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Feb 19, 2026

Love, Long Distance, and Linux: Building a VPN Blind to Bridge the Gap

Five thousand miles apart, a legally blind Adaptive Systems Architect refused to let geo-locking win. After battling inaccessible cloud dashboards and spinning up a free Oracle Cloud VPS, he built a WireGuard VPN from scratch to stream Love Island with his girlfriend in London. A story about love, accessibility, stubbornness—and closing distance with code.

Source: HackerNoon →


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