Articles tagged as "self-hosting"

In a world in which things are being removed from the web, it can be amazing to have your own personal collection of gems. Read-it-later apps seek to be the solution, allowing you to save webpages to a location that will be persistent even if the original webpage is removed. There are a bunch of these applications, including pocket, ArchiveBox, and omnivore (which I have written about quite a bit on this blog). This week I discovered Readdeck which may be the perfect solution for those that love the open-source nature of omnivore, but are looking for something much more lightweight.

I had always imagined that email would be hard work. Many VPS providers block outgoing email to help prevent spam, and I was never inclined to setup a gmail for smtp. Instead, I wanted a dedicated email domain that would act like a bot that links up various services and helps me stay on top of notifications. Turns out, it was pretty straightforward, and one day in, seems to be functioning as intended.