/~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~\

Title: It's Not So Easy
Date: August 22, 2026

|~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~|

  I get so annoyed these days when people just say "Host
your own $thing" like it's as simple as that. It's not just
"plot software in slot and go", /especially/ when it comes
to /anything/ connected to the internet. It hasn't been
that simple in decades.

  For the last several days, my website's been down because
of shitty security scanner bots, web crawlers, and AI slop
scrapers just smashing nginx. I made the mistake of only
/briefly/ enabling PHP on the server in hopes of setting up
Dokuwiki. That was a major mistake apparently, because it's
what started that whole mess.

  I've been wanting to do more with the web, but with how
dangerous LLMs have become, it's extremely difficult not to
get blasted off of it by the worst of developers and
companies.

  At this point, protocols like gopher, gemini/spartan,
NNTP, XMPP, and such just seem like the safer options. I'd
rather set up a Fuzzball MUCK[0] server than deal with all
of the complexities of nginx, the JavaScript zealots, and
just.../that/. Actually... MUCKs would probably be a great
replacement for Discord. Hmmm...

\~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~/

[0]: https://www.fuzzball.org/