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WebDAV isn't dead yet

I should have titled this post “I hate S3”. 📢 What is the status quo? FTP is dead (yay), SFTP is too dependent on SSH and unix authentication. AWS made S3 pervasive and now every webapp that needs to store files assumes you’ll be able to connect it S3. This …

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Reclaiming IPv4 Class E's 240.0.0.0/4

Ever since the supply of fresh IPv4 address blocks was depleted there has been a number of interesting market changes, mostly around the costs to either acquire or lease IPv4 address blocks. Since the demand for IPv4 addressing has not changed that much, prices have gone up, and more providers like AWS, Hetzner, OVH…