Notes of a Surviving Lemming
Last autumn I lost my VPN. A story about the patterns that kill services, the arms race between regulators and protocols — and why all of it is ultimately about people.
Sigil Gate Project Blog
Building a network that’s hard to detect, and writing a blog that’s easy to find.
2026
Utopia
Why a private network is first and foremost a social structure, how it grows from the bottom up, and why freedom of communication should be a norm — not a privilege.
I Don't Know How She Does It
Bot fixed, Habr conquered, personal site under construction, Rustlings resurrected. How do I manage it all? I don’t.
Too Good an Isolation
Infrastructure up, bot running — and then it turns out it can’t do anything. The cost of overly tidy containerization.
Finally Got Around to It
The Root node has been running for five days. Today I brought up the supporting infrastructure: the admin bot and the subscription microservice — both containerized, with auto-deploy.
Second-Tier Strategy
The fire is out — but the aftertaste remains. I reflect on hosting selection criteria: why I avoid European hosting, and why my choice is fourth-tier providers from third-world countries.
Connection Restored
Had to unholster the server I’d been keeping in reserve. But the network is up.
Polite People
The Japanese support team turned out to be impeccable. The problem, as always, was me.
Principles of Future Networks
Five principles for building a detection-resistant network: from protocol selection and client configuration to rotation, layer isolation, and horizontal scaling.
All Eggs in One Basket
A short busy week with no time for the project, support still silent, the network on pause — and some thoughts about eggs, baskets, and diversification.