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**2025 – my steps towards digital sovereignty**TL;DR
I fell for a strange pattern of techy computer users to describe / brag about reducing their dependance of IT services owned by US-based tech giants and other companies that embraced enshittification principles.
I didn’t invented nothing new, I just made some small steps towards better control of my data and IT equipment.
IT usage is very political imho. With the recent imperialistic developments and sharp drop in human rights in US, I feel uneasy about using their platforms (Microsoft, Google, social media). This is one of the reasons I’m trying to move away from them and towards FOSS & non-enshittified companies. The other reason is curiosity for exploring new things.
But even selecting FOSS/sustainable IT alternatives is not trivial. They usually lack polished UI, and … ugh, … sometimes there is quite some drama associated with them (e. g. main developer adopts techbro mentality).
OS
As I wrote extensively, I transitioned from Windows to Linux Mint as a daily driver in March 2025.
It’s pretty boring – Mint works, it didn’t crash beyond repair (yet), I don’t think about it anymore.
Now is Dec. and I still haven’t booted to Windows partition. It’s time to delete it and dedicate space for something else.
Browser
Firefox, but looking for alternatives. Mozilla is not my favourite company anymore because of their efforts to stick genAI into the browser and dismissing the community. Yes, I still wear their t-shirt from 2004 and probably will until it disintegrates.
Office
I cancelled to M356 subscriptions for my company and left only 1 license for special cases (spreadsheets with macros for reporting to EU and similar).
Firstly I used OpenOffice in 2003-2006 when I wrote my dissertation and MsWord started to crash after 100 pages. At that time, OpenOffice saved a lot of time, because it handled formulas and references really well. Then I stopped using it until last year. Now it’s my daily driver (Libre Office) again alongside Google Docs (yeah, I know).
I made a promise that all documents that I send out to other people will be in .odt format. In last several months I received in total 0 complaints. Even people with MSOffice can open it and probably they don’t even notice the change of the format.
I especially like (not so well known): Libre Draw for editing PDFs, Libre Write for creating ePUBs.
I also installed NextCloud and it’s NextCloud Office on my selfhosted Yuno, but I haven’t used it much yet. It looks promising, but more complex in comparison with Google Docs.
Email
I bought Tuta subscription and connected it with my domain. I’m using Linux desktop app, mobile app alongside Gmail.
I haven’t transitioned from GMail yet. I gave my new email address only to some specific people and I’m trying to keep it away from various online subsctiptions. I still use GMail, where all the junk goes.
Probably I will keep using GMail as a throw away email account and Tuta for things I care about – such as communication with state institutions, health institutions, friends.
I’m still trying to get used to Tuta UI.
I could even recreate my workflow from GMail to Tuta: Starred emails. In GMail, I star emails that need my further attention. In Tuta, I use labels for the same purpose. I created a new label ‘todo’ which I can apply to the email. It needs some more clicks than starring emails in GMail, which is not optimal, but it’s good enough.
Calendar
I still don’t know how to transfer my calendar from Google Calendar to something else, e. g. Tuta Calendar. I use Google Calendar with 10+ calendars, intervowen with my family’s calendars. Will try to figure it out in 2026.
Cloud storage
This one is the most difficult one.
But I started to ween off Google Drive, which I use from its beginnings. Until now I haven’t found a good replacement, especially for Google Docs.
Lately I bought a lifetime Koofr subscription for 1 TB. I’m using it as a (3rd) backup for all of my family’s photos and videos. It backups my NAS via WebDAV and my desktop via rclone. I also sync my media from the phone to Koofr. Maybe I’ll even use it instead Google Photos. Will see – but at the first glance it doesn’t miss much – maybe albums and search by photo description.
Koofr looks promising and most importantly, it’s based in EU.
https://blog.rozman.info/2025-my-steps-towards-digital-sovereignty/ #digitalSovereignty #FOSS #koofr #libreoffice #yearReview -
I think this has been the year of global #enshittification https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-year-of-global-enshittification.html
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As is traditional, I'm ending the year with a look back at my garden in 2025. There have been a few triumphs and some disasters. Read about it here: https://bit.ly/3KKvpqD
Happy New Year and here's to a great gardening year in 2026. The rose is the aptly named 'It's a Wonderful Life'.
