My Kobo Customizations
I recently switched from a Kindle device to a Kobo Libra 2, and have been playing around with its customization and tweaks. These are the ones I’ve found useful so…
Wildcard certificates are not always a security risk
The common, prevailing advice given regarding TLS certificates is to avoid using wildcard certificates. That is, when securing a domain, it is considered a best practice to use a certificate…
Fun and learnings with localization on Linux
I have a simple epaper dashboard project, which displays the time, date, weather and calendar entries. Of course the format is entirely specific to English, and I had naïvely assumed…
Escaping Jekyll, and moving to Eleventy
A rite of passage exists, that after a certain amount of time spent writing on a platform, a blogger feels a need to revamp or migrate to something else. I…
Appreciating F-Droid as an app developer
I used to develop my app solely for the Play Store, until just 2 years ago when I determined that the stress of arbitrary removals had accumulated to an unsustainable…
Bringing TLS 1.3 to older Android devices
Security improvements tend to be a one way street, they are usually implemented in newer versions of operating systems, and by extension, on newer mobile devices. There is an assumption…
How to run any Docker container’s traffic through Wireguard or OpenVPN
I prefer running my Torrent (and related tools) in a container, for isolation from my host OS, as well as the ability to route all of its traffic through a…