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Stop Paying for Firebase: How to Self-Host Supabase on DigitalOcean for Free

Stop Paying for Firebase: How to Self-Host Supabase on DigitalOcean for Free Building an app or launching a startup used to mean writing backend code from scratch. Then came Firebase, and more recently, Supabase —offering real-time PostgreSQL databases, instant Auth, Storage, and Edge Functions. But as your application scales, cloud platform limits quickly turn into massive monthly bills. Free…

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n8n vs Make: Which Automation Platform Earns Its Keep?

TL;DR n8n wins for developers and self-hosters: unlimited executions when self-hosted, real code where you need it, and first-class AI agent workflows.

  • n8n excels for developers with self-hosting, custom code, and AI agent workflows
  • Make offers user-friendly visual automation with extensive prebuilt integrations
  • n8n's self-hosting and Make's cloud billing differ in cost and control

Your passkey can be an encryption address. The domain is the key.

There is still no simple way to encrypt something to a person. You can encrypt to a server, or to someone you have already swapped keys with, but not to "Maya, whoever and wherever she is." I built…

  • Passkey can act as encryption address and key
  • X25519 key derived from passkey for publication
  • Passkey's domain shapes system's design

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