Ideas and tangible projects related to sovereign systems, agentic coding, and building for resilience.
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AutoTranscribe2
Everything-local AI driven speech-to-text tool for Apple Silicon Macs. Converts audio recordings into summarised Markdown transcripts with full transcripts and time per section. Using on-device models — no cloud, no uploads. Full control of your own data.
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TranscribeBench
A benchmarks tool to compare transcription LLM's against the same (Mozilla) dataset to compare accuracy, runtime, and failure rate on your own hardware. I used it select the best performing engine for AutoTranscribe
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resilientsystems
Hugo site for resilientsystems.eu — a publication considering exit cost, jurisdiction, and dependency risk in digital infrastructure.
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WeaveTree
Traceability tool for compliance-heavy teams — keeps laws, requirements, source documents, and delivery work tied to evidence in one inspectable model.
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Brain
Local-first AI workspace for thinking and execution. State flows through structured Markdown files — current context, todos, logs, insights, and a roadmap.
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Who Controls the Algorithms That Shape Our Elections?
An examination of how platform ranking systems shape electoral visibility, the limits of EU oversight, and why algorithmic observability matters during elections.
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Is Microsoft Authenticator a Single Point of Failure? The Attack Surface vs. Blast Radius Trade-Off
Centralised MFA reduces entry points but concentrates dependency. A structural analysis with practical mitigation strategies.
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What it really takes to leave Gmail after 20 years
A pragmatic review of leaving Gmail for Infomaniak, covering decision criteria, trade-offs, migration mistakes, and early impressions.
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How to Build Democratic Resilience in the Age of Platform Algorithms
How recommendation algorithms amplify lawful political content at scale, and why the Digital Services Act only partially constrains that effect.
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Who controls sovereignty after the contract is signed?
Sovereignty does not end at procurement. Ownership changes, acquisition clauses, and control rights often shift jurisdiction years later.
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The sovereignty question the Big Three cloud providers cannot answer
Why US hyperscalers cannot guarantee service continuity under foreign government orders, and why that matters for European digital autonomy.
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If Europe wants sovereignty, it must back its digital infrastructure
How Europe’s most successful digital assets emerged as shared infrastructure, and why industrial policy matters more than platform competition.
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When Microsoft pulled the plug
A case analysis of the 2025 ICC email shutdown showing how jurisdictional control can trigger immediate service suspension, without technical failure or breach of contract.
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Why many “sovereign clouds” aren’t actually sovereign
Data location is cosmetic. Legal authority, parent-company jurisdiction, and enforcement power determine who controls the system.
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Searching for a Simple Podcast App (Mac, iOS, Linux) Without Algorithms or Ads
Finding a simple cross-platform podcast app turns out to be surprisingly difficult, even though podcasting itself still runs on open RSS infrastructure.
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Moving from 1Password to Proton Pass
Finding a new home for my countless accounts and passwords.
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Reducing my dependence on US tech: step by step
An early progress update on reducing my dependence on US tech, covering email, storage, browsers, AI tools, e‑books, and the practical trade‑offs so far.
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Building this blog without a platform
A practical account of digital emigration: publishing a blog while reducing dependency on US tech and corporate control.
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Switching from Chrome to Vivaldi as a power user (without breaking Google Workspace)
A first-hand account of switching from Chrome to Vivaldi as a Google Workspace power user, preserving profiles, extensions and daily workflow.
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Dependency map: understanding digital lock‑in in a personal tech stack
A practical dependency map of a personal tech stack, showing how digital lock-in creates exposure to external jurisdiction and how that exposure can be reduced.
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Why I’m reducing my dependence on US tech
A personal and structural analysis of digital sovereignty, dependency concentration, and building resilience beyond US tech.