feat(blog): self host?

4 files changed, 109 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/content-org/blog.org b/content-org/blog.org
index 40d8888..10421fa 100644
--- a/content-org/blog.org
+++ b/content-org/blog.org
@@ -8,13 +8,50 @@
 #+HUGO_SECTION: blog
 
 
-* 2024  [64/65]                                                       :@blog:
+* 2024  [65/66]                                                       :@blog:
 :PROPERTIES:
 :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: blog/2024
 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image_dir "blog/images" :image_max_width 600
 :EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: image yt
 :END:
 
+** DONE Should I self-host my site?
+CLOSED: [2024-09-08 Sun 21:07]
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: should-i-self-host-this-site
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract A genius idea?!
+:END:
+
+Up until recently, I was sure that my upload is limited to 20MB.
+I was wrong - it's 40MB, and (if Ubiquity is to believed), it's /stable/ 40MB.
+Way more than my low-traffic sites need.
+If we don't count the bots, it's a few dozen people every day.
+
+As I wrote [[/blog/2024/desktop-nas/][recently]], I am thinking about getting a dedicated compute server.
+Playing with Synology is effective, but it's no fun at all.
+
+But then another idea came: I have an unused Raspberry PI4.
+Sometimes my genius scares me.
+This little fella is /way/ more than a FreeBSD server serving just this site needs.
+
+This would lead to separating my sites even more, like
+- /unix-history/ becomes unixhist.<domain>
+- /brain-rot/ becomes brainrot.<domain>
+
+I have to say, that just thinking about it makes me smile.
+What's sexier than an elf princess's swo... self-hosted site?
+And dedicating RPi would delay purchasing a full-blown thin-client PC, which would be "I have all the power now" moment.
+
+This raises a few concerns:
+- I have a dynamic IP. I can use a dynamic DNS service, but maybe a relayd on my current OpenBSD Amsterdam can be used?
+- Can I be doxed? I mean, you could simply WHOIS me, so most likely not a risk?
+- With all the bots out there which can kill any server, would I be DDOSed all the time?
+- How do I start every sentence with "btw, I host my website in my living room".
+  It's already difficult enough to put Emacs and BSD there!
+
+Hosting a website is infinitely less complex than doing it for E-mail, so it's as close to a cakewalk as it gets.
+If you can help me with those questions, please do.
+
 ** DONE Retro games are PC games for me
 CLOSED: [2024-09-06 Fri 21:38]
 :PROPERTIES:
diff --git a/content-org/brain-rot.org b/content-org/brain-rot.org
index 26da3a6..8a38ce6 100644
--- a/content-org/brain-rot.org
+++ b/content-org/brain-rot.org
@@ -3503,7 +3503,7 @@ I want to get to know someone else!
 
 So, volume three of /Chronicles of Amber/ looks more of a correction from the author, than a direct continuation.
 
-*** Hand of Oberon (Roger Zelazny, 1976) 
+*** TODO Hand of Oberon (Roger Zelazny, 1976) 
 :PROPERTIES:
 :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: hand-of-oberon-1976
 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My short revoew
diff --git a/content/blog/2024/should-i-self-host-this-site.md b/content/blog/2024/should-i-self-host-this-site.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0cae82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/blog/2024/should-i-self-host-this-site.md
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
++++
+title = "Should I self-host my site?"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-09-08T21:07:00+02:00
+categories = ["blog"]
+draft = false
+weight = 2001
+image_dir = "blog/images"
+image_max_width = 600
+abstract = "A genius idea?!"
++++
+
+Up until recently, I was sure that my upload is limited to 20MB.
+I was wrong - it's 40MB, and (if Ubiquity is to believed), it's _stable_ 40MB.
+Way more than my low-traffic sites need.
+If we don't count the bots, it's a few dozen people every day.
+
+As I wrote [recently](/blog/2024/desktop-nas/), I am thinking about getting a dedicated compute server.
+Playing with Synology is effective, but it's no fun at all.
+
+But then another idea came: I have an unused Raspberry PI4.
+Sometimes my genius scares me.
+This little fella is _way_ more than a FreeBSD server serving just this site needs.
+
+This would lead to separating my sites even more, like
+
+-   _unix-history_ becomes unixhist.&lt;domain&gt;
+-   _brain-rot_ becomes brainrot.&lt;domain&gt;
+
+I have to say, that just thinking about it makes me smile.
+What's sexier than an elf princess's swo... self-hosted site?
+And dedicating RPi would delay purchasing a full-blown thin-client PC, which would be "I have all the power now" moment.
+
+This raises a few concerns:
+
+-   I have a dynamic IP. I can use a dynamic DNS service, but maybe a relayd on my current OpenBSD Amsterdam can be used?
+-   Can I be doxed? I mean, you could simply WHOIS me, so most likely not a risk?
+-   With all the bots out there which can kill any server, would I be DDOSed all the time?
+-   How do I start every sentence with "btw, I host my website in my living room".
+    It's already difficult enough to put Emacs and BSD there!
+
+Hosting a website is infinitely less complex than doing it for E-mail, so it's as close to a cakewalk as it gets.
+If you can help me with those questions, please do.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/hand-of-oberon-1976.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/hand-of-oberon-1976.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c97ec6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/hand-of-oberon-1976.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
++++
+title = "Hand of Oberon (Roger Zelazny, 1976)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+categories = ["brainrot"]
+draft = true
+weight = 3004
+image_dir = "brain-rot/screenshots"
+image_max_width = 765
+abstract = "My short revoew"
+rating = 4
+image = "brain-rot/covers/hand-of-oberon.jpg"
+[menu]
+  [menu.brain-rot-fantasy-amber]
+    weight = 3004
+    identifier = "hand-of-oberon-roger-zelazny-1976"
++++
+
+The plot tickens!
+We end where we left of: turns out that Amber is the home of the original Pattern, which is badily damaged and we need to fix it.
+
+I think I start to understand why I find _Chronicles_ so particular, yet I can't put it away.
+The volumes here are not volumes with and beggining and end.
+It's closer to modern day TV, where you get an interesting hook at the end, the middle is ok-ish but the end makes you hungry for the next episode.
+As much as I hate that _binge-watching_ formula, I have nothing against it here.
+Fantasy books rarely make anyone rich, but a man's gotta eat.
+The length of each volume here also doesn't make it any worse, as they all about 200 pages long.
+Brandon Sanderson's signature is longer than that.