[Burgeon Lab]
Discover how Cloudflare’s auto-injection of tracking scripts led to privacy concerns. Learn how to disable Cloudflare Web Analytics (Real User Monitoring) and explore privacy-first alternatives for CDN and DNS. Services like HE.net, Bunny.net, Fastly, and others are being considered. Share your favorite Cloudflare alternatives!
Hello there. I’m Naty, a tech dabbler and lifelong learner.
BurgeonLab is a public logbook where I document my mostly geeky interests and other digital enlightenments. I enjoy writing about FOSS/open source, privacy-focused services, blogging with Hugo (static site generator), and tech how-tos.
(I’m also known as @eclecticpassions or @aperture2iris.)
Thank you for checking out my corner of the Internet, hope you find something useful!
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Currently doing the #100DaysToOffload blogging challenge:
I’m collecting feedback to make the blog better in 2026. As a reader, your opinion matters to me. Could you take my 1–2 minute anonymous questionnaire? Thank you!
Latest Blogs
Guide to use KOReader on a Kobo eReader with SSH mode to wirelessly transfer ebooks. Includes instructions and config file template.
Harden your Android phone by replacing Google apps with FOSS alternatives, minimizing Big Tech and optimizing privacy settings for better security.
Turn your Hugo blog posts into a GitHub-like contribution calendar with Apache ECharts. I’ll show you how to extract blog post metadata to build a heatmap calendar using the Open Source JS Library. Including how to integrate it with Hugo partials and CSS, full code snippets, and tips on how to customize styling, scaling, and tooltip behavior.
Add a privacy‑first appreciation button to your Hugo site: iine features, install steps, and partial template code. Improving small web interactivity.
A collection of notes and learnings from using Hugo as a primary CMS. This post will be updated periodically.
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Most popular pages in the last 30 days, with unique visits (privacy-focused analytics, no cookies).
Embracing IndieWeb and the Small Web
Ever since I learnt about content ownership, enshittification, and the IndieWeb in 2025; I’m gradually integrating small web principles and IndieWeb features into this Hugo blog. In the last week of 2025, BurgeonLab gained full Micropub support through IndieKit!
For instance, my site supports receiving webmentions if your site supports sending them; otherwise, feel free to send me a webmention manually! Public display of webmentions is not supported yet, only I will get notified if you mention something from my site.
Common in small web communities, webrings are a group of sites linked together serially that share a common theme. To see what webrings my site belongs to, click on the expandable list in the footer. Discover other sites with the navigational links!
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