I keep everything I do as minimal as possible.

Everything is documented using either sh scripts or markdown style plain text files. If I need anything more than that, I’m over complicating things for my brain.

The upside to this approach is that it works anywhere because it’s all just text files and it’s very tiny in size. I am more interested in making low-power/low-spec things work so less is appropriate.

I have lots of scripts and aliases since I run a very mininal setup.

The aliases are automatically set when I start a new shell and I have a shortcut command to cat the alias file so I can quickly view what aliases and functions I have saved.

I also have a folder that contains all my notes and scripts. It’s all organized and it acts as a staging area before I move any scripts to the proper location or device.

I found a hobby in writing scripts. I’ve been spending a lot of time writing my own backup system that uses rsync and it’s nearing completion which I’m excited about. It’s been something I’ve been working building on and off since the new year began.

I’m currently in the process of setting up my home server again but this was basically my setup before. Alpine Linux + SSH + Docker and I kept everything to a minimum.

This time I’m setting up rootless Podman in place of Docker and as of today the switch over is complete.

I’m thinking of trying to use wireguard as a way to secure my ssh port but I’m still trying to learn and figure out if that’s possible.

With all the security and trust issues hitting the self-hosting headlines, less and simple is completely fine with me.

For blogs I found two interesting projects that are super minimal. BashWrite uses only bash and sed commands but it seems to be no longer under development.

Another bash script that seems to have more development activity is BSSG. This one requires a markdown processor such as cmark or pandoc but it’s still quite minimal.

I love minimalism and writing scripts so these two projects really interest me.

I run a super minimal setup for my server and home network devices but I still like to see how the self-hosting scene is evolving. It’s changed so much in the last year alone.

I think one reason why I choose to run such a minimal setup is because there’s so many trust issues that seem to be developing over time with so many different projects. At the very least, every weekly newsletter keeps me inspired to keep creating my own projects.

Recently I just finished writing my own back up system including rotating out old backups using only rsync and POSIX portable shell commands. I wrote the scripts to be adaptable to many uses outside of just backups so I am really proud of how they turned out.

My next self-hosting project is something far more absurd and I’m excited to start developing it.