Technical blog about programming, self-hosting and digital sovereignty

• Oct 18, 2026

  Five open-weight LLM providers as Knights of the Zodiac

  Saint Seiya in the 90s, Linux distros in the 2000s, and the open-weight catalogue: an analogy to keep Qwen, GLM, Kimi, DeepSeek and MiniMax straight.
• Oct 3, 2026

  Go dominates my homelab: a self-hosted app catalog

  A catalog of the self-hosted apps in my homelab and why Go dominates the infrastructure layer: a single binary and small images.
• Sep 27, 2026

  S3 is no longer (just) Amazon: alternatives, prices, and the cost of getting data back

  The S3 API outlived MinIO's exit. Ceph, SeaweedFS, and Garage step in, and the real bill hides in the price of retrieving data.

On this blog you'll find, on one hand, tools and techniques related to programming and self-hosting, and on the other, personal reflections on information security and digital sovereignty, as well as personal productivity based on eliminating distractions and mental clarity.

I write this blog not because I'm an expert, but as a form of documentation for myself and to help others facing challenges similar to mine. I also write to put my reflections on paper and invite debate on topics I consider vitally important today, such as self-hosting and digital sovereignty in contrast to the cloud-first philosophy that seems to have taken hold in recent years.

Here you won't find quick recipes or thoughtless snippets, and we won't settle for "if it works, don't touch it". We seek to understand technology in depth to gain autonomy, reduce technical debt, and avoid vendor lock-in. Everything I write is meant to help you look beyond superficial functionality and make informed decisions about the tools and systems you use.

This blog is an honest learning space: there will be mistakes, corrections, and discoveries in public. I don't promise easy answers, but I do promise clarity, rigor, and guidance based on practical experience. What you read here isn't just recipes; it's an invitation to think, experiment, and understand every piece of the system we use day to day.