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Cake day: November 4th, 2025

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  • Probably if you move Caddy to the local VM and then forward the ports 80 and 443 to the VPS through WG. So the VPS receives all requests, but instead of going through Caddy first and then through WG, they go straight through WG and into Caddy on your local VM. Then you can access Caddy both locally and externally through the VPS-WG tunnel.

    I have no experience setting this up though, I don’t have a VPS in front of my lab.


  • Yes, always use HTTPS, even on local networks if there ever are more than one device on the network.

    The way to handle services with/without HTTPS is to put everything behind a reverse proxy that automatically handles certificates. Since you’re using NGINX, you can try setup certbot, or switch to something like Caddy that has certificate handling built in. If you have all your Docker containers on one server, you can look at Traefik.



  • Also, side note: Regardless of where you switch to, get your own domain! I cannot stress this enough. If you ever need to switch providers (which you’ll eventually need to), you’re gonna have a much easier time if your email is me@mydomain.tld, just pointing DNS at your new provider, bulk transfer/export all previous emails, and voila.


  • Well, that’s it, I’m never touching Proton again.

    As for suggestions: I haven’t used Tuta, but I’ve only heard good things about them. Personally I use mailbox. They have drive and calendar, they’re German, and they do/support a lot of cool stuff regarding FOSS. I’m not sure about slop, but from a quick glance I couldn’t find a single mention about AI on their website, not even in their job listings. I don’t think they have official clients, but they support open standards like SMTP/IMAP, WebDAV etc.

    I haven’t used their drive and calendar though, only email, since I self-host Nextcloud (if you’re into self-hosting, I highly recommend it).










  • Not really. It’s more similar to if the webserver was connected to the internet through a VPN with it’s HTTP(S) port forwarded through the VPN. You connect to the VPN’s IP address, which forwards to the webserver’s IP which stays hidden. And you yourself are also connected to the internet through a (separate) VPN. Now, instead of a VPN connection, both you and the webserver are connected to the internet through Tor circuits.

    This video does a good job of explaining how it works.







  • Lots of things.

    I’d start a YouTube channel to document my travel life, but Google.

    I’d use LinkedIn to expand my professional network, but Micro$lop.

    I’d join communities related to my hobbies that mostly exist in FB groups or subreddits, but, yeah.

    There are also things I still do, although differently. Like using Google Maps to view detailed information about places, like accessibility, restaurant reviews etc. But I only do it through a browser, and I use CoMaps for navigation. Or banking apps, due to convenience. Or the GoPro Quik app so I can remotely control my GoPro when I mount it on the outside of my car. Or music streaming services.

    Surveillance sucks, but I try to find compromises that I can live with when needed. I can live with some inconvenience, but to a degree.