More than five years have passed since my last blog series on Gitea.1 In the meantime, Gitea has gained a more powerful fork in Forgejo,2 which has long been part of my daily workflow. Having recently shut down my Gitea instance running as a jail on TrueNAS,3 I will outline how I have adapted a Forgejo instance to my specific needs. Read more

Why is the ransomware business model so successful? How do criminals manage to steal data, encrypt it and often also destroy data backups? According to a representative survey conducted by BITKOM over the past 12 months, 60% of companies in Germany have been affected1. A brief excursion into this topic, my work and how I was able to help a company save EUR 17,000. Read more