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Heliography in Darkness

Heliography in Darkness

Today, we live in an increasingly interconnected world. People and their devices are continuously in communication with one another. This enables us t...

14th Sep 2024
OpenBSD on Scaleway

OpenBSD on Scaleway

A couple of months ago, I scored a pretty good deal on a server rental (hexa-core Xeon-D, 32G DDR4, two 250GB SSDs) for 22 pops each month. Ideal for ...

15th May 2024
EuroBSDcon 2022

EuroBSDcon 2022

I feel a bit ashamed to admit that, despite using OpenBSD on a daily basis for nearly twenty years, I have never attended EuroBSDcon. Fortunately, the...

21st Sep 2022
How I fell in love with OpenBSD

How I fell in love with OpenBSD

EDIT: this is actually a repost of a blogpiece I've published years back but got lost over time

I love open source. Opposed to proprietary software...

25th Aug 2022
Google FLoC

Google FLoC

The evil empire known as Google is experimenting with yet another clusterfuck of a technology, known as FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts) - which i...

15th Apr 2021
Skype on OpenBSD

Skype on OpenBSD

Albeit having a strong preference for Jitsi Meet, I had to get Skype working on OpenBSD to meet online with a client. Due to some strange, borderline-...

14th Apr 2021
Nextcloud on OpenBSD

Nextcloud on OpenBSD

Nextcloud and OpenBSD are complimentary to one another. Nextcloud is an awesome, secure and private alternative for propietary platforms, whereas Open...

9th Mar 2021