Back to Mac Purchase thought process I have a Windows laptop for almost everything: works, movies, games, anything you name it. but I’m not sure why, I’ve been distracted a lot of time with it, it seems like I can’t focus more on the stuff that I need to. I
Self-hosted Cloudflare Tunnel Premise In a previous post, I discussed how I exposed my local network’s traffic without a static IP address (Start of self hosted server). However, recently, this site is down, probably because the Tailscale session is expired. Coincidentally, I discovered a better solution to this problem Enter Cloudflare Tunnel
Tech tips Niche Tools I Use Regularly Browser Selector Browser Selector is a handy tool for managing different browsers based on my needs. I need separate browsers for work, personal use, and multiple “session containers" sometime. I would consider an alternative like ArcBrowser which have everything in one, but I would wait for it become more mature.
Travels Japan Spring 2024 I’ve been in Japan for 10 night, 3 night in Tokyo, 2 night in Fujikawaguchiko, 2 night in Osaka, 2 night in Kyoto and 2 night in Nagoya, most of it was spend in sightseeing, I’ve learned so much about Japan’s culture that I really respect of,
Tutorial NordVPN with Tailscale Exit-Node Context This is for research purposes. I've been utilizing Tailscale's exit node from this blog's virtual machines, which sufficiently hides my internet tracks and improves my internet speed. For some websites, media loads noticeably slower without a VPN. I don't use it to unblock government-restricted sites, as I don't visit
Oppinion Two Weeks with Arc Browser I'm a self-proclaimed browser enthusiast. I love experimenting with new features and approaches to web browsing. From Edge's AI-powered Copilot to Firefox's innovative Container tabs, there's always something exciting on the horizon. However, each browser has its quirks that prevent me from fully committing to any single one. For example,
No Effort Posts FreshRSS and ArcBrowser are match made in heaven The default setting from ArcBrowser to "popup" link rather than new tab makes feeds easier to browse, especially with shortcut like j for next page, k for previous , space to open the link and ctrl + w to close the pop up "tab"
Rant about S20FE - Exynos variant tldr I’m a S20FE users that just switch my phone to S23 and I feel scammed by Samsung, not that because S23 isn’t a great phone, oh it’s not a perfect phone either, but the problem is that I use a supposed “flagship” experience phone for 2
What it feels like to use Linux in 2023 Premise I use Windows for my day-to-day job, but all servers mostly using Ubuntu, including my self-hosted one. I have some problems with Windows, the [win] key + [number] shortcut sometimes didn’t work, this problem has been appeared from my first install of Windows 11 and also reported via Window’
Self-hosted Expose local services securely using authentik This post will walk through my thoughts process to expose a service that runs on my local network Premise I already did expose service, which I have posted a bit from my previous blogs, quick recap on that: while I can expose services with well-known good authentication (for example grafana
Tech tips How to not get hacked This page will tell how to secure stuff after I see a lot of people hacked on my social media feeds, and I will keep this as short as possible to not get hacked, there are 2 basic rules: 1. Use your phone as a second-factor authentication 2. Don't lend
Self-hosted Orange pi 5 first impression After giving a lot of time thinking of whether I should "invest" more in a product, I finally decided to buy Orange Pi 5, this one comes without EMMC and WiFi, but it does have a slot for m2 nvme and WiFi extension. This post will talk about my first
Self-hosted Start of self hosted server The first question that appear was "why", and the answer is because: * I want to watch a movie while lying on the bed with my phone/tablet * My ISP sucks, it stops me from accessing a lot of research sites. I can use public DNS over HTTPS / VPN that I
Hello World New month, new blog again. This is a next journey for my writing adventure after a few of posts here and there, all this start from my friends little journal, to stupid writing inspired by Raditya dika's Kambing Hitam and ends up to a lot of good tech blog posted