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diff --git a/assets/more/bookmarks.yml b/assets/more/bookmarks.yml index 20f87a7..2a21511 100644 --- a/assets/more/bookmarks.yml +++ b/assets/more/bookmarks.yml @@ -41,3 +41,11 @@ bookmarks: \ \n " date: '2024-11-24' host: datatracker.ietf.org +- url: https://tumfatig.net/2024/running-web-browsers-in-freebsd-jail/ + title: Running Web Browsers in FreeBSD Jail + date: '2024-11-25' + host: tumfatig.net +- url: https://fabionatali.com/posts/make-your-gnupg-key-discoverable-via-web-key-directory/ + title: Make your GnuPG key discoverable via Web Key Directory + date: '2024-11-25' + host: fabionatali.com diff --git a/assets/more/links.yml b/assets/more/links.yml index caf46c5..3b19438 100644 --- a/assets/more/links.yml +++ b/assets/more/links.yml @@ -181,11 +181,7 @@ links: Url: https://langille.org Description: Personal website, but a lot of BSD - - Title: Michel W Lucas - Url: https://mwl.io - Description: Writer or amazing technical books - - - Title: Michel W Lucas + Title: Michael W Lucas Url: https://mwl.io Description: Writer or amazing technical books - @@ -218,3 +214,7 @@ links: Url: https://sterophonick.github.io/ Description: Personal site of a computer engineering student Button: atapi.gif + - + Title: Justine Smithies blog + Url: https://justine.smithies.me.uk/ + Description: Personal site of a "Linux/BSD chick" diff --git a/content-org/blog.org b/content-org/blog.org index 81e51aa..8a5b53a 100644 --- a/content-org/blog.org +++ b/content-org/blog.org @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ #+HUGO_SECTION: blog -* 2024 [99/101] :@blog: +* 2024 [100/102] :@blog: :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: blog/2024 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image_dir "blog/images" :image_max_width 600 @@ -123,6 +123,60 @@ It's small annoyance, but it shows the general direction. Microsoft GitHub is still not near the biggest sin an Open Source can commit when it comes to cooperation (that crown still goes to using Discord), but it's far from being "Open". ** +** DONE RE: Self-Hosting Isn't a Solution; It's A Patch +CLOSED: [2024-11-25 Mon 21:14] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: re-self-hosting +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :Abstract A replly +:END: +Recently, an article written by Mathew Duggan titled [[https://matduggan.com/self-hosting-isnt-a-solution-its-a-patch/][Self-Hosting Isn't a Solution; It's A Patch]] has been shared everywhere. +Frankly, I disagree with it quite deeply. +It's not even about giving terrible examples of Apple and Fastmail as /private/ services (with servers in Australia and US, governments have a open line to get the data. Also, Apple is an ad company now as well), but more on the definition of /decentralization/. + +Mathew argues that "Self-hosting platforms are fragile." +Well, this where I can not agree, as this not the type of services I advocate for. + +Self-hosting platforms are, for the most part, ultra resilient because they don't rely on any single provider. +My Mastodon instance can be shut down by a lunatic (again), but then I can simply move to any other server. +This it root of /decentralization/ as it's based on /interoperability/. +You can't change Twitter provider, it doesn't work like this. +When Musk gets bored with ruining it, he may very well turn of the lights and all of Twitter will never to be seen again. + +Self-hosting is not the goal in itself, as it would make no sense. +You can't self-host for self-hosting sake, as no one will be able to use it. +Only by allowing interoperability, you give it a raison d'etre. +WWW is decentralized, Email is decentralized, IRC is decentralized and so on. +And while I love the idea of self-hosting all of it, unless people who won't, can access it, it makes non sense. +This site could have been hidden behind a firewall, never to be exposed to a random visitor. +But while it is self-hosted in my living room, I allowed it to be accessed from the wild, open net. +It may go down any minute (and it will; I have no UPS), it will not matter in the grand scheme of things and millions of other sites will be there, unmoved by my sheer lack of better things to do. + +Imagine world where all of the web relies on a single provider. +It's a VC's wet dream. +We are close to that (please, don't use AWS), but we are not there yet. +The web is decentralized, interoperable and you /may/ self host how much of it as you want. + +What's more, Mathew also assumes that it's free labor. +Is it? +Some of if it, yes. +But people (like me) earn a living from developing and maintaining the open-web. +Threads, while still being Meta, is available from the Fediverse. +It's not self-hosted, but your self-hosted instance can be accessed from it. +And Zuck sure earns a lot from it. + +In fact, a lot of /centralized/ services stared as /decenrtalized/. +Remember when Slack was accessible from IRC clients? +When Google Talk was just an XMPP? +It worked