European institutions seem to be all in when it comes to introducing age verification mandates for citizens in member states: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/commission-sets-out-common-approach-eu-wide-age-verification-technologies

I now have daily anxiety thinking about the future of the fediverse.

So how do I channel this fear and turn it into something constructive? I'm going back to writing #selfhosting guides for newbies.

It's a great distraction, which gives me a bit of hope. Especially the next guide, which will cover my favorite fediverse software - #GoToSocial (which is powering this instance) - and how to install and configure it. Your own little home on the fediverse! Lightweight and features-packed.

Surely something like this would fall outside the scope of regulation. Right? Right?

#MySoCalledSudoLife #YunoHost #VPS #AgeVerification #privacy #EUBigTech

Attached is my Hetzner bill.

It has grown noticeably even though I deleted an extra VPS during this period.

The amount rose from a steady 28.23 euros to 37.15 euros in June.
That works out to roughly a 31 percent increase.

This does not yet include the latest price adjustment they announced for mid June! It only applies to new orders and rescales of existing cloud instances.

Existing contracts keep the old rates.

It already looks worrying.

The end of a cheap-VPS-era is here!

#Hetzner #SelfHosting #CloudCosts #PriceIncrease #Inflation #Crysis #Cloud #VPS #Fediverse

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Screenshot of a Hetzner invoices table from January 22 to June 22 2026. Columns show Date, Inv-No, PDF button, Amount in euros and Status. First four months list 28.23 euros. May shows 36.92 euros and June shows 37.15 euros. All six rows have green settled badges.

I'm trying to figure out the cheapest way to run some more powerful (than #VPS) servers connected to the internet. I have lots of computers at my house, but Quantum Fiber doesn't do static IP addresses and getting Comcast Business internet would cost an extra $110 a month, with the only difference being a static IP address.

Alternatively, I could get a VPS for a lot less that comes with a static IP address and set up a VPN and connect my home server(s) to that. More private that way, too.

Forgejo: https://forgejo.org ...

"Forgejo is a Free Software platform for collaboration and productivity in software development. It offers a familiar environment to GitHub users, easy installation and maintenance, and a focus on security, scaling, federation and privacy."

... codeberg has a nice setup (via forgejo) if you don't want to self-host.

#git #forgejo #scm #vcs #sources #source #code #vps #gitlab #github #codeberg #hosting

This keeps everything entirely under your own control.

#SelfHosting #WebMasters #WebLords #HestiaCP #VPS #Domains