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Notes on the decentralized web, self-hosting, and owning your corner of it.
- 2026-06-14 · Rick Rohrig
Run It Yourself, or Let Me Run It
Two honest ways to live on the decentralized web — let me run it for you, or run it yourself. From a managed Home Port to your own bare-metal server.
Read → - 2026-06-14 · Rick Rohrig
You Can Take It With You
The app you're using runs on Cloudflare. It doesn't have to — and that's exactly why building it there was a safe choice.
Read → - 2026-06-13 · Rick Rohrig
Why we connect to both — and why you should use the freedom
There are two great open social networks. Picking a side rebuilds the walls. highseas speaks both — and that is the whole point of decentralization.
Read → - 2026-06-12 · Rick Rohrig
The AT Protocol: bring your identity with you
ATProto takes a different swing at decentralization than the fediverse — built around portable identity that no server can hold hostage.
Read → - 2026-06-11 · Rick Rohrig
The Fediverse: a social web that nobody owns
Thousands of independent servers, one shared language. How ActivityPub builds a social network with no owner — and why that matters.
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