Tools

For almost as long as I’ve been self-hosting, I’ve been running my own instance of Vaultwarden, previously bitwarden-rs. A self-contained lightweight server implementation of the Bitwarden password manager it allows me to have full control over my password data without relying on a third-party service. Why Self-Host? The primary driver behind self-hosting Vaultwarden was to save on cost. Although Bitwarden has generous pricing tiers for personal use, I wanted to avoid having to pay extra money for essential features like 2FA and Passkey support. By self-hosting, I can access all these features for free while maintaining full control over my data. ...

From when I first upgraded my 3D printer to use Octoprint in 2020 one part of the setup that has been essential has been the ability to monitor and control my printer remotely. Initially I used a seperate Raspberry Pi 3b+ with a USB webcam streaming over octoprint’s mjpeg streamer. This worked well for a while but the quality was limited to 640x480 and the frame rate was low, making it hard to see fine details of the print. ...

One of the most useful tools as a software developer is a personal wiki. As a software developer I often have to deal with obtuse documentation, complex systems, and a lot of information that I need to keep track of. A personal wiki allows me to organize this information in a way that makes sense to me, and to easily find it when I need it. One thing I do want to clarify is the difference between wiki software and solutions like Google Docs or a something like Google Keep. Whilst these solutions can be used to take notes, they lack the structure and organization that a wiki provides. A wiki allows you to create a hierarchy of information, with pages that can link to other pages, and categories that can group related information together. This makes it much easier to find what you are looking for, and to see how different pieces of information are related. ...