The big question; GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket for future projects. On the one hand, Bitbucket requires open source licenses for every single project, not per company, whereas GitLab is self hosted all the way; you can pay for it if you want to, but that's only if you need larger features sets. I could think of @freemo on this one as a possible knowledgeable suggester?

@cambridgeport90 I realize this isn't entirely related, but how do you host things by self-hosting, without having to worry about it going offline if your computer shuts down? Do you need special hardware?

@LWFlouisa You don't use your main workstation! It only works optimally if you have servers all over the place that you own. I, of course, happen to have plenty of resources.

@cambridgeport90 I may need to think about this later, when I branch out into different software.

I still like cryptography, but it's not "computer cryptography". I really like working on the bleeding edge.

Finding new uses for old things, or finding ways to extend the use of old patterns. In this case, less about increasing security, and more finding new uses for existing security.

Not sure if that makes sense. Ex:

A Rot 13 with a mixed alphabet, still has reciprocal features, but only has the weakness if the corresponding key matches. Otherwise it's as strong as a normal mixed alphabet.

It seems like in a lot of security, the weakness isn't gotten rid of, rather the old weakness is simply transferred.
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@LWFlouisa I can agree with that. And of course, why not? Lots of software options exist. Even Windows has a lower resource option called Server Core for those who are so inclined. I want to set up something like that on my network, as well.

@cambridgeport90 I seemed to be fortunate as I belonged to a coop at the moment where I get to host my website for free: https://cybercult.org/~sarah

I'm still tweaking it, but I decided it was worth the investment to learn to build the website myself, as I'm wanting it for more than just hosting my writing.

My whole brand is a writer and illustrator.
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