Open source

  • An Overview of Privacy-Focused, Decentralized Instant Messengers
    An Overview of Privacy-Focused, Decentralized Instant Messengers
    An overview of privacy-focused, decentralized, open source alternatives to popular non-free spyware instant messengers like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Viber, Facebook Messenger, Skype, and Apple iMessage.
  • How Do You Trust That Your Personal Machine Is Not Compromised?
    How Do You Trust That Your Personal Machine Is Not Compromised?
    A while ago I stumbled upon a simple yet surprisingly interesting question on Hacker News, which seemed to have some people (re-)evaluate their current setups and look for ways to improve. Hence I figured that it might be an interesting subject to cover.
  • Fitness Tracking for the Privacy-Conscious
    Fitness Tracking for the Privacy-Conscious
    An introduction and review of the Garmin Instinct 2X Solar Tactical smartwatch.
  • shell-time
    Shell Time is for your shell, what Screen Time is for your phone!
  • Updates 2023/Q3
    Updates 2023/Q3
    Project updates from the current consecutive three-month period, with info on the current status of my projects and next steps. You might find this interesting in case you’re using any of my open source tools.
  • Automatically Upgrade SSH Connections to Mosh when Available
    Automatically Upgrade SSH Connections to Mosh when Available
    A quick and dirty trick on how to automatically upgrade SSH connections to Mosh when available.
  • Anytype: Notion, but Open Source
    Anytype: Notion, but Open Source
    Ten years ago, the internet was flooded with so called note-taking apps, from Microsoft’s Notes and Google’s Keep, over Evernote, all the way down to open source software like Standard Notes and even my own project Paperwork. Within the last few years however it seems like all of these apps became basically irrelevant thanks to one silent killer.
  • Updates 2023/Q2
    Updates 2023/Q2
    Project updates from the current consecutive three-month period, with info on the current status of my projects and next steps. You might find this interesting in case you’re using any of my open source tools.
  • Updates 2023/Q1
    Updates 2023/Q1
    Project updates from the current consecutive three-month period, with info on the current status of my projects and next steps. You might find this interesting in case you’re using any of my open source tools.
  • Listen to Audiobooks without the Audible App
    Listen to Audiobooks without the Audible App
    As someone who’s reading all day long – mainly technical documentation, code, mails and chat messages – I enjoy the luxury of having someone else read a book to me very much. That’s why I have always been an avid audiobook user.