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totally understand. I think distribution on the Web is a lot easier than building desktop applications for Linux/Mac/Windows. Also, sometimes I need to merge pdfs when I'm on my Android device, which would be another target to build an application for. Web makes it easy for me across a huge variety of devices

I used to use the other free online services, which send my files to their servers in order to perform the processing.

I moved to using a docker container when I became concerned about privacy (I merge a lot of invoices and financial documents)

So I built my own, free, privacy centric version

I actually posted about my own Docker setup this morning: https://ryansouthgate.com/secure-node-in-docker/

I use this on all my front end projects and it protects my "host" machine from malicious packages, it's not a silver bullet though; other practices, e.g. good secret management, will help harden your dev environment from these attacks

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duct

the history of over-promising and under delivering: https://motherfrunker.ca/fsd/

An example of a simple Home Assistant automation (Android notification) being provided by a simple F# api.

Bin puns aplenty

just a small webapp - https://uplowder.com/

I need to transfer photos of receipts/invoices (taken with my phone) to accounting software on my laptop. Google Pictures/Drive is too cumbersome

1. open url on laptop

2. scan QR code with phone

3. choose files/take a picture of receipt on phone

4. appears on laptop

Files are E2E encrypted, as I used it as an excuse to play around with the JavaScript "SubtleCrypto" API

fantastic reference! made me chuckle

couldn't agree more with the section about Ghost, their shifted focus is something I've picked up on recently too [0]. I started to dislike their interface more and more when creating/editing posts. Couple that with the regular "your theme is no longer supported" messages, I got fed up of burning time to keep up with their updates, which offered no benefits to me. I quit and moved to Hugo (using a ghost-to-hugo migration tool [1]).

[0] https://ryansouthgate.com/goodbye-ghost-hello-hugo/#im-no-lo...

[1] https://github.com/jbarone/ghostToHugo

It's great to see others doing this and writing about it. I too browse /r/homelab and look at some of the power-hungry monsters people are running. Given energy price rises in my country (UK), it makes them too expensive to run.

I've managed to get my setup [0], consuming ~8w (idle + running my blog). Going from an old laptop with a broken screen, putting it to use instead of making it e-waste, does feel good

[0] https://ryansouthgate.com/my-old-laptop-is-my-new-web-server...

pretty sure it's broken, I've been playing for over an hour and haven't won a single deck! :P