are time and time again . Gitea and Forgejo are becoming more relevant after GitHub decided to charge for self-hosted runners… ## [How I block all online ads](https://troubled.engineer/posts/no-ads/) _2025-11-30 · Greg Dzhanelidze · Troubled Engineer_ Disclaimer Ads support content creators and free services. If you value specific creators or platforms, consider supporting them directly through memberships or donations rather than relying solely on ad blocking. Intro A couple of years ago, I decided I'd had enough of ads. Not just the occasional banner or a quick pre-roll video — I mean all of them. They have to go. So I embarked on a holy… ## [Latest Experiment Summary](https://bolor.me/latest-experiment-summary/) _2025-11-13 · bolorerdene · Bolor Bundgaa_ What is AGI? There a many different variations of the AGI definitions, what is common is that the Artificial Intelligence that could learn and improve by itself in any domain. More than that pretty much not sure what is the AGI. Couple years ago I ve started a project called Reveal My Ride, since the beggining \[ \] ## [French coast and back in an EV camper](https://bitboxer.de/2025/08/16/ev-long-distance/) _2025-08-15 · Bitboxer - hacking_ Last week we came back from a camping trip to Soulac-sur-Mer . Roughly 1600 km through Germany and France to the Atlantic coast. In an EV camper van. An e-Vanster , to be more specific. We got that car two years ago, and we absolutely love it. This car is a modified e-Spacetourer with an added pop-up roof, a small electric stove in the back, and electrical equipment to make it possible to use… ## [Tim, don’t kill my vibe](http://irace.me/vibe) _2025-03-21 · Bryan Irace · Bryan Irace_ Recent criticism of Apple’s AI efforts has been juicy to say the least, but this shouldn’t distract us from continuing to criticize one of Apple’s most deserving targets: App Review. Especially now that there’s a perfectly good AI lens through which to do so. It’s one thing for Apple’s AI product offerings to be non-competitive. Perhaps even worse is that as Apple stands still, software… ## [Going viral on mastodon](https://bitboxer.de/2025/03/15/viral-mastodon/) _2025-03-14 · Bitboxer - hacking_ Recently, I had a post go somewhat viral (at least for my standards). The post currently has around 4,200 boosts and 3,700 favorites. The last time this happened was a couple of years ago. And this time it was different. In many interesting ways. So let’s go through some of the most noteworthy findings: It just worked . Last time, the website had problems with the number of notifications. But this… ## [Berlin is Calling: Stand Up and Protest for Change!](https://bitboxer.de/2025/01/16/berlin-demos/) _2025-01-15 · Bitboxer - hacking_ In a bit over a month, Germany votes for the next government. It looks like conservative, right-leaning parties might win a lot of votes. Let us all try to prevent that. One way to do that is to go out on the street and protest to show others that we fight. That we haven’t given up hope for a better world. Clicking a ‘Sign the petition’-Button is not as important as thousands protesting on the… ## [38c3 retrospective](https://bitboxer.de/2025/01/13/38c3/) _2025-01-12 · Bitboxer - hacking_ Yes, it’s true. Another year passed. And with it another CCC. Again with me sitting at home, enjoying a nice hot drink and watching the streams. Last years talks were great, but somehow this year’s even topped it. If you need some nice talks to watch in this cold and gray time of year, here is the list of talks that I can recommend: Correctiv-Recherche „Geheimplan gegen Deutschland“ – 1 Jahr… ## [Follow Releases, Get Reminders (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fokCpO8D5enl) _2025-01-12 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a genre or a name and receive reminders on release day — free. ## [Favourite Podcasts of 2024](https://bitboxer.de/2024/12/31/favourite-podcasts/) _2024-12-30 · Bitboxer - hacking_ According to Overcast these are the podcasts I listened to the most: I do not listen to as many podcasts as I used to do. Manly because I don’t have a commute and the school of my kid is just a 10-min bike ride away, but 281 hours still sound like a lot of hours 😅. 99% Invisible , the outstanding breakdown of The Power Broker was my surprise delight of the year. Really worth a listen. Planet… ## [Smart Heating with HomeAssistant](https://bitboxer.de/2024/12/24/home-assistant-smart-heating/) _2024-12-27 · Bitboxer - hacking_ One of the problems in our apartment was this: A really dumb thermostat. Since we have floor heating, this little thing created tons of problems. Floor heating behaves like a big cargo ship. You cannot quickly move it around. The floor needs time to heat up, and if the desired temperature is reached, you cannot simply shut it down. It will continue to radiate heat to the room. With this dial, a…