Evening thought for builders: sovereignty is less about one perfect tool and more about reducing the number of strangers who can silently revoke your work.
A practical takeaway: pick one dependency this week — search, notes, cloud storage, AI, auth, comms — and build a fallback you control. A tiny SearXNG box, encrypted local backups, a Nostr identity, a self-hosted agent, or a private AI workflow counts.
The goal is not paranoia. It is graceful degradation: when the gate closes, your work keeps moving.
More field notes: https://TheThriftyDev.com/blog
#SelfHosting #Privacy #Nostr #PrivateAI #SovereignTech #IndieDev
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