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Just looking for knowledgeable feedback about this setup. Some of these solutions came up in a thread today. I run a few solutions mixed together.

I use two Digital Ocean servers in different datacenters in which I have ran this script (https://github.com/jlund/streisand).

I modified the script (https://github.com/jlund/streisand/tree/master/playbooks/group_vars) before I ran it and pointed the upstream DNS servers to my two personal DNS servers that are hosted on different datacenters.

The DNS servers are running a script (https://github.com/Kolyunya/afdns) that pulls the hosts file daily from (https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts).

It has been working great for a few weeks, but I'm curious about any improvements I could provide.

Is everyone satisfied with what they have? Is most of the computing being done in the cloud and the computer is just a portal?

I'm surprised the credit agencies do not offer two factor authentication.

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and would like to get started with Python, JS, and web development.

I've been a lifelong scientist, but would like to work on this as cheaply as possible. I already own a domain, but the last website I designed was in 1995 (was featured in the now defunct magazine Internet World). I don't really like the way Wordpress' themes look. I would like to design this myself, but I've been out of the loop for a while. Any suggestions, or free/cheap courses I could take to learn the programming languages necessary to make a relatively simple website from scratch? FYI, my domain is run by Google Domains (I received an invite) and I'm not sure how this effects your answers. Thank you.

Is this a good platform to use, or does anyone do anything similar with different software. I'm using it as a diary, calendar, budgeting software via google sheets, and some other stuff.

I just bought a MBA and have heard a lot about Homebrew. There seems to be a ton of packages that it installs. Is this necessary for a non-developer? Would it open me up to a lot more vulnerabilities, or is it like aptitude and only installs those packages when I tell it to? Thank you.

I think longer lifespans also increase the risk of cancer, but is this also a possibility?

How did it get its name?