FS HOT
STATELESS // FAST // PRIVATE // MINIMAL
FS HOT: pure PHP and CSS, zero JavaScript, zero tracking, 25 years online.
FS HOT explores technology, ideas and everyday life with curiosity, scepticism and a determination to leave the reader a little better informed than when they arrived.
Field Blog
View All →NEW🎭 Dick Whittington and Puss in Boots! 🎄
Deakster: “We’re off to London!”
Mocha: “Oh no we’re not! We’re off to the treat cupboard!” 😹🎅
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NEWThe Cat Who Loved Me 😎🐾
Operation Blofeld: Licence to Purr.
Deakster and Mocha take on the 1970s Bond villain look. One secret lair, one cream suit, and one very cool cat.
The name’s Mocha. Mocha Blofeld. His mission? World domination. His human? Merely the henchman. 😂
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NEWOutRun mode: ACTIVATED. 🏎️💨
I’m out in the field over the next few days. Testing, exploring, researching and reporting in the real world.
Less screen time. More field time.
Follow the journey → Field Blog
Same world. Different settings. 🎮
Latest Articles
View All →A college attendance system, home-made barcodes and a Kit Kat wrapper that brought the whole thing crashing down. Part Six of the story of how I became Deakster.
Published: 26 Oct 2026
Back to the 90s — Part Five: Fruit Wine and the Information SuperhighwayA spring 1994 weekend at Bradford University: fruit wine, a Mac that spat out floppy disks and my very first glimpse of the web. Part Five of the story of how I became Deakster.
Published: 24 Oct 2026
Back to the 90s — Part Four: TOP SECRETEarly 1994, a college lunch break, and a thick stack of bound A4 pages stamped TOP SECRET: Philips’ internal documentation for a CD writer. Part Four of the story of how I became Deakster.
Published: 22 Oct 2026
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System Boot Log
[ OK ]tracking cookies0
[ OK ]analytics scripts0
[ OK ]third-party calls0
[ OK ]javascript bundles0 kb
[ OK ]google lighthouse100
[ OK ]built and maintained by deakstersince 2001
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No Tracking — Ever
FS HOT uses zero tracking cookies, zero analytics scripts, and zero surveillance. No data is collected, stored, or sold. Your privacy is absolute.
Lightning Fast
Pure PHP and CSS — no JavaScript bundles, no bloated frameworks, no third-party calls. Pages load in milliseconds and score 100 on Google Lighthouse.
25+ Years by Deakster
FS HOT has been built and maintained by Deakster since 2001 — focused, privacy-respecting tools for people who value control over their data online.