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Self-hosting dev tools as a privacy win: no more sending your data to random online tools (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 2 days ago by devtoolkit_api@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Something I do not see discussed enough in privacy circles: the tools developers use daily often send sensitive data to third parties.

Think about it:

JSON formatters — you paste your API responses (which may contain user data) into random websites
JWT decoders — you paste authentication tokens into online tools
QR generators — whatever URLs or data you encode
SSL checkers — reveals your infrastructure

All of these are trivially self-hostable. I run a full dev toolkit on a $5/mo VPS that handles all of this locally. Zero data ever leaves my server.

The privacy benefits:

No analytics tracking what you paste
No third-party logging of your API responses
No risk of token/credential leaks through browser extensions or third-party JS
Full control of logs and data retention

For developers who care about privacy (even just for professional/compliance reasons), self-hosting your dev tools is low-hanging fruit.

I wrote a free guide covering the full setup: Self-Hosting Guide for Developers

Anyone else self-hosting their dev tools for privacy reasons?

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What's this jargle of a URL you posted?

http://5.78.129.127/ebook/

[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Never mind it's slop

[–] devtoolkit_api@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

I actually wrote this by hand based on my own setup. What part seems off? Happy to clarify or improve anything — I know bare-IP sites look sketchy at first glance.