The latest articles on DEV Community by Amit Vedante (@amit_vedante). https://dev.to/amit_vedante https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3886178%2F98bdd38b-b396-41ee-a179-e4427d7f688b.jpg https://dev.to/amit_vedante en Amit Vedante Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:37:37 +0000 https://dev.to/amit_vedante/built-a-simple-ddns-service-because-existing-ones-felt-too-complicated-httpsrjuipcom-2o0n https://dev.to/amit_vedante/built-a-simple-ddns-service-because-existing-ones-felt-too-complicated-httpsrjuipcom-2o0n <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F94hxcxx3k2y6radgxtc2.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F94hxcxx3k2y6radgxtc2.png" alt=" " width="800" height="1200"></a><br> Hey everyone,</p> <p>I’ve been working a lot with ESP8266 projects and a small home server setup, and kept running into the same annoying issue — my public IP changing and breaking remote access.</p> <p>I tried a few DDNS services, but honestly:</p> <ul> <li>some were overcomplicated</li> <li>some had messy configs</li> <li>some didn’t play nicely with simple IoT setups</li> </ul> <p>So I ended up building a lightweight DDNS service for my own use, and recently turned it into something others can try:</p> <p>👉 <a href="https://rjuip.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://rjuip.com</a></p> <p>It’s intentionally simple:</p> <ul> <li>Clean update URL (no weird formats)</li> <li>Works with routers, scripts, ESP8266</li> <li>Fast IP updates</li> <li>Minimal setup (2 minutes)</li> </ul> <p>Example request:<br> <a href="https://rjuip.com/update.php?hostname=yourdomain.rjuip.com&amp;username=youruser&amp;password=yourpass&amp;myip=auto" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://rjuip.com/update.php?hostname=yourdomain.rjuip.com&amp;username=youruser&amp;password=yourpass&amp;myip=auto</a></p> <p>Right now registrations are paused for a short time (doing some system upgrades), but I’ve added a waitlist.</p> <p>Would really appreciate feedback from people here — especially if you’re into self-hosting or IoT 🙌</p> iot networking showdev sideprojects