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Bruce Röttgers

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Hi 👋, I'm a 18 year old programmer based in Germany and spend my time making new projects -- most notably Pageturner -- the online community for readers.

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Don't stop at Signal: Here are more fantastic privacy alternatives to popular services

Jan 10, 2021 4 min read 58 views

After the coming changes to WhatsApp's privacy policy were announced, many people rushed to install Signal as an alternative to WhatsApp, making it the most installed app in some app stores. If you were one of these people, congrats and welcome to Si...

How to set up a reverse proxy with HTTPS in less than 2 minutes with Caddy on Ubuntu

Oct 27, 2020 2 min read 393 views

Tired of nginx? Try Caddy -- a full featured web server that automatically handles HTTPS and SSL and is easily configurable. Prerequisites A VPS (I recommend Hetzner) Basic understanding of Ubuntu + Terminal Install Caddy echo "deb [trusted=yes] ht...

The better VPS - More for Less: Hetzner vs. DigitalOcean

Oct 27, 2020 2 min read 79 views

DigitalOcean has a great offering -- a minimal, intuitive and easy UI and competitive prices. But few know Hetzner, which has not only a cheaper base tier and the same minimal and intuitive UI, but also more powerful servers for the same price. The o...