Category: Decentralization (page 2 of 2)

New website hosting servers

Until yesterday, this website had been hosted by GitLab (using GitLab Pages). For some time now the fact that they used servers owned by Google bothered me, so I have been looking for a new host for a while. One possibility I looked at was paying for a virtual private... Read more

Upgrading to privacy-conscious providers

I have been reading a lot about decentralization and not depending too much in one company in the past six months and I realized how much I relied on Google: my email, all my files, contacts, calendars, pictures... Most of my data was stored on their servers. This was inconvenient... Read more

My note taking app: Joplin

Two years ago I had an iPhone and, back then, the native "Notes" app worked pretty well for me. However, when I changed to Android I had some trouble finding a similar app or a different one that would fit my needs. For some time I used Google Keep, but... Read more

Getting my own domain name

After thinking about getting my own domain name for a while and letting the thought rest for a couple of months, I finally bought one. It is a very easy and inexpensive process, and I am happy I did it. The original idea was to set up my email with... Read more