https://thelocalstack.eu/ Recent content on THE LOCAL STACK Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/ I wanted the blue checkmark on LinkedIn. The one that says “this person is real.” In a sea of fake recruiters, bot accounts, and AI-generated headshots, it seemed like a smart thing to do. So I tapped “verify.” I scanned my passport. I took a selfie. Three minutes later — done. Badge acquired. I felt a tiny dopamine hit of legitimacy. Then I did what apparently nobody does. I went and read the privacy policy and terms of service. https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/ai-chatbot-gdpr-data-request/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/ai-chatbot-gdpr-data-request/ I’ve been paying €20/month for an AI chatbot. Not the free tier — the premium one. The one that remembers things. The one that thinks with you. I used it for everything. Career decisions. Travel planning. Creative projects. Emotional processing. I treated it like an oracle, a thinking partner that never judges, never forgets, never gets tired of my questions. Then I exercised my GDPR rights and requested my data from all three: ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/self-hosted-expense-tracker/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/self-hosted-expense-tracker/ Every expense tracker I tried wanted the same thing: connect your bank account. Mint. YNAB. Copilot. They all promise convenience in exchange for read access to your financial life. Every transaction. Every merchant. Every pattern of spending that reveals where you go, what you buy, who you’re with. I didn’t want convenience. I wanted to know where my money goes without telling a company in San Francisco the same thing. https://thelocalstack.eu/about/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://thelocalstack.eu/about/ YOUR DATA BELONGS TO YOU I’m rogi, and I’m done with surveillance capitalism. Every photo you upload? They’re training AI on it. Every search you make? Sold to advertisers. Every email you send? Scanned and analyzed. This is not paranoia. This is their business model. I fight back by building privacy-first tools and teaching others to do the same. WHAT I BUILD Recent Projects: AI CV Generator: Runs locally on AMD RX 6600, 90 seconds, zero cloud APIs Local AI: Ollama + Qwen 2. https://thelocalstack.eu/privacy/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://thelocalstack.eu/privacy/ HOW I HANDLE YOUR DATA Short version: I actively work to not have any. This site exists because I believe your data belongs to you. It would be hypocritical to track you here. So I don’t. WHAT I DON’T COLLECT No cookies. None. Zero. Not even a consent banner (because there’s nothing to consent to). One exception: your light/dark theme preference is saved in your browser’s localStorage. This stays on your device, never leaves it, and contains no personal data. https://thelocalstack.eu/stack/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://thelocalstack.eu/stack/ WHAT RUNS THIS PLACE This entire site — and everything behind it — runs on a ThinkPad T440p from 2014. No cloud. No subscriptions. Just a laptop that refuses to die. Here’s everything, laid bare. THE HARDWARE ThinkPad T440p — The Server This is the backbone. A 2014 business laptop sitting on a shelf, running 24/7. CPU: Intel Core i7-4810MQ (4 cores, 8 threads) RAM: 16GB DDR3 Storage: 256GB SSD GPU: Integrated (Intel HD 4600) Power draw: ~15W idle Monthly cost: ~€5 in electricity People throw these away.