Jan-Lukas Else“Nitter Redirect” add-on to redirect Twitter to NitterIt’s not that uncommon to come across a link to Twitter. But when opening the link in the browser, I am often told that the tweet has failed to load. This may be due to my Firefox settings, uBlock Origin or something else, but it was so annoying to have to click on “try again” that I installed an add-on that automatically redirects me from Twitter to Nitter. (See all my installed add-ons here.) Nitter is an alternative frontend for Twitter. Much faster, without unnecessary and slow JavaScript…
Jan-Lukas ElseApps and services I use🛡️ Infrastructure, Security & Network 💻️ Operating systems: Ubuntu 26.04 on the desktop, Fedora CoreOS and NixOS on servers 🔐 Passwords: Bitwarden with Vaultwarden 🛑 Adblocking: AdGuard Home and uBlock Origin in all browser 🔑 VPN: Tailscale, AdGuard, Surfshark 📮 Mail server: Self-hosted docker-mailserver 📆🙍🏻♂️ Calendar/Contacts: Baïkal with DAVx⁵ 📝 Blog: GoBlog (self-hosted and self-developed) 🔗 URL shortener: GoShort (self-hosted and self-developed) 📨 Communication & Browsing 📨 Mail clients…
Jan-Lukas ElseMy default apps in 2026Many are taking the start of the year as a chance to update their “default apps” lists. I created a post listing mine in 2023. But as I also had a list of “self-hosted services” I use, I decided to merge those lists, and you can find it on a subpage of my /uses-page now. There are also separate lists about the hardware and the browser add-ons I use. And I know, I should find an alternative for OneDrive. I was thinking about switching to a self-hosted OpenCloud with S3-storage at the latest wh…
Jan-Lukas ElseI have neglected my homepage for a while. But now I have deleted or updated a few pages, like the list with the hardware I use or the list with my self-hosted services. 🧹
Jan-Lukas ElseMy default apps in 2026Many are taking the start of the year as a chance to update their “default apps” lists. I created a post listing mine in 2023. But as I also had a list of “self-hosted services” I use, I decided to merge those lists, and you can find it on a subpage of my /uses-page now. There are also separate lists about the hardware and the browser add-ons I use. And I know, I should find an alternative for OneDrive. I was thinking about switching to a self-hosted OpenCloud with S3-storage at the latest wh…
https://justinvollmer.com/posts/2026/01/app-defaults-2026/App Defaults 2026All the cool kids, or at least Robb, Matt, and Jan-Lukas are updating their app defaults, something that started in the blogosphere back in 2023. And I can’t resist jumping on a fun bandwagon when I see one, and so… here’s mine! (honestly not much has changed since 2023 and 2024) ✉️ Mail Service: iCloud, Fastmail, Zoho, all with custom domains 📬 Mail Client: Apple Mail ☑️ Tasks: Todoist 📓 Notes: Obsidian 📰 RSS Service: Feedbin 🗞️ RSS Client: Fiery Feeds ⌨️ Launcher: Alfred ☁️ Cloud Storage: i…