PROUDLY NOT SILICON VALLEY

EURO

POORS

PROUDLY BROKE

100%

US-FREE

EUROPEAN ALTERNATIVES

0% SILICON VALLEY*

*vs. typical tech stacks—see alternatives for full sovereignty info

US TECH

REHAB

FROM

TESLA MODEL 3

TO

RENAULT 5 TURBO

trade autopilot anxiety for analog chaos and real cornering.

FROM

STARLINK

TO

LOCAL 5G / FIBRE

same internet, less orbital midlife crisis.

FROM

AWS EVERYTHING

TO

BARE METAL EU

you do not need ten managed services to serve a website.

FROM

AMAZON PRIME

TO

FNAC / COOLBLUE

wait two days more. talk to real humans again.

FROM

UBER

TO

BOLT / FREE NOW

the driver knows the city and does not rate you.

FROM

CLOSED AI

TO

MISTRAL / OPEN

freedom baguette for your gpu.

GOOD EUROPOORS

INITIATIVES

small acts of resistance against subscription empires and autopilot lifestyles.

case study #1

from model y to 1980s legend

cancel the perfectly sensible tesla family car and replace it with a tiny yellow renault 5. less range, more respect.

#oldcar#analogue#paris
case study #2

back to earth internet

disconnect from orbital mood swings and tape a 5g antenna to the window. same memes, less satellite dependency.

#5g#noorbit#sovereignty
case study #3

one server, one continent

instead of 47 microservices and a surprise bill, rent a boring bare metal box in europe and sleep like it's 2004.

#selfhost#baremetal#nobillshock
case study #4

add to life, not to cart

grab tools, not prime. repair, repurpose and build your own stuff like a true certified europoor.

#diy#local#antiamazon
case study #5

freedom baguette for your gpu

use mistral and other european models instead of another us black box api. same tokens, different flag.

#ai#opensource#europe

no us tech was harmed in these initiatives. it probably cried a little, though.

OFFLINE

IS A FEATURE

the europoor philosophy is simple. own less, fix more, buy once. choose diy over instant delivery, local artisans over random sellers, time with friends over doom scrolling.

DIYREPAIRS INSTEAD OF YEARLY UPGRADES
VINLONG DINNERS INSTEAD OF INFINITE FEEDS
EUBIKES & TRAMS INSTEAD OF HUGE SUVS

BARE

METAL

NOT AWS

hosting does not have to mean selling your logs, soul and credit card to a giant. for many projects, a single bare metal server in a european datacenter is enough.

// EUROPOOR STACK

•LOCATION: SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE
•HARDWARE: BORING & RELIABLE
•PRICING: ONE BILL, NO SURPRISES
•UPGRADE PATH: SSH, NOT A KEYNOTE

THE EUROPOOR

STARTER PACK

•A RENAULT 5 THAT REFUSES TO START WHEN IT RAINS
•A 5G ROUTER TAPED TO A WINDOW
•MISTRAL RUNNING LOCALLY JUST TO FLEX
•A DUSTY MINITEL ON YOUR DESK FOR THE VIBE
•A TOOLBOX YOU ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO USE

YOUR SETUP

DROP YOUR MOST EUROPOOR SETUP HERE
(MENTALLY, FOR NOW)

TAKE THE

EUROPOOR PLEDGE

I PROMISE TO:

•PICK EUROPEAN TOOLS WHEN GOOD ENOUGH
•AVOID US MEGA CORPS FOR DAILY TASKS
•FLEX WHEN I CANCEL A SUBSCRIPTION
•NEVER SAY "AMAZON IS FASTER" IN PUBLIC

YOU CAN STILL SECRETLY USE SOME TOOLS. WE WILL NOT TELL.