Develop Anywhere with VS Code Server

Published at December 23, 2020 ·  12 min read

This tutorial is inspired from this tweet by Tim Myer and the video he later posted. I’ve heard of code-server in the past but as a diehard Sublime user I haven’t made any attempts to expand past my normal setup and workflow. However, seeing this in action was impressive! Tim setup a virtual machine on a cloud provider along with an HTTP/S server and TLS certificates. Altogether a lot of steps....

Remotely Access and Control Home Assistant

Published at December 22, 2020 ·  11 min read

Home Assistant is a free and open-source system for home automation and allows you to view the status and control various IoT and smart devices in your home. Once Home Assistant is setup it will scan your network for devices and identify them. You can setup credentials for these devices and with the help of a plugin for the device, it can be controlled and automated through Home Assistant’s web dashboard....

Manage Passwords Securely with Bitwarden

Published at December 19, 2020 ·  11 min read

Bitwarden is a password manager and secure vault application. It’s a great alternative to very popular password managers such as LastPass and 1Password. Bitwarden provides it’s own hosting services but it’s open-source which makes it easy to host on your own. Secure Password Management Hosting a password vault and having the ability to inspect and audit the data it stores provides piece of mind. Bitwarden doesn’t sacrifice convenience and comes with companion applications for iOS and Android....

Self-host Wallabag & Archive the Web

Published at July 5, 2020 ·  14 min read

Wallabag is an opensource application for saving and archiving web pages. It provides an identical service to bookmarking sites such as Readability, Instapaper, and Pocket. Save, classify and archive web pages There are many reasons why Wallabag is an attractive alternative to these commecial services. Instapaper has changed hands once, Readability was shutdown and Pocket has also changed hands was purchased by the Mozilla Foundation. For those who self-host one driving concern is keeping data on a platform that unsure of its future....