Jonathan Poland (30)

Improving IoT device security using Cloudflare

Many people run a few "internal" services on their home networks. I have a Raspberry Pi running Plex. A synology NAS running some docker containers and other things. Your router probably has a web interface, which hopefully isn't wide open to the outside world. My…

Self-hosted analytics review 2021

I've been hosting my own web analytics with Countly on Digitial Ocean for awhile now. It's pretty maintenance free. I had one hiccup where the logs filled the disks, but otherwise, it just keeps working. However, the version is old, and newer versions no longer…

Synthesis "School" Review: Look elsewhere

If you have kids, you've probably become more involved in their schooling since the COVID pandemic started. Unschooling, homeschooling, online schooling, and more...there are many options in this growing space. I came across Synthesis school on Twitter and tried it out. In this article, I…

Chicken Coop: Lessons learned 2 years in

I've had my chicken coop for more than 2 years now. For the most part, it has been working great. I can easily leave the chickens for a week, no matter the season, and not worry. In this post, I'll detail some of the things…

Using Wave and Twilio to simplify accounting

With my second year of rentals complete, I've started to look at improvements. There are a few pain points I set out to solve: I decided to drop the spreadsheet and use Wave instead. Wave is a free online accounting software. It's meant for running a…