Deekshith (@dsoft@techhub.social)

Now that Twitter's policy re-allows posting this, I am active on the #Fediverse. Meet me on: • #Mastodon (posts): @dsoft@techhub.social (techhub.social/@dsoft) • #Pixelfed (pics): @dk@pixelfed.social pixelfed.social/dk Meet me anywhere else: meet.deekshith.in

Crowdstrike released a faulty update that brought down so many corporate Windows systems down. If you are wondering how big the Crowdstrike mishap is, here is some data from their website #windows #CyberSecurity #Crowdstrike

Finally was able to setup #Ubuntu server with #BTRFS, #LUKS Full disk encryption (#FDE), auto decrypt partitions with a USB key without need to enter LUKS password on boot and loving it ❤️ More on this here: techhub.social/@dsoft/110119…

#Android apps digitally signed by China’s third-biggest e-commerce company exploited a zero-day vulnerability that allowed them to surreptitiously take control of millions of end-user devices to steal personal data and install malicious #apps : arstechnica.com/information-…

A poor man's internet speed test: askubuntu.com/a/104769 Convenient to use on machines where we do not want to install additional software to run a speed test.

Frustrating to constantly encounter surprised and open-mouthed faces in all #YouTube thumbnails. It appears to be a tactic used to capture the viewer's attention and manipulate the algorithm into thinking the video is more interesting, making it more likely to go viral.

An awesome thread regarding useful self hosted services: reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comm… Alternate: teddit.net/r/selfhosted/comm… #selfhost #selfhosting #selfhosted

Twitter bans mentioning Mastodon or other social profiles in tweets or in the bio. I think I am done with this drama here. I cannot even tell you where else to follow me without violating their terms but I am sure you'll figure out :) help.twitter.com/en/rules-an…

Crontab.guru is a very useful if you need help with cron syntax. I've been using it for many years now. It's not like #cron has a complicated syntax but helps with slightly trickier things like doing something once every 1st Monday of every month. #linux #unix #DevOps

Started self hosting @AdGuard #DNS and very happy with it. Surprised to see almost 20% of the DNS traffic is analytics/telemetry. Serving ~40k queries per day with hardly any bump in memory/CPU usage on the server. Written in #Golang #selfhosted

Google Play is planning to ban ad blockers on #Android > The VPNService cannot be used to: Manipulate ads that can impact apps monetization. support.google.com/googlepla… #AndroidApps #adblock #GooglePlay #PlayStore #Google

She might be a #Javascript programmer 🤣 "1"+2 = "12" #programming #programmingjoke #programmingmemes

#Gitlab plans to delete all repositories that have no commits in over an year 🥺 Of course they have the freedom to do what they like but I am glad I did not migrate to it. Thinking of #SelfHosted #Gitea instance for the future. theregister.com/2022/08/04/g…

Did we hug #HackerNews to death? 💀 #HackerNewsDown

Is your old computer unbearably slow? Replacing the Hard disk with SSD is usually a quick and cheap way to upgrade it ⚡

Raspberry Pis are out of stock for a long time now. Trying back order but estimated shipping is an year from now(5/9/2023) 😕 I need to find an alternative soon to keep running my Nextcloud instance if the current one dies. #selfhosting #raspberrypi #nextcloud