I have started migrating content to my Hugo blog at https://blog.cavelab.dev, already migrated pages will redirect there.
Meta:About
This website owned and operated by me, Thomas. This is where I write about things that I learn, build and find interesting. Say hi!
Web stack
Apps and scripts
- Job runner bash script
- ImageMagick (thumbnail generation)
- Mathoid; cli (Math extension)
- Poppler-utils; pdfinfo, pdftotext (PdfHandler extension)
MediaWiki
See the Special:Version page for version and extension information.
Running cost
So what does it cost per month to keep a website like this going?
| Service | What | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Hetzner Cloud | VPS | $13 [cost 1] |
| Plausible | Privacy-focused web analytics | $4 |
| Domeneshop | Domain name | $1 |
| updown.io | Website monitoring | $0.5 |
| Cloudflare | DNS | $0 |
| Report-URI | Real-time reporting | $0 |
| YouTube | Video hosting | $0 |
| Grand total | $18.5 | |
- ↑ CX31
Domain name
I've been using the uCtrl name for this site for a long time... I first got the domain uctrl.net back in 2009, uctrl.org in 2017, and uctrl.dev in 2019. The "u" represents both μ (micro) and you, "ctrl" is of course control.
Late 2019 I decided to change it to stdout.no (stdout meaning Standard Output — "the default file descriptor where a process can write output.") There was a few reasons for this;
- I really liked it; it is short and sweet, and was available.
- The standard output definition fits very well with what this site is; a dumping ground for my projects, notes and thoughts.
- I wanted a .no domain, as they are handled by the Norwegian state-owned non-profit organization Norid.
Inspiration
Here are some blogs that I have looked to for inspiration;
