Atom VS algo

Pick the text editor of your choice : You can use Visual Studio Code, Brackets, Sublime or Atom

You'll need a code editor, i reccomend Atom. This should work just fine in terms of engines, if you want to see for example how a mod is made you can (assuming you're using the repo) download it and then click the unpack button and show in explorer, you'll see everything that the mod has and you can edit it to your liking (as long as it's for private use that's for sure, you'll have to ask the creator for permission unless stated otherwise if you want to publish it yourself)

Here is the structure of my app in Atom Editor:

Atom

I think there was a .NET project that created a small taskbar web server for frontends written in C++... it was before atom.io started getting popular... back when the idea of a large personal web server for editing your files was laughed at.

Hi there! Are you asking about good website building platforms (like Wix, Wordpress.com, etc.), or are you looking to code it yourself? I'm teaching myself web dev right now and am using Neocities to host what will eventually become my personal website. I'm still kind of bouncing around different code editors to find one I like, but Atom and VSC are pretty popular.

I use Atom as my IDE.

Started using Atom for Python/Django development and would like to hide all the *.pyc files from sidebar.

I think it's something on Atom team's side.

I can suggest atom.io or obsidian and lookfor git plug-in

If you want more than one port forwarded (and you're pretty sure your device is sufficiently secure against the legions of bots incessantly scanning for vulnerable devices and can handle the flood of noise packets you'll receive), you might want to set up your own VPS w/ VPN and add DNAT rules to its firewall to forward your ports through the tunnel.

Firewall can be used as a client (e.g. from your home -> VPN server/service) or as a server (remote wifi/cellular -> firewalla). In order to hide browsing from home, you'd still need a VPN of some sort. If you're handy with linux and want to cut out a VPN service, I recommend https://github.com/trailofbits/algo

Not sure why algo is getting so little love.

Your intuition is correct. The exception is that DNS will, by-default, be sent to the default router DNS servers, which might monitor/track what you do (most ISPs run DNS that do this too), and unencrypted HTTP. Unencrypted HTTP is more and more rare as time goes on.

Most of the "shame on public WiFi" comes from VPN companies, which are just trying to fearmonger into a sale. Sure, DNS over HTTPs isn't as widespread as it should be. Sure, some websites aren't encrypted, still. But that doesn't mean that routing all of your insecure traffic to a VPN provider so they can handle it instead is going to increase your security. It just moves the threat model from "your public WiFi network and people on it" to the VPN provider.

If you really want to be safe, you could run your own VPN with algo (https://github.com/trailofbits/algo) or manually setup WireGuard and route traffic e.g., back to your home ISP, instead. That's probably my best suggestion, rather than using any of the cliche VPN providers that advertise everywhere.