What I learned while things broke
Bitcoin
Why running a full node matters, what this section covers, and what the February server brings to a Bitcoin deployment.
Read more ⟶Tor Onion Services
The source material covers configuring .onion addresses for self-hosted services. This series does not include them, for the same reasons given in the Tor introduction.
Read more ⟶Tor Relay
The source material covers running a Tor relay to contribute bandwidth to the Tor network. This series does not include it.
Read more ⟶Tor Hidden Services
The source material includes extensive Tor hidden service configuration. This series does not. Here is why.
Read more ⟶Media Streaming Server
Jellyfin replaces Plex in this series. Plex changed its remote playback model in April 2025. Jellyfin is free, open source, and has no such restrictions.
Read more ⟶BitTorrent Server
Transmission as a headless server daemon. Downloads run continuously, seedbox-style, without needing a desktop client to stay open.
Read more ⟶SIP Proxy Server
The source material covers repro from the reSIProcate project. repro has been abandoned. FreePBX with Asterisk is the current recommendation.
Read more ⟶On gender and identity
A first public statement, written slowly over a long time.
Read more ⟶VoIP Server
a self-hosted PBX for internal extensions across all three sites, connected to the public telephone network via a SIP trunk.
Read more ⟶Video Conferencing Server
self-hosted video conferencing that runs in the browser, requires no app, and keeps call data on your own infrastructure.
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