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Data Act: cloud exit fees banned from 2027
From January 12, 2027, the EU Data Act prohibits cloud exit fees. What this changes for your hosting strategy and contracts.
Short TLS certificates: automate with ACME
Let's Encrypt moves to 64-day certificates on February 10, 2027, then 45 days. Timeline, ARI and a checklist for certbot, acme.sh, Caddy, Traefik, nginx.
Self-host Karakeep on a VPS: AI bookmark manager with Ollama
Deploy Karakeep on your VPS: a self-hosted bookmark manager that auto-tags and summarises what you save, using local Ollama.
Securing Your npm CI Supply Chain After AsyncAPI
Lockfile policy, hash verification, SLSA provenance and automated SCA: how to harden your CI pipeline after the AsyncAPI incident of July 2026.
AI Crawlers: taking back control over your clients' sites
Cloudflare now splits AI crawlers into three families. How to configure robots.txt and Cloudflare rules to protect your clients' sites.
Cyber Resilience Act: what changes for your clients
The CRA requires vulnerability disclosure in 24 h from September 2026. What it means in practice for agencies and developers.
SPF, DKIM, DMARC: passing the 5,000-email threshold
Gmail and Outlook reject senders without aligned SPF, DKIM and DMARC with an SMTP 550 error. Here is how to configure all three records.
SearXNG on a VPS: private metasearch for devs and AI agents
Deploy SearXNG on your VPS: a private, self-hosted metasearch engine querying Google, Bing and 280+ sources, with no tracking or API keys.
Self-host Monica personal CRM on a VPS
Deploy Monica CRM on your VPS to track contacts, interactions and reminders with Docker Compose, MariaDB and Redis — on infrastructure you own and control.
Self-host Backrest on a VPS: encrypted backups, no command line
Deploy Backrest on your VPS to schedule encrypted, deduplicated restic backups to Backblaze B2 or S3, and restore a single file in a few clicks from the browser.
Self-host ntfy on a VPS: push notifications for scripts and CI/CD
Deploy ntfy on your VPS and send push notifications from any script, cron job or CI/CD pipeline with a plain curl — no SaaS, no API key, no subscription.
Self-host Penpot: open-source Figma alternative on your VPS
Deploy Penpot on a ServOrbit VPS for a full collaborative design tool — vector prototyping, components, developer handoff — no Figma subscription, no third-party data.