Kittsteiner Blog

Updates

  • New self-hosting projects

    I’ve updated my self-hosting slash page with some newcomers: Check it out at https://kittsteiner.blog/self-hosting/.

  • Updated Baïkal and self-host contacts

    I used the Sunday morning to upgrade my Baïkal instance to version 0.11.0 (if you experience issues with the MySQL connection afterwards, make sure to add the new required configuration entry mysql_ca_cert to your config). And I also used it to enable CardDAV (previously I solely used it as calendar via CalDAV) and moved all…

  • New self-hosting apps

    Since I bought new RAM with double the capacity (32 GB now) for my TrueNAS, I had more room to try out new self-hosting apps. So, new on the blo(ck/g) (checkout https://kittsteiner.blog/self-hosting/) are:

  • Playing with VitePress

    Yesterday, I stumbled upon VitePress via the Dovecot documentation and I like the design. Will it be worth to migrate my existing documentations from WordPress? We’ll see … 🫣

  • TrueNAS upgraded

    I just upgraded my TrueNAS from 24.10 Electric Eel to 25.10.0 Goldeye and already with the update step 25.04 in between I’ll notice the much more snappy UI. Needed to update the password of my SMB user, though. It seems that this has been getting lost somewhere on the road. And I need to add…

  • Someone wants a boop

    Someone wants a boop

    This nose is absolutely boop-able.

  • tmutil parameters

    TIL: tmutil delete allows to add the -t parameter multiple times to delete multiple (old) backups at once: Before, I used multiple commands (since I delete the oldest 4 backups every 6 months manually) and always waited for the next command until the previous one was done …

  • Web Accessibility Cookbook

    Finally, I had the time to finish reading the Web Accessibility Cookbook by @matuzo. Have a couple to-dos to check for on my websites. Highly recommended: https://accessibility-cookbook.com

  • New plugin: product notifications

    I couldn’t find any free plugin that allows me to receive Slack notifications when a new order has been created or updated in WooCommerce. So I created it myself: https://github.com/epiphyt/product-notifications

  • Why using React for a new WordPress admin is no good idea

    Glenton Samuels commented the proposal for the future WordPress admin materials and surfaces and laid it down very clearly why using React for it is a bad idea. And I fully agree with it. Just to quote the conclusion, but it’s worth to read the full post: A full React rewrite may look cutting-edge, but…