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Breaking free from digital dependency: from audit to infrastructure

Bernard Sfez - 2026-03-23 15:50

What do you actually depend on? Which devices, servers and cloud services are outside your control, and under which jurisdiction do they operate? Do you know what your staff use beyond the officially approved tools? This third article in our series on digital sovereignty provides a practical method to audit your dependencies, assess your exposure and identify the first building blocks to reclaim.

Independent alternatives exist, they are mature and the first steps are within reach without disrupting your operations. From network hardware to servers, from hosting to cybersecurity, we detail how to lay a solid infrastructure foundation, step by step, without paralysing your activity. After storming the Bastille, you need to lay the foundations of your citadel.

How to upgrade to Tiki Wiki 27 (new Build System)

Bernard Sfez - 2026-02-24 11:53


The Tiki 27+ Build System marks a significant evolution in the way Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware handles its development and deployment processes. This article aims to guide you through the essential steps and provide solutions, even as the process continues to stabilize.

Introduced in Tiki 27 and refined in subsequent versions, this build system brings numerous enhancements aimed at improving efficiency, consistency, and ease of maintenance for developers and users alike. However, it requires power users and administrators to familiarize themselves with the new installation method from Gitlab (Version Control System). This guide details the updated Tiki system build and setup procedure leveraging nvm for Node version management and npm for dependency handling, including troubleshooting for frequent installation and runtime issues.

Digital Sovereignty: How European Governments Undermine What They Claim to Build.

Bernard Sfez - 2026-02-20 08:15

Europe has the laws, the labels, and the rhetoric for digital sovereignty. What it lacks is consistency. Between legislation passed and contracts signed, a stubborn gap undermines the credibility of the whole project. From government procurement to school IT, tangible progress coexists with concessions that are hard to defend. Most troubling: it is in classrooms, year after year, that an addiction to closed ecosystems is being quietly built on the taxpayer's dime.

We examine what works, what doesn't, and why coherence remains the weakest link in an otherwise ambitious strategy. Sovereign alternatives exist and are proven. The only missing ingredient is the political will to scale them, from the classroom to the data-center.

Tiki Wiki, How to fix memory error during installation and setup.sh build

Bernard Sfez - 2026-02-12 09:59

If you're installing Tiki Wiki 27, Tiki Wiki 29, or any version above from the git repository, you'll need to use the Tiki Build System that was recently introduced. When running setup.sh option "b" (build), you may encounter build failures due to memory allocation issues. This is a common problem that occurs when Node.js runs out of allocated memory while compiling JavaScript assets. Here’s the troubleshooting process we use, and how you can apply it yourself.

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