#Eigen (“own” in Dutch) is a proof-of-concept alternative to #Google Workspace, created by Reinder Nijhoff.

After two months of spare-time development, he built working versions of an email client (eigen|mail), file storage (eigen|drive), collaborative documents (eigen|docs) using Yjs, contact management (eigen|contacts) and kanban boards (eigen|stickies).

Built with Bun, Elysia, Vite, React, TypeScript, TanStack Router/Query, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, the author is seeking feedback, contributors, and sponsors. You can try it at eigen.is

https://reindernijhoff.net/2025/10/eigen-building-a-workspace/

#eigen #Google #datasovereignty

And so it begins: last weekend I decided to migrate away from #iCloud subscriptions (around 50 € a month) to self host in my #homelab 🥳 I took this decision because of politics and #DataSovereignty !

I looked into #NextCloud, but it was extremely slow: one tool that tries to do everything at once was not the way…

So instead I decided to use these:
- #Immich for Photos
- #syncthing for Documents
- #Proton for email and calendar
- #Bitwarden / #vaultwarden for passwords

Let’s see! #selfhosting

We're live.

Vespera Systems exists because the giants don't care about you. They harvest your data, lock you into their ecosystems, and call it "convenience."

We're building something different.

First product: Vespera Recovery Tool (VRT)

→ Extract & own your AI conversations
→ Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
→ $2.50. One-time. No subscription.
→ Your data never touches our servers.

Zero-telemetry. Zero-compromise. Where giants fail, you prevail.

https://vesperasystems.ai

#DataSovereignty #Privacy #FOSS #AI #IndieTools

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/30/euro_firms_must_ditch_us/?td=rt-3a

#EU #DataSovereignty #NoMoreAmericanCloud

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Centralised platforms optimise for scale, insight, and reuse.
Including reuse by AI systems.

If you’re building quietly, experimenting, or running an SME,
your internal patterns are not “noise”. They’re signal.

Convenience is real.
So is the trade.

#AI #Copilot #SoftwareEngineering #DataSovereignty

#Iran and the #internet. This is the more dark side of #datasovereignty applied through an authoritarian regime.

#bigtech in the #US allows access to servers, willingly or not, to the US through #nationalsecurity.

And that makes the regime nervous. Authoritarian regimes don't do nervous well. Take a look around.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/30/middleeast/iran-internet-blackout-censorship-intl