Reading stays private by default.

Here is everything your browser loads while reading this site, named one by one. If something is missing from this list, that is our mistake: write to us.

Advertising disabled

No third-party display ads, popunders or advertising notifications are shown. No ad-network script is loaded. Affiliate links remain labelled and are followed only when you click them.

Audience measurement: Cloudflare

Cloudflare Web Analytics measures page views without an advertising cookie or identifier. Its script loads from static.cloudflareinsights.com.

Fonts

Inter Tight and JetBrains Mono are self-hosted on this domain, without Google Fonts requests.

Images and scripts

Site content, images and fonts are served from theplainstack.com. Cloudflare provides audience measurement. Newsletter sign-ups are currently paused; this site sends no new email addresses to Kit.

Local storage

Your language choice and, if you turn it on, the dark theme are stored locally. If you set tools aside with “My shortlist”, the list is saved in your browser only: it is sent nowhere. An old advertising-consent preference may remain from an earlier visit, but this site no longer reads it. Clear the site's data to delete it.

Newsletter

New sign-ups are paused while the privacy disclosures and unsubscribe process are reviewed. Pausing sign-ups does not delete data already held by Kit. If you are already subscribed and need help, contact contact@theplainstack.com while the unsubscribe process is verified.

Data controller

Richy (a pseudonym), owner of The Plain Stack. For requests about your data: contact@theplainstack.com. Host: IONOS SARL, 7 place de la Gare, BP 70109, 57200 Sarreguemines Cedex, France (RCS Sarreguemines 431 303 775, tel. +33 970 808 911).

Legal bases

No new newsletter sign-ups are collected while the form is paused; this does not delete any data already held by Kit. Cookieless audience measurement: legitimate interest in measuring visits. Contact messages: legitimate interest in replying to you. No advertising consent is requested, because no ad network is active.

Retention

Newsletter retention is under review. Contact messages: while needed to answer, then at most twelve months. Cloudflare metrics: aggregated. Local language choice and shortlist: until you clear the site's data.

Transfers outside the European Union

Cloudflare (analytics) and Kit for any existing subscriber data may process data in the United States under their applicable safeguards and privacy terms. This site sends no new email addresses to Kit while sign-ups are paused. The site does not send data to an advertising network.

Your rights

You can request access to, correction, deletion, portability or restriction of your data, or object to processing where applicable. Contact contact@theplainstack.com. You may also complain to France's CNIL.