Yusupov.cloud
yusupov.cloud is a personal domain and virtual private server operated by Belgian technologist Michel Vuijlsteke. The root site hosts a small MediaWiki instance titled “Yusupov’s House,” while additional tools and experiments are deployed on subdomains. The setup is presented as a web-era continuation of the do-it-yourself ethos of Vuijlsteke’s 1990s BBS of the same name.:contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
Overview
The wiki runs on MediaWiki 1.44.0 with PHP 8.3.6 (FPM) and SQLite, using the Vector skin and core extensions for citations and template scripting.:contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
Subdomains and projects
Publicly visible projects include:
- agenda.yusupov.cloud — *A Life in Planners*, a structured journal chronicling the final years of the operator’s mother, with calendar, food, medications, measurements, and statistics views (multilingual UI).:contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
- digest.yusupov.cloud — *Digest*, daily seasonal AI-assisted recipes inspired by current events, browsable by meal type and ingredients.:contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}
- acbc.yusupov.cloud — *A Cabinet of Brief Curiosities*, generating tiny three-sentence surreal/horror micro-stories with an hourly cadence and an archive. (Built with Flask per operator.):contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}
- quidlibet.yusupov.cloud — *Quidlibet*, an app that generates fictional books complete with synopsis, author bio, and faux reviews; includes genre and author archives. (Built with Flask per operator.):contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}
Operator-reported (not publicly discoverable at time of writing):
- skills.yusupov.cloud — a skills matrix application. (Per operator.)
- tyov-web.yusupov.cloud — a web implementation of the solo RPG Thousand Year Old Vampire, with Django 5 backend and Vue 3 frontend. (Per operator.)
Technology
The wiki stack is documented on Special:Version. Individual apps are described by the operator as Flask (acbc, quidlibet) and Django 5 + Vue 3 (tyov-web).:contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6}
Relation to the BBS
The project name references Vuijlsteke’s single-line BBS (FidoNet 2:291/1925) active between 1990 and 1995. While the VPS is not a BBS, its single-admin, self-maintained hosting reprises the early DIY approach.:contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}
See also
- Yusupov's House (1990s BBS)
- Michel Vuijlsteke