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How I built a privacy-first analytics system for mxd.codes using Next.js API routes, PostgreSQL and MaxMind GeoLite2 -without any third-party tracking service.

After releasing Colota 1.0 as an open-source Android GPS tracker, I spent the last months rebuilding the map engine, adding automatic tracking profiles, geofence-based pause zones, and a bunch of smaller improvements.

Learn how to generate and automate Let's Encrypt wildcard SSL certificates for Nginx using Docker and Cloudflare DNS API. Secure all your subdomains with easy setup, automatic renewal, and zero-downtime Nginx reloads.

Learn how to integrate Plausible Analytics into a Next.js App Router project with route tracking and ad blocker-resistant proxying. A complete guide for privacy-focused, cookie-free analytics.

Learn how to automate backups for PostgreSQL and MariaDB running in Docker containers on a server. Protect your data with this simple, customizable backup script, ensuring regular backups with minimal effort.

Learn how to integrate Webmentions into your Next.js site using PostgreSQL. Enhance engagement, foster social interactions, and build a dynamic web community with this step-by-step guide.

A containerized web version for staticmaps with express.

MapProxy is a powerful open-source proxy for geospatial data that allows for efficient caching and serving of map tiles. Combining MapProxy with Docker and Nginx can provide a scalable and easily manageable solution for serving cached map tiles.

How to transform and optimize images with imgproxy hosted with docker for your Next.js application.

This article will explain to you how you can create an Azure Storage Account, prepare AzCopy locally and how to create a bash script which will be used to copy your local Proxmox Backups via AzCopy to an Azure Storage Account by a cost effective way.

With Gatsby 4 bringing in Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and Deferred Static Generation (DSG) you need an alternative methode to just hosting static files. Each page using SSR or DSG will be rendererd after a user requests it so there has be a server in the background which will handle these requests and build the pages if needed.

How I track my location continuously with Colota, my self-developed Android app, store it in PostgreSQL with PostGIS, serve vector tiles via Martin and render an interactive map with MapLibre GL JS.

This article shows you how can host your Next.js site on a (virtual private) server with Nginx, a CI/CD pipeline via PM2 and Github Webhooks.

With AWS (and in particular the free AWS contingent) you have the option of a static website with a custom domain for a few Hosting cents a month including CDN via CloudFront and CI/CD integration.