Cloudflare Zero Trust Gateway as an adblocker
I was recently looking for a solution to handle ad blocking at the DNS level. I wanted to use the DNS level specifically (rather than an app or browser extension or something like that) because …
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Offline-first PWA with Svelte & Vite
I’ve always been a big fan of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs). They offer app-like functionality without the development / labor overhead that comes with building a traditional app. Plus, I don’t need to learn new …
Replacing AD with Authentik LDAP outpost in Jira
For a long time, I’ve maintained an internal Microsoft Active Directory deployment with 2 domain controllers. However, now that I have some free time, I’ve decided to shut it down and replace it with Authentik‘s …
Install Proxmox Backup Server on a lowend server
I recently acquired a storage VPS with just 512MB RAM and a weak CPU scoring around 300 points on Geekbench5, but extremely cheap storage (to the tune of $15/year/TB). I wanted to install Proxmox Backup …
Run a fast and cheap Minecraft server on Amazon EC2
Introduction For a while now, I have been exploring affordable, yet high-performance and low-latency solutions for hosting game servers, specifically, Minecraft servers. (I understand that shared Minecraft servers can be even cheaper, starting at just …