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- Sep 12, 2020
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What tech projects are you working currently on or have you done so far? What interesting DIY projects can you recommend?
It doesn't matter if it's hardware or software-related.
I'm currently fiddling around with Docker, trying my hand at designing a web shop, which I would like to connect with a forum (based on MyBB) at the end. In the past I have assembled a DIY air quality monitor, and my daily driver is a Pi-hole which I highly recommend if you want to keep a little bit of privacy and security. It turns a Raspberry Pi (also available as Docker container) into a DNS server, and lets ads, trackers, but also phishing sites (if you have activated the respective filter lists) disappear into a sinkhole. However, it is not an ad blocker, but the difference with(out) Pi-hole is noticeable imho.
Other interesting things to self host would be RSS readers or your own cloud, such as Nextcloud.
With micro controllers or single board computers, there are countless ways to put something interesting together. If I can motivate myself to do so, I would assemble a DIY Geiger counter. Overall, I find the biometric sensors interesting. For example, it's possible, to determine the alcohol in your breath or body temperature with DIY devices, it is even possible to assemble a polygraph ("lie detector" (which concept as such I consider bullshit)).
There are a lot of interesting things that I unfortunately can't motivate myself to do anymore, but I'm still interested in what projects you're working on right now.
It doesn't matter if it's hardware or software-related.
I'm currently fiddling around with Docker, trying my hand at designing a web shop, which I would like to connect with a forum (based on MyBB) at the end. In the past I have assembled a DIY air quality monitor, and my daily driver is a Pi-hole which I highly recommend if you want to keep a little bit of privacy and security. It turns a Raspberry Pi (also available as Docker container) into a DNS server, and lets ads, trackers, but also phishing sites (if you have activated the respective filter lists) disappear into a sinkhole. However, it is not an ad blocker, but the difference with(out) Pi-hole is noticeable imho.
Other interesting things to self host would be RSS readers or your own cloud, such as Nextcloud.
With micro controllers or single board computers, there are countless ways to put something interesting together. If I can motivate myself to do so, I would assemble a DIY Geiger counter. Overall, I find the biometric sensors interesting. For example, it's possible, to determine the alcohol in your breath or body temperature with DIY devices, it is even possible to assemble a polygraph ("lie detector" (which concept as such I consider bullshit)).
There are a lot of interesting things that I unfortunately can't motivate myself to do anymore, but I'm still interested in what projects you're working on right now.
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