About Me And This Blog:

Hiya, my name is Dorian or as most people call me, MrToast72. I am not quite a full stack developer, but I am quickly getting there.

Current languages under my belt: C++, Python, JS, HTML, CSS, Astro, Docker, and Git, with more being added every day.

I created this blog to track my cyber security/hacking journey as well as my slef-hosting journey, and to help others who are interested in the same field. I am currently a student at the University of Regina for my Bachelors in Computer Science, so I hope to pass on some of my knowledge I learn throughout my degree.

I started down the path of self-hosting/tinkering about 4+ years ago when many companys started moving to subscriptions for everything. I never wanted to pay for someone to host my data in the first place, let alone host it and then make money off of me. So I started to look into self-hosting and found that it was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I started with a simple Nextcloud server to host my own files and access them remotly, reverse proxy, and a few other things. Next, I worked on hosting a password manager so I wouldn't have to pay for Dashlane any longer. After that, I went after any and all apps I use that I could host myself. I now have a fully functional self-hosted server that I use for everything I need. I hope to share my knowledge and experience with others so they can do the same.

This blog is still relitively new, so more information and articles are to come!

Contact Methods

Until this website is fully done, contact methods will be rather rudimentary. Below you will find a few different methods of contacting me, and I will try to respond as soon as possible.

Twitter: @MrToast72

Discord: MrToast72