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Setting up a Matrix chat server

 Last time I started writing this post, I ended up explaining how federated services work in general, and what Matrix can do in particular. This post will describe how to set up a homeserver of your own and join the Matrix chat network. Initial considerationsI will be using the reference server implementation, Synapse. It offers two options for data storage: Postgres or SQLite. Since I only plan to use it myself, and even then I'm not sure whether I'll actually end up using it much (any chat platform is only useful if people you want to talk to actually use...
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Privacy, data ownership, federation, and the Matrix chat network

 Matrix is a federated chat network. If you already know what it means, feel free to skip ahead a bit. Otherwise, here's the (very terse)[1] gist of it: The gist of it There are a number of issues with chat apps. Let's disregard those of accessibility or usability - there are plenty of tools with great user experiences, so everyone can find something just right. Let's just focus on two common issues: privacy and ownership. Privacy - and I also include security in this, since you can hardly have privacy if your communication lines aren't secure[2] - determines...
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Trying out Passbolt (with Docker)

 A step-by-step guide for getting from a clean Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to a running Passbolt instance with a simplistic Docker setup....
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Running Huginn with Docker

 Last time I've written about using Huginn. I have never actually used Docker before, but I've decided to give it a go. I'm hosting various pieces of software on my server, which run on anything from Go to PHP. And given my few, but all the more unpleasant experiences with Ruby, I'd decided that I'd rather move most of my software to Docker than try to install yet another stack on my server. So yeah, you could say this XKCD strip summarizes my intentions with Docker perfectly. The setupThe setup itself wasn't difficult. Huginn even lets you try it out...
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Playing with Huginn: "Your agents are standing by!"

 "Huginn is a system for building agents and performing automated tasks online." Here's how I found it, made a personal newsletter (and some other stuff) with it. Next time: Docker setup....
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