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Category: Blog

US Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was Garbage — They Approved It Anyway

2026-03-192026-03-19 Danie
Person with a bald head wearing a dark blazer and blue shirt, touching their chin thoughtfully against a blue and gray background.

“The government relies, in part, on third-party firms to vet cloud technology, but those firms are hired and paid by the company being assessed. The tech giant’s ‘lack of proper detailed security documentation’ left reviewers […]

Blogmicroslop, security, technology

OpenSpeedTest an Open-Source Self Hostable HTML5 Network Performance Estimation Tool

2026-03-192026-03-19 Danie
Internet speed test showing 811.1 Mbps upload, 832.9 Mbps download, 4 ms ping, and 0.3 ms jitter with performance graphs.

“OpenSpeedTest is written in Vanilla JavaScript. No Third-Party frameworks or libraries were used. The unexpected side effect of using Vanilla JavaScript is High Performance. OpenSpeedTest contains only STATIC Files like HTML, CSS & JS, so […]

Blognetworks, opensource, selfhosting, speedtest, technology

Not a Firefox or Chrome Fork! Kagi’s Orion Browser Arrives on Linux as a Public Beta

2026-03-182026-03-18 Danie
Animated scene of two people relaxing indoors with warm sunlight, one playing guitar, surrounded by plants and cozy pillows.

“Orion is a web browser built on WebKit, the same engine that powers Safari, with a strong focus on privacy and customisation. Unlike most browsers you will come across on Linux, Orion is not a […]

Blogbrowsers, technology

10 Hacks Every Signal User Should Know

2026-03-152026-03-15 Danie
Person sitting on a large Signal app icon, holding a phone, surrounded by glowing speech bubbles and sparkles on a colorful background.

“Signal is one of my favourite messaging apps because of its focus on privacy and security. I use it to message my closest friends regularly, and in the process, I’ve discovered a fair few hidden […]

Blogsecurity, signal, technology

Hister indexes every web page you visit and lets you search the full text of your browsing history offline

2026-03-152026-03-15 Danie
Alt text: HISTER search engine homepage with a search bar, tag filters, and stats showing indexed pages, active rules, and aliases.

“Have you ever wished your browser history was more than just a collection of URLs? As it is, the standard search history is kind of useless. Sure, you can see the title of the page […]

Blogbrowsers, history, opensource, search, technology

DBAN is a relic for HDD wiping, and ShredOS is the only software you should use

2026-03-142026-03-14 Danie
Disk Erasure Report for model ST3500312CS showing erasure status, business and customer details, and contact information.

“When “wiping a hard drive clean,” a quick format doesn’t actually erase anything at all. Instead, it just removes the drive’s file index. That leaves the underlying data sitting there until something overwrites it. That’s […]

Blogopensource, security, technology

The Creator of Wordle Just Came Out With a New Game, and It’s Difficult

2026-03-122026-03-12 Danie
Screenshot of Daily Puzzle #43 by Palak Shah showing a cryptic clue and explanation involving word selection, replacements, container transform, and definition "slant".

“Cryptic crosswords, on the other hand, treat each clue as its own puzzle. Instead of straightforward definitions, the clues rely on wordplay that hints at the answer. The rules can be tricky to explain, and […]

Bloggames, puzzles, technology, words

Europe is building an alternative to Microsoft Office

2026-03-122026-03-12 Danie
Logo of Office EU, Europe's open-source productivity suite, displayed over a blurred European Union flag background with yellow stars.

“Office EU is a cloud-based office suite built entirely on open-source software and hosted exclusively on European servers, has launched as a direct competitor to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Its pitch is straightforward: keep […]

Blogdigitalsovereignty, opensource, technology

AmneziaVPN is a self-hosted VPN that works in countries where WireGuard gets blocked

2026-03-112026-03-11 Danie
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“It’s also worth noting that AmneziaVPN has been security audited as recently as January 2025. While the auditors found a few risks categorized as critical and high, the platform has resolved all identified issues. Amnezia […]

Bloganticensorship, privacy, technology, VPN

Portracker – an open source self-hosted real-time port monitoring and discovery tool

2026-03-102026-03-10 Danie
Illustration of a cartoon dog with a magnifying glass (a tracker dog) near a harbor or port, promoting "Portracker", an open-source, self-hosted port discovery tool.

I’m using this tool to identify which docker container ports are published or exposed (from the container) as well as which internal ports are available on your containers. This tool helps see where there may […]

Blogdocker, networking, opensource, selfhosting, technology

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