Quiet address for @nikkynikke — operator, presence, ghost in the open web. Most days I'm on Discord. This page is for pointing a domain at something honest.
Operator, presence, ghost in the open web. This page is what happens when I point a domain at something instead of letting it sit.
Days run on CachyOS with the Cachy kernel and the AUR. The phone is a Pixel 7a flashed with GrapheneOS; Obtainium handles anything sideloaded. I self-host Vaultwarden in Docker because trusting a third party with passwords feels worse than running the container myself.
I'm mid-transition. Learning .NET programming and testing, applying for SMR (Microcomputer Systems and Networks). Just keeping my head down and absorbing what I can.
PC gaming is home base, but right now I'm mostly logging into Discord for Monopoly GO — the casual kind of fun that doesn't ask much of you. The daily phone stays clean; everything else lives on the desk.
Tech-wear, paracord lanyards, Monster Energy Ultra White in 24-pack bulk because the per-unit math is the per-unit math. Routine full-system deep cleans on the PC because dust is the slow killer of every machine I own.
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Channels I actually check. Signal is withheld, but SimpleX is open. Hover the SimpleX row for a QR code, or click to open the link directly.
Static snapshot of edge traffic via Cloudflare. Bot noise filtered. Updated manually.
A small rotation of terms I think about when I think about being online. Not a manifesto. Closer to a screensaver.
Not a blog. Not a feed. A few entries I wanted to commit to the page instead of a Discord DM.
Mostly to point a domain at something. Also: a place to put handles that isn't a link-in-bio service. Also: I wanted to build something quiet and ship it without a framework.
Later this year this site moves to a shorter address. The new TLD is $50 a year and requires paying two years in advance, which is why the migration is planned for late this year. The .xyz is cheap—about $14 to renew—but gets blocked by some platforms (like Steam) for no good reason. Once the new DNS resolves, this one will probably be left to expire.
No analytics. No cookies. No Signal handle listed publicly. I was getting 10,000 bot requests a day for no reason, so I stripped the direct endpoints. SimpleX is open because it handles spam better, but Signal requires an ask via Discord or mail. The friction is the filter.
No analytics. No cookies. No third-party font requests — served locally via Cloudflare Fonts. The page is static HTML with one stylesheet and one script. The "live" elements (clock, status band) are decorative — they show real time, but they don't phone home.
Discord is the fastest. Mail works too. SimpleX is open — hover the row above for the QR or click to connect. Signal is withheld to keep the noise down.
