Correct on all counts. I’ll try some other DNS servers later. Right now I’m using the Mullvad DNS servers, any suggestions for ones that support DNS over TLS?

Some further tests make it look like dig is influenced by some caching stuff going on on my PC. I figured that out while playing around with a TXT record for testing purposes, and noticing that host and dig return different results for the same input.

Running the commands again on my phone using Termux reveals that the AAAA record is in place and functioning, but I still can’t reach the website from my browser by using the domain name.

~ $ dig [domain]

; <<>> DiG 9.16.41 <<>> [domain]
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 39355
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;[domain].              IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
[domain].       1800    IN      SOA     dns1.registrar-servers.com. hostmaster.registrar-servers.com. 1711402015 43200 3600 604800 3601

;; Query time: 30 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Mon Mar 25 22:35:59 CET 2024
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 118

~ $ dig [domain] AAAA

; <<>> DiG 9.16.41 <<>> [domain] AAAA
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 45166
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;[domain].              IN      AAAA

;; ANSWER SECTION:
[domain].       1799    IN      AAAA    [correct IP!]

;; Query time: 36 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Mon Mar 25 22:36:11 CET 2024
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 73

~ $ host -t AAAA [domain]
[domain] has IPv6 address [correct IP!]
~ $

Thanks for the answer! Unfortunately, the response from dig AAAA is rather lackluster:

; <<>> DiG 9.18.24 <<>> AAAA [domain]
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 14166
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;[domain].              IN      AAAA

;; Query time: 19 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.178.1#53(192.168.178.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Mon Mar 25 19:22:18 CET 2024
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 34

I’m starting to suspect Namecheap just hates IPv6. Their dynamic DNS service only covers v4, too

Correct! Single AAAA record pointing to the IP of my server, which I verified beforehand.

My host records consist of a single AAAA record that points to the IP address of my server, which I verified beforehand. I’ve tried dig, but I’m not sure how to interpret it’s output, which looks as follows:

;; Warning: Client COOKIE mismatch

; <<>> DiG 9.18.24 <<>> [domain]
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 35067
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
; COOKIE: 485ffdde4d749cd80100000066019ef6aba1fc1942596e31 (bad)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;[domain].              IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
[domain].       3113    IN      SOA     dns1.registrar-servers.com. hostmaster.registrar-servers.com. 1711343555 43200 3600 604800 3601

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.178.1#53(192.168.178.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Mon Mar 25 17:05:52 CET 2024
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 146

The DNS issue persists. The part that my friend helped me with was determining if I configured my router firewall correctly, which I did. Currently I can reach my server from the internet only directly via its IPv6 address, with no progress on binding it to my domain name.

The firewall port on my router is open, and as far as I can tell, my server isn’t running a firewall at the moment. ICMP might be a problem; ipv6-test tells me that those are filtered out. After checking my router settings, I’ve determined that ICMP is enabled for the device in question.

Tried my mobile connection already, doesn’t have IPv6. Also tried a nearby hotspot, same issue.

Icons are already a big part of it!

The core thought that you need to keep in mind is that without colour in your setup, you want your icons (as well as everything else) to be recognizable by shape. There should be a couple good icon sets out there, and judging by how late I am with my reply you’ve likely already found something decent.

You may also want to maximize the value that you can get out of the different shades of grey that are available to you. One step in that direction would be swapping out the wallpaper. Your current one is kind of heavy on gradients, which can get in the way of your other UI elements and takes away some range that you could utilize elsewhere. I recommend something more flat, or some suitable nature photography with the saturation turned all the way down if you’re not too religious about the mono look.

For the theme, look for something that relies more on outlines than colours or gradients to distinguish UI elements. Ideally something that matches with the icons.

Also a little disclaimer that I don’t rice much and am half talking out of my ass here. All the above is stuff I’ve seen or read about elsewhere, but haven’t tried myself. Your mileage may vary, and happy ricing!

This just looks like you took a screenshot of a regular desktop and converted it to greyscale. There are a lot of things you could do to make a colourless setup work better