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The share of traffic to a personal blog from Google has steadily declined since July 2024, while visits from alternative search engines have risen, according to self-hosted analytics data analyzed by …
A developer shares a guide on building a homelab for self-hosting services like Nextcloud, Vaultwarden, and FreshRSS using inexpensive hardware, emphasizing digital autonomy and reducing reliance on c…