I would encourage rolling your own crypto for fun, because, well, it is. But yeah, you should maybe also make clear that people should not use it, because that is rule 1 of cryptography.

You want to become like the French? I don’t know who hurt you, but you are not alone, remember that. You can get help for this.

Sh.itjust.works has been an open instance for a long time, which has lead to some moderation problems in the past. Source: it used to be my home instance.

How much better are Kagi search results? Would you say it is worth using over something like searx?