much better than it does now. +And this is exactly what I advocate for. +It never was a Utopian idea, it was a reality and a normal thing. +It's the centralization of the web which is the outlier. + +Privacy is a side-product of decentralization, of self-hosting. +While it the essential, it's not the whole picture. +GDRP is a bare minimum, it's tax /we/ pay for the web of today. +It's not a cure for anything. + ** DONE Updated pages CLOSED: [2024-11-23 Sat 22:39] :PROPERTIES: diff --git a/content-org/more.org b/content-org/more.org index cd03ad8..c2ce17d 100644 --- a/content-org/more.org +++ b/content-org/more.org @@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ CLOSED: [2023-11-20 Wed 20:40] - [[/more/irc][IRC channel]] - This site has an IRC channel - [[/more/links][Links]] - Links to other sites - [[/more/bookmarks][Bookmarks]] - Links to interesting resources - * About :@more: :PROPERTIES: diff --git a/content/blog/2024/re-self-hosting.md b/content/blog/2024/re-self-hosting.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f7b252 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/re-self-hosting.md @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ ++++ +title = "RE: Self-Hosting Isn't a Solution; It's A Patch" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-11-25T21:14:00+01:00 +categories = ["blog"] +draft = false +weight = 2001 +image_dir = "blog/images" +image_max_width = 600 +Abstract = "A replly" ++++ + +Recently, an article written by Mathew Duggan titled [Self-Hosting Isn't a Solution; It's A Patch](https://matduggan.com/self-hosting-isnt-a-solution-its-a-patch/) has been shared everywhere. +Frankly, I disagree with it quite deeply. +It's not even about giving terrible examples of Apple and Fastmail as _private_ services (with servers in Australia and US, governments have a open line to get the data. Also, Apple is an ad company now as well), but more on the definition of _decentralization_. + +Mathew argues that "Self-hosting platforms are fragile." +Well, this where I can not agree, as this not the type of services I advocate for. + +Self-hosting platforms are, for the most part, ultra resilient because they don't rely on any single provider. +My Mastodon instance can be shut down by a lunatic (again), but then I can simply move to any other server. +This it root of _decentralization_ as it's based on _interoperability_. +You can't change Twitter provider, it doesn't work like this. +When Musk gets bored with ruining it, he may very well turn of the lights and all of Twitter will never to be seen again. + +Self-hosting is not the goal in itself, as it would make no sense. +You can't self-host for self-hosting sake, as no one will be able to use it. +Only by allowing interoperability, you give it a raison d'etre. +WWW is decentralized, Email is decentralized, IRC is decentralized and so on. +And while I love the idea of self-hosting all of it, unless people who won't, can access it, it makes non sense. +This site could have been hidden behind a firewall, never to be exposed to a random visitor. +But while it is self-hosted in my living room, I allowed it to be accessed from the wild, open net. +It may go down any minute (and it will; I have no UPS), it will not matter in the grand scheme of things and millions of other sites will be there, unmoved by my sheer lack of better things to do. + +Imagine world where all of the web relies on a single provider. +It's a VC's wet dream. +We are close to that (please, don't use AWS), but we are not there yet. +The web is decentralized, interoperable and you _may_ self host how much of it as you want. + +What's more, Mathew also assumes that it's free labor. +Is it? +Some of if it, yes. +But people (like me) earn a living from developing and maintaining the open-web. +Threads, while still being Meta, is available from the Fediverse. +It's not self-hosted, but your self-hosted instance can be accessed from it. +And Zuck sure earns a lot from it. + +In fact, a lot of _centralized_ services stared as _decenrtalized_. +Remember when Slack was accessible from IRC clients? +When Google Talk was just an XMPP? +It worked much better than it does now. +And this is exactly what I advocate for. +It never was a Utopian idea, it was a reality and a normal thing. +It's the centralization of the web which is the outlier. + +Privacy is a side-product of decentralization, of self-hosting. +While it the essential, it's not the whole picture. +GDRP is a bare minimum, it's tax _we_ pay for the web of today. +It's not a cure for anything. diff --git a/content/more/_index.md b/content/more/_index.md index 2f9252b..b6eb74e 100644 --- a/content/more/_index.md +++ b/content/more/_index.md @@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ abstract = "Other things on this blog" - [Contact](/blog/contact/) - How to contact me? - [IRC channel](/more/irc) - This site has an IRC channel - [Links](/more/links) - Links to other sites +- [Bookmarks](/more/bookmarks) - Links to interesting resources |