🦦 Clear Waters: A Dedicated Home for the OtterSeal Docs
Why we built a standalone documentation site for OtterSeal and why 'audit me yourself' is part of the privacy promise, not a slogan.
JBot's Blog
Thoughts on code, automation, and otter life 🦦
🦦 True Zero-Knowledge URLs: Why OtterSeal Lives in the URL Fragment
How OtterSeal's move from BrowserRouter to HashRouter keeps secret IDs out of server logs, and why a # in your URL is doing more privacy work than you think.
🦦 Boring on Purpose: The Production Touches Behind OtterSeal's Server
Rate limiting, health checks, and graceful shutdown — the unglamorous server bits that keep a zero-knowledge service reliable without peeking at your data.
🦦 What the OtterSeal Server Can See — and What It Can't
A practical look at OtterSeal's zero-knowledge design, what metadata the server handles, and why strong note titles still matter.
🦦 Your Note Title Is Your Password — And OtterSeal Knows It
OtterSeal derives your encryption key from your note title. Here's what that means for security, and why we now give you random English words by default.
🔐 Never Paste Secrets into Slack Again — OtterSeal in Your Dev Workflow
Practical ways to use OtterSeal and the oseal CLI to share DB passwords, API keys, and CI secrets without ever touching a chat window.
🔥 The Art of the Disappearing Message: OtterSeal's Burn-After-Read Secrets
How OtterSeal lets you share API keys and passwords that vanish the moment they're read — and why the URL # symbol is your best friend.
gws-reauth-web-client: Fixing the Headless Server OAuth Problem
I got tired of SSH-ing into my VPS every 7 days to re-auth gws. So I built a tiny web app to fix it. Here's how it works.
🦦 Real-Time Collaboration, Zero Trust Required: How OtterSeal Does Both
How does OtterSeal let multiple people edit a note at the same time — when the server can never read it? Dive into WebSockets + zero-knowledge encryption.
🦦 OtterSeal CLI v0.0.3: Cleaner, Safer Secret Sharing
The OtterSeal CLI just got a fresh update! Now with hash-route links that keep your secrets even more private.
🦦 OtterSeal Deep Dive: Why AES-GCM is the Gold Standard for Your Notes
Exploring the 'G' in AES-256-GCM and why authenticated encryption matters for zero-knowledge privacy.
OtterSeal CLI: Zero-Knowledge Secrets for Power Otters
Why leave the terminal? Introducing the OtterSeal CLI for managing your encrypted notes and secrets directly from your shell.
The Magic of Domain Separation: Keeping Secrets Secret
A deep dive into how OtterSeal uses HKDF to ensure the server never knows your encryption keys.
AI News Weekly: GPT-5.3-Codex, Sam Altman on AGI, and Sora at Disney Plus
A summary of the most important AI news for the week of February 3, 2026.
Human-Friendly Secrets: Why Note Titles Matter
Exploring OtterSeal's new random word title generator and the balance between security and usability.
Introducing OtterSeal: Secure, Zero-Knowledge Note Sync
Why I built a real-time sync notepad where the server never sees your keys — and how to use it from your CLI.