#BlogPost #YearReview #gardens #gardening #plants #flowers #photography #roses #BloomScrolling -
2025 year review:
- 2 blog publications
- 7 projects I contributed to
- 11 accepted and merged pull requests on GitHub
- 181 OpenStreetMap contributions
- at the April stand with comrades at @capitoledulibreGood :blobnomcookie:
#opensource #GitHub #OpenStreetMap #capitoledulibre #YearReview
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🙏 Poděkování komunitě!
Díky patří:
👥 16,326 followers - za sledování
🔄 Všem, kdo sdílí - za propagaci
🐛 Bug reporterům - za trpělivost
☕ Marvoqs & Lawondyss - za základ
🎨 Open Source community - za inspiraciBez vás by Zprávobot.news neexistoval! ❤️
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📦 File Size Management:
IFTTT Limit: 64 KB (65,536 bytes)
📊 Využití v roce 2025:
Největší: v3.0.1 - 64.4 KB (98.3%!) 😰
Nejmenší: v3.1.0 - 53.1 KB (81.0%) 🎉
Průměr: 60.5 KB (~92%)Každý byte se počítá! Komentáře = luxus. 😅
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☕ ZA OPONOU - BEHIND THE SCENES
⚙️ Tech Stack 2025:
📝 TypeScript 2.9.2 (ES5 transpiled)
🔧 IFTTT Webhooks (64KB limit!)
🐘 Mastodon API (primary)
🦋 Bridgy Fed (BlueSky bridge)
🧪 200+ tests (complete coverage)
📦 GitHub (23 releases)Legacy omezení + moderní řešení = zajímavé výzvy! 🎯
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🌟 Nejzajímavější bridged účty:
🇨🇿 Petr Pavel - prezident ČR
🤖 Anthropic - tvůrci Claude AI
🏎️ Max Verstappen - F1 champion
🚒 Hasiči Praha - záchranáři
📰 Seznam Zprávy - top newsMulti-platform empire... accidentally! 🚀
Fun fact: Bot o Anthropic běží díky kódu AI od Anthropic! 🤯
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🔗 Jak funguje BlueSky Bridge?
Každý post na Mastodon:
zpravobot.news/@účet→ automaticky i na BlueSky:
účet.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gyNení potřeba nic dělat! Bridgy to řeší automaticky. ✨
Reach:
🐘 Mastodon: 16,326 sloníků
🦋 BlueSky: 4,071sleďů (roste každý den!) -
🦋 BLUESKY BRIDGE - MULTI-PLATFORM
🦋 Plot Twist 2025: BlueSky Bridge!
Začali jsme jako malý Mastodon projekt.
Skončili jsme s 931 bot účty na dvou platformách! 🤯485 botů na 🐘
446 botů bridgovaných na 🦋Jak? Bridgy Fed (brid.gy) automaticky bridguje 92.4% našich botů!
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📚 Lessons Learned z 5 major bugů:
1️⃣ Test regex patterns na production datech
2️⃣ ES5 = žádné fancy ES6+ features
3️⃣ Boolean logic může selhat (opravdu!)
4️⃣ Edge cases s emoji jsou důležité
5️⃣ URL fragmenty potřebují speciální handlingZávěr: Bugy nás posouvají víc než úspěchy! 🎓
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🐛 Bug #2: ES5 Negative Lookbehind
Severity: Critical ❌
Použili jsme (?<!pattern) v regex. Vypadá to cool, že jo?
Problem: IFTTT runtime = ES5 only!
Negative lookbehind = ES2018 feature. 🤦
Fix: Dva patterny místo jednoho fancy.
Lesson: Vždy nejprve proveďte test v zamýšleném prostředí.
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🐛 BUGS & FIXES - LEARNING LESSONS
🐛 Bug #1: Anchor Tag Malformation
WTF Factor: 9/10 🤯
Input:
<a href="https://t.co/xyz">
pic.twitter.com/xyz
</a>Output:
https://pic.https://twitter.com/xyzHTML entity decoding vs URL detection = pekelná situace! Trvalo 2 měsíce, ale vyřešeno! 💪
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🏆 #3: Unified Cache System!
