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I updated All About Berlin's nginx config to stop passing the Referer header to berlin.de redirects.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I don't think it would be so bad at this scale. If it gets *really* bad, I could easily outsource it, unlike the rest of my work.

I highlight some of my concerns here: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4519...
Ask HN: Should I add comments to my website? | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A notable change is that I now recommend specific insurers, instead of making you choose from a dozen options. This makes the advice less neutral, but far more useful. I still recommend the same things I would recommend to my closest friends.
September 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM