Aykhan Shahsuvarov

Why I Fell Down the Self-Hosting Rabbit Hole (And Never Looked Back)

First of all, why self-host? Like many people, I was tired of relying on big tech companies for everything in my digital life. Privacy concerns, rising subscription costs, and lack of control over my own data are valid reasons... but honestly, that’s not why I started. I’m not

Store Your Bluesky Data on Your Own Server (Self-Hosted PDS)

Introduction In this post, I won't explain what Bluesky is or why you should use it instead of X (formerly Twitter). I’ll assume you already know that Bluesky is a decentralized social network where different services (storage, backend, client, etc.) can be self-hosted. Instead, I’ll focus