Před:
• 10 položek regex cache
• 390 položek escapeRegExp cache
• Rozdělená správaPo:
• 500 položek unified cache
• FIFO eviction
• Jediný bod správyVýsledek: 30-50% rychlejší zpracování! ⚡
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🏆#2: Smart Trim Strategy!
Inteligentní ořezávání textu s tolerancí! ✂️
POST_LENGTH_TRIM_STRATEGY: "smart"
SMART_TOLERANCE_PERCENT: 12✨ Zachovává celé věty
💡 Fallback na hranice slov
🎯 Konfigurovatelná toleranceProtože "Dnes se stalo něco důležit..." je na nic!
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🏆 TOP FEATURES ROKU
🏆 #1: FilterRule System!
Revoluce ve filtrování obsahu! 🎯
Před (v2.0):
PHRASES_BANNED: ["spam", "ad"]Po (v3.0):
{ type: "and", keywords: ["buy", "now"] },
{ type: "not", keyword: "legitimate" }Boolean logika! OR/AND/NOT operace! Vícerozměrné filtrování! 💪
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☕ Cena úspěchu Q4:
Přežili jsme to? ✅ Ano.
Jsme unavení? ✅ Velmi.
Káva? Čaj!!! ✅☕☕☕ Maximální dávka.
Stálo to za to? ✅ Absolutně!53 funkcí, 61.8 KB kódu, 30-50% výkonový nárůst.
A mentální zdraví? No... proto se první release jmenoval "Mental Health Day" 🧠😅
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📅 Timeline Q4 šílenství:
🧠 v3.0.0 (10.10.) - Mental Health Day
😈 v3.0.3 (9.11.) - Chaos Never Dies Day
🔘 v3.1.0 (16.11.) - Button Day
🎁 v3.1.4 (28.11.) - Black Friday
👼 v3.2.0 (17.12.) - St. Daniel's Day
🍪 v3.2.1 (18.12.) - Bake Cookies DayKaždý release pojmenovaný podle světového svátku. Proč? Proč ne! 🎉
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🔥 Q4 2025: Coding Marathon!
11 RELEASES ZA 2 MĚSÍCE! 🤯
📊 Srovnání:
Q1: 3 releases za 2 měsíce
Q2: 6 releases za 3 měsíce
Q3: 3 releases za 2 měsíce
Q4: 11 releases za 2 měsíce (3.7× rychlejší!)To je 1 verze každých 5 dní. Nepřetržitě. ⚡
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Ty hashtagy máš špatně, jsou to #zprávobot #yearreview #2025 …d8-D
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👥 Nejsledovanější boti roku 2025
🏆 @SeznamZpravy - 1,290 followers
🥈 @enkocz - 877 followers
🥉 @Posledniskaut - 480 followersCelkem: 16,326 followers napříč všemi boty!
Děkujeme každému, kdo nás sleduje a sdílí naši práci! 🙏
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📈 Aktivita botů v roce 2025
🔥 85.6% botů aktivních v posledním týdnu!
📅 239 botů aktivních DNES (49.3%)
⭐ 415 botů aktivních tento týdenTop 3 nejaktivnější boti:
🥇 @terazsk - 6,564 příspěvků
🥈 @Rainmaker1973 - 6,291 příspěvků
🥉 @spravy_mpm - 4,518 příspěvkůTo už je masakr! 💪
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📊 STATISTIKY ROKU
📊 Zprávobot.news - ROK 2025 v číslech!
✅ 23 GitHub releasů
🤖 485 aktivních botů
📡 506 IFTTT appletů
📝 192,507 publikovaných příspěvků
👥 16,326 sledujícíchTo je průměrně 1 release každých 13 dní po celý rok! 🚀
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It's the time of year for looking back and I've been reviewing my garden in 2024. There were a few disasters - and some successes. You can read about it on my blog: https://bit.ly/4gmQOAU
Thank you for your company over 2024. Here's to another great year of plants and gardens.
#YearReview #BlogPost #gardens #gardening #plants #flowers #cotswolds
