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This blog is now hosted on a GPS/LTE modem (2021)

This blog is now hosted on a GPS/LTE modem (2021)

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·November 25, 2025
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xx_ns

Just a little play on the recent HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016902

Project that I did a few years ago. You might also be interested in the retrospective where I detail what all went wrong: https://blog.nns.ee/2025/04/01/modem-blog-retrospective/

yjftsjthsd-h

There was also work to replace the modem OS wholesale: https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/open-firmware-for-pinephone-...

That would, I expect, help with the unfortunately old kernel version and generally give greater confidence in what's running on the second computer inside the computer.

Havoc

That’s pretty awesome

Isn’t such an old kernel dangerous for hosting though?

xx_ns

Good question! I wasn't too concerned about this, because the only way you could even interact with the OS where the server was running was via HTTP requests, which are fairly limited in nature. The OS or kernel itself wasn't directly exposed per se.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF

Symbiogenesis is 100% true for computers huh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiogenesis#Mitochondria