#Ownyourdata
Good morning, world! I'm extremely sorry about the removal of the replicator from Dovecot 2.4 - it was always my go-to replication tool, and #BSDMail also relied on it. Since I don't have many accounts yet, I can look into alternative solutions.
The one I believe comes closest is Cyrus IMAP, which also has its own clustering and replication systems. Furthermore, Cyrus doesn't have a commercial counterpart, so it's unlikely to be influenced by tight economic dynamics.
On one hand, I'm excited to do these experiments, but on the other hand, with this heat, I would have preferred to do something else 😃
Just saw this scrolling through Facebook. I don't know anything about the matter, but my point remains valid: using other people's platforms does not and never will guarantee the safety of your data.
@_elena 's video is extremely relevant: https://tube.bsd.cafe/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN
Taking a Semi-Truck to Buy Salad: My Manifesto for Simple Computing
Since Dovecot 2.4 is dropping replication, I'll definitely need to rework my mail servers and those for BSDMail. I think I'll be going back to Cyrus, which I last used over 20 years ago. The problem is my memories have long faded, so it'll be like studying it again from scratch. And that makes me happy, because it'll be like learning something totally new!
Special thanks to @h3artbl33d for the heads up!
I've just pushed the last BSSG changes and features to the prod repo.
Please, test it - I'll prepare a new release before the end of this week.
Has your university ever considered owning their own data? Radical, I know. Nextcloud, Mattermost or Cryptpad are all highly professional open source self hosted data solutions. Why dont unis use them?
Ask your IT department. Ask your Finance department. Ask your senior management for full disclosure on procurement policy and who makes those decisions. Your job is next in line for CR or automation. You owe it to yourself to ask.
Yesterday was the day: FB and Insta accounts scheduled for full deletion. I prepared the move over a month - exchanging new contacts with friends that matter, backups, sending non-overly dramatic explanation posts.
Then preparing a new digital life - one that I fully own.
The press of the button is harder than you may think - I guess it feels like going into detox.. and maybe that's exactly it.
Feels great!
#DigitalMinimalism #OwnYourData #PrivacyMatters #LifeAfterSocialMedia #DigitalDetox
Ever heard of vibe coding?
It’s when the code looks fine, tests pass, vibes are good - so it goes to production. Even if it’s wide open to SQL injection.
I’ve seen it happen.
AI wrote it. Devs trusted it. Management loved it.
Nobody understood it.
We’re trading skill for speed.
And that’s how we lose our freedom.
Vibe Coding Will Rob Us of Our Freedom: https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/05/vibe-coding-will-rob-us-of-our-freedom/
EDIT: Given the trends and the comments, I wrote something off the cuff about it: https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/05/when-we-become-cheerleaders-for-our-own-demise/
#ITNotes #ai #coding #data #ownyourdata #programming #IT #SysAdmin
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/05/vibe-coding-will-rob-us-of-our-freedom/
#ITNotes #NoteHUB #ai #coding #data #osday #ownyourdata #programming
It's great that Meta and Google have kindly directed me to look elsewhere for their replacements.
I had said goodbye to Microsoft and welcome to Linux around Windows 8, but today's turbulent world has made me rethink everything.
The first thing to go was Gmail - hello, Tuta!
Then Chrome - Hello, Vivaldi! Hello, Proton VPN!
(Parts 2 and 3 in the comments 👇)
#DigitalMinimalism #GoodbyeBigTech #PrivacyMatters #Decentralization #PortableApps #LifeWithoutGoogle #LifeAfterMeta #OwnYourData
🌑 The web isn’t just wires and code.
It’s a map of hidden paths,
whispers in digital shadows,
and keys to unseen doors.
What if the real power
is not in what you share,
but in what you choose to keep silent?
Walk lightly.
Disrupt quietly.
Own your digital soul.
#Mastodon #Fediverse #DigitalMystery #PrivacyPower #QuietRevolt #OwnYourData
A big shoutout and compliments to @stefano for https://bssg.dragas.net/
I haven't tried it yet because, ya'know, I'm weird and like reading the documentation and the source code first *but*, I really really like the option of creating posts non-interactively from stdin. Could work nicely with typst.
Announcing BSSG 0.30.0: Multi-Author Support, Enhanced Theme Experience, and Major Quality Improvements
@recollir How often does something like this need to happen until people understand that building your $service on the top of #opensource and #opendata can prevent exactly this effect? When someone comes along and buys the $service, at the point where #enshittification is around the corner, you just fork and move along.
I've used Wasabi Cloud for years for some external backups. Just a few things, and at times I went down to zero because I had no data. No billing. Recently, I emptied everything again and waited the required days so the data would no longer be counted. I haven’t had anything there for months, yet I just received another $6.99 bill.
I contacted them and asked why, since I’ve had zero data for months.
The official response: even if you have zero data, you still pay the minimum charge because it’s like a monthly plan - you pay even if you don’t make any calls.
Tomorrow morning I’m deleting the account. This doesn’t seem like a fair business practice.
Let’s go back to using our own drives, for crying out loud! Own Your Data!
My next personal website task will be to post notes to my website and syndicate to Mastodon and maybe Bluesky. #OwnYourData #IndieWeb #POSSE
Warum greift die "FOSS Warn"-APP auf eine Ikea-url zu?! Wtf?!
Announcing BSSG 0.20.0: Powerful Visual Post Editor, Enhanced Dev Server, and More
The Day GlusterFS Tried to Kill My Career
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/05/21/the_day_glusterfs_tried_to_kill_my_career/
#ITNotes #data #horrorstories #ownyourdata #server #IT #SysAdmin