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NAT 'Traversal' Using Wireguard

If you’ve ever tried to host stuff at your home that should be reachable from the internet, you might have stumbled upon the hurdle of dynamic IPs and being behind NAT and/or having one of those plastic routers that aren’t very configurable. In this post I’ll show how to set up a cloud jumphost to eliminate the need for DynDNS and/or port forwardings which some routers aren’t even capable of.

Jul 28, 2020 how-to, software, wireguard, linux

Downtime To You (me)

If you tried connecting to this blog in the last few days, you might have noticed some downtime…

Jul 28, 2020 downtime, vodafone

How to remotely set up an encrypted Debian server (IMHO)

Welcome to another IMHO post.

This time I am going to write about setting up servers. From zero to serving stuff. Additionally, I’ll try to describe basic security measures that I think are a good base for a secure deployment.

May 11, 2020 how-to, software, debian, server, imho, security

Developing Ghost themes (IMHO)

As you might have noticed this blog is was using Ghost, which is a JavaScript based blogging software that uses Handlebars templates for theming. In this post I’ll show how I set Ghost up locally to develop themes with as little pain as possible.

May 11, 2020 how-to, software, ghost, imho

Setting up Mastodon for development

I have been coding on my own Mastodon instance since 2017, the main thing I’m doing is customizing the styling. For this, it is a good idea to have a local development instance because redeploying (and rebuilding the assets) takes too long for a simple change like a different border color for some elements. In this post, I will show how I set up Mastodon for development.

Nov 5, 2019 how-to, software, mastodon

Turning a PC on and off using an ESP8266

In this post I’ll show how you can control the power state of your computer remotely using an ESP8266.

Apr 22, 2019 how-to, software, hardware, esp8266, mods