Hey!
https://slashdot.org/comments....

Looks like what you need to me. What do you think?

I wrote;

"I am pretty sure you will find modules to do what you need since the eco-system is very large."

This looks like it and it's hosted on apache.org thus making pretty shielded from proprietary solutions:
https://apisix.apache.org/?utm...
  more details:
https://navendu.me/posts/hands...

I often hear "apache does not do this" while in fact it does...

Just switch to apache which comes with reverse proxy capabilities out of the box. I am pretty sure you will find modules to do what you need since the eco-system is very large.

I have been using it for ages, 25+ years and I have always resisted going to proprietary solutions like nginx and the like. The common thing you will hear is that nginx is faster because it is event based but apache mod-event supports event-based as well and that's what I use on my reverse proxies and I don't believe nginx is really faster.

Well, I guess it's nice to support JPEG XL if you want to access an online photo album or something like that using that format but for website development, I'd stick to more conventional image formats anyway to make sure it is supported by a variety of browsers.

I guess you and GP should go read about LDAP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
list of available server software:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

You'd only need to get a $5/month vm on linode or something like that, have your home computer connect to it with openvpn then connect to your home computer via the linode vm IP.

I have even often map static ip addresses to home computers with such a scheme so I don't really care about CGNAT anymore.

Yeah so rude for the poor dinosaurs, maybe they were having sex.

Anyway, I would have called them the "Lovers Dinosaurs" which is much more respectful for those poor peaceful gentle creatures which for some reasons we always paint as violent.

Of course "real" organic foods have less pesticides and unwanted chemical traces.

Exactly this! Also some niche local farmers use no pesticide at all so their products wouldn't support being shipped and processed along the way, they would surely arrive all rotten. Also, as you say, it tastes better and chances are it more nutritive too.

A good analogy is commercial mayonnaise sold in jars. Good for several months in the fridge even if opened and good only for a few days if you make your own.

Sure, simple web pages work fine in bash scripts. Use http basic auth for simple status pages and you are good to go!

Well, on the plus side, our own infrastructure got a performance boost at exactly the same time because bots running on Amazon cloud couldn't resolve our hostnames to scan them and attempt to break in as they do daily!

Yeah, that's exactly what I came here to post, well, basically. More precisely, I was going to post that the only way I could see php was going down in popularity is that the same developers segment with propensity to use php would use node, js and the likes.

Not for me anyway, I prefer using a "real" programming languages for anything above really small quick and dirty applications instead of interpreted scripting languages and I find it pays off in the long term. For quick and dirty, I simply use bash scripts.

Agreed, I use VPNs a lot but I never used even once a commercial VPN and I wouldn't use Firefox free one either.

As a matter of fact, those can just concentrate the watching and tracking to one more single point yet.

I use several VPNs at the same time that don't change the default route on my desktop and several others on my router which may change the default route or not. On the desktop, it's to access protected resources. On the router, it's usually to optimize latency and throughput by routing through more efficient gateways over the public Internet using servers I have control of.

You may missing a point, your subscription you engage yourself by contract to keep for a year becomes a financial asset for the company which can then use it to get loans, raise their stock value, etc. etc.

If you can then reverse your engagement as you see fit, nothing holds anymore.

Well, if you sign/engage yourself say for 1 year, it's a contract. If you want to stop using the service after 2 months, the service provider is in its full right to require a payment for the full year if he wants to, I don't see anything predatory with that. Consider yourself lucky if the service provider accepts to only bill you for say, 6 months.

Just don't engage yourself by contract if you don't expect to keep your words or ask for cancellation terms in advance if you don't keep your words.