Blog roll please!
Quick reads across a variety of topics
Free ngrok Alternative
Web3
01 Jun
14:44
Diode offers a free ngrok alternative. Ngrok is a service that allows you to publish services to the Internet and to remotely access local area networks and IT assets. Diode’s Command Line Interface (CLI) tool provides a simple interface to the Diode Network – enabling many of the same use cases as does ngrok. Keep reading to understand how you can use the Diode CLI for free to accomplish many of the same use cases...
Decentralized Dropbox Alternative
Web3
20 May
15:44
Diode Drive is a secure and confidential decentralized Dropbox alternative. Diode Drive provides a self-custody solution for your information. Whether you are an individual or a company, you can use Diode Drive to maintain a secure information environment (e.g. HIPAA, GDPR, cross-geopolitical security, anti-scraping, de-google) without IT development or maintenance. Read below for how Diode Drive can be a more secure, confidential, and affordable decentralized Dropbox alternative. Diode Drive as a Decentralized Dropbox Alternative 1)...
Diode Drive Features - Linked Devices, Light Zones, and Backups
Diode
27 Apr
23:12
Diode Drive is a self-custody solution for your information. It gives you full control of who has access to your information and where it is stored - whether you are an individual or a company, you can use Diode Drive to maintain a secure information environment (e.g. HIPAA, GDPR, cross-geopolitical security, anti-scraping, de-google). This post introduces recent new usability features: Linked Devices, Light Zones, and Deleted File Backups. Linked Devices A Diode Drive user often...
Decentralized Web Hosting
Web3
15 Mar
16:33
Decentralized Web Hosting is a way of hosting websites so that the website cannot easily be taken down or degraded by a service outage (intentional or not) of a given vendor. Why Is Decentralized Website Hosting important? The reasons for wanting to do decentralized web hosting, sometimes referred to as Web3 hosting, include: Technical resilience of the website - the unintentional outage of one component does not bring the website down Security and privacy –...
Diode Drive Feature - Direct Connections
Diode
02 Feb
22:22
One of the drawbacks of cloud storage is the time required to upload and/or download large amounts of data. Depending on the amount of data, this process can take several days before everything is synced up. Diode Drive has now introduced direct connections. This means that team members can sync files and communicate directly with each other via the fastest connection possible. With a direct connection, files can sync exponentially faster, depending on your network...
Self-Custody for Data: How to keep your Data safe
Diode Drive
01 Feb
10:03
Self-Custody is a term coined by the Bitcoin movement and long-held as the future of finance. It’s the ability to keep your account independent of a Bank, yet still more secure than ever before. When in 2015 the ATMs in Athens stopped giving out cash to their citizens a shock went through Europe making it clear to everyone what a custodian bank account can mean. Why you should care about Self-Custody for data now Self-custody...
Diode Drive Feature - Home Pages
Diode
25 Jan
18:03
Diode Drive is a file sharing and collaboration tool that works with Windows, MacOS, Linux (ARM and X86), Android, and iOS. It can be used to share a file or folder without sending the file or uploading it anywhere - regardless if the recipient also has Diode Drive installed or not. It can also be used to collaborate real-time with Team Members - friends, family, and co-workers who do have Diode Drive installed. In addition...
Raspberry Pi File Server
Diode
08 Oct
19:04
There are no inherently “cloud” components of Diode-based applications – they are decentralized systems, aggregating capabilities from the edge-connected participants. While that has many advantages (security, low-cost-of-maintenance, efficiency, accessibility), it means that some of the state persistence that centralized Web2 applications take for granted must be provided for differently in a pure Web3 / Diode environment. In the case of Diode Drive, if all Team Members in a Zone are just people using their phones...
I just want to have all my files in one place!
Diode
02 Oct
18:37
If you’re like me, you have a lot of devices. I have my work computer, family laptop, family desktop, phone, tablet, as well as a few other devices. My wife has several devices too, as do my teenage kids. I have tried different methods to keep all our files organized, accessible, and shareable. Online options have file and storage size limits, I am never sure if my files are secure, and I have to provide...
Easily Upload Files from Your Phone to Your Computer
Diode
25 Aug
11:48
It is surprising how hard it can be to upload files and pictures from your phone to your computer. I used to use email to send the file to myself as an attachment. This would usually work, but had some problems: email usually has a file size limit so it may not work if the file is large multiple file attachments can be hard to keep organized the email will get buried over time, making...