PrivacyMatters Blog

PrivacyMatters Blog is a community platform for privacy and digital-security content — part blog, part resource library, part glossary. Built on the TALL stack (TailwindCSS, Alpine.js, Laravel, Livewire).

This was v1. It’s no longer live. A v2 rewrite is in progress but development has stalled — the repo has sat inactive for about a year.

Features

• Markdown-based blogging with GitHub-flavored markdown editor + helper
• Resource library for privacy tools/services, with file uploads
• Interactive glossary of privacy and security terms
• Comments and community discussion
• Role-based access control (Admin/User) with a content moderation queue
• Advanced search and filtering
• User profiles with PGP public key storage for secure contact

Data model

• Post belongsTo User, hasMany Comment, belongsTo Category, belongsToMany Tag
• User hasMany Post, Comment
• Resource belongsTo User, hasMany File, belongsTo Category, belongsToMany Tag

Interactive bits (Livewire + Alpine)

• Dynamic dark/light theme switcher
• Drag-and-drop file upload
• Real-time comment updates without full page reloads
• Modal-based moderation interface for admins

Deployment

Runs behind a production NGINX config with security headers, fronted by a Cloudflare Tunnel (Zero Trust — no exposed ports), on the latest PHP with PHP-FPM.

What I’d change

• More test coverage — TALL stack apps are easy to under-test since Livewire handles so much client interaction
• More Form Objects instead of validating inline in controllers
• More Laravel Echo for real-time features beyond comments
• Mobile-first pass — it was built desktop-first and it shows

These are the exact reasons v2 exists, though it’s currently on hold.