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Searching for a Simple Podcast App (Mac, iOS, Linux) Without Algorithms or Ads

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Podcasts used to be simple.

A creator publishes an RSS feed.
Listeners subscribe.
New episodes appear.

That simplicity comes from podcasting still running on open standards. Anyone can publish a feed and anyone can subscribe.

That simplicity is becoming harder to find.

Many podcast apps now resemble social platforms. They promote trending shows, push recommendations, and encourage discovery through curated feeds. Some include advertising layers or subscription models.

The underlying infrastructure has not changed. RSS still powers podcasting.

Moving from 1Password to Proton Pass

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Trigger

There was a time when “US-based” simply meant global, stable, and inevitable.

My digital stack reflected that assumption. Passwords in 1Password. Files in North American clouds. Identity tied to platforms embedded in the US legal and economic sphere. All eggs in one basket — a basket that had always felt sturdy.

As geopolitical tensions increased — including discussions around Greenland’s geopolitical positioning — I reconsidered this position.

Nothing about 1Password itself raised alarms. The service remained strong. The interface remained elegant. 1Password is Canadian, not American — but it runs on AWS and operates within the same Five Eyes legal framework and the broader North American regulatory environment. So I decided to look elsewhere.

Reducing my dependence on US tech: step by step

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A progress update on reducing my dependence on US tech, covering email, storage, browsers, AI tools, e‑books, and the practical trade‑offs so far.

Why I started, and why I’m still cautious

This journey started as a risk assessment, not a moral stance. The core question wasn’t whether US platforms are good or bad, but what my exit cost actually is if legal, political, or commercial assumptions change.

Over time, I realised how deeply my digital life depended on a small number of US-based platforms, and how tightly those services are coupled. The problem isn’t any single dependency, but the way they reinforce each other. Leaving one service often means touching several others at once.

Building this blog without a platform

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This blog is about digital resilience.

Resilience, as used here, means designing systems so that shocks, failures, and shifts in external conditions do not propagate into collapse. It is the ability to continue, adapt, or move when the environment becomes unstable.

Geopolitics has entered that environment.

Once stable alliances shift. Projected jurisdictions no longer seem harmless. Economic incentives realign. Technology infrastructure, often assumed neutral, sits downstream from these forces.

Before writing a single post, I had to decide how this blog itself would exist.

Switching from Chrome to Vivaldi as a power user (without breaking Google Workspace)

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I’m a power user of Gmail, Drive, Docs and Google Apps Script. For years, that made Chrome the obvious choice. It’s tightly integrated, predictable, and guaranteed to work well with that stack.

I also rely heavily on fully separated browser profiles to keep my private life, company work and client projects cleanly apart. That setup isn’t a preference. It’s how I stay focused and sane.

For a long time, I never questioned this arrangement.

Dependency map: understanding digital lock‑in in a personal tech stack

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This page documents the structural dependencies in my personal tech stack. Not just the tools I use, but the underlying layers they quietly rely on to function.

The goal is to make digital lock‑in visible. I use this map to understand and reduce how structural dependencies in my tech stack translate into vulnerability to external jurisdiction and policy overreach.

Lock‑in rarely lives in a single app. It emerges from connected dependencies: identity, storage, devices, formats and ecosystems reinforcing each other.

Why I’m reducing my dependence on US tech

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This site examines what happens when digital dependency meets power.

For years, my digital life sat comfortably inside one legal sphere. Different companies. Different products. One jurisdiction.

That concentration felt normal. Efficient. Invisible.

I no longer treat it as neutral.

Two wake-up calls

In 2025, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court lost access to his Microsoft email account after U.S. sanctions were imposed. A European judicial institution found itself digitally constrained through a corporate platform governed by foreign law.