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Data Centers Are Necessary. That Doesn’t Mean Warren County Needs One
Royal Examiner: Data centers are necessary, but I argue that Warren County shouldn’t host one because of the financial, infrastructure, and energy risks tied to rapidly changing technology and long-term community burdens. Read More
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Closing Data Center Loopholes
At Front Royal’s June 22, 2026 data center hearing, I urged Council to close ordinance loopholes, define data centers broadly, and make any Special Use Permit a true hard gate rather than a rubber stamp. Read More
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The Roads We Built for Yesterday
At the Warren County Secondary Six-Year Plan hearing, I reflected on last year’s “chicken scratch” font criticism before discussing how residential growth, tourism, delivery traffic, and short-term rentals are reshaping rural road usage, safety concerns, and long-term transportation planning priorities. Read More
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Death by Metrics
For days, my server showed elevated CPU usage while remaining mostly functional. Then websites, WHM, and cPanel suddenly failed. Through SSH, I traced the problem to a runaway DigitalOcean monitoring agent interacting with CloudLinux CageFS, generating nearly 95 GB of endless filesystem metric errors. Read More
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SOA: Authority Misplaced
A stubborn subdomain kept pointing to Bluehost long after migration. It wasn’t propagation or caching—it was a leftover DNS record and inherited authority. Clarity came with rest, and the fix to an SOA record finally revealed itself. Read More
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Breaking Free From Hostinger
Migrating domains, databases, and email from Hostinger to a self-managed cPanel environment revealed hidden challenges in DNS, SQL cleanup, and mail routing. After rebuilding Exim and restructuring directories, the move brought greater control, flexibility, and long-term cost stability. Read More
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If You Only Have One Backup, You Have a Problem
Backups aren’t just copies—they’re a layered strategy. By combining local speed, offsite protection, and full system snapshots, you reduce risk, shorten recovery time, and give users control. Each layer serves a purpose, and removing one creates a gap you’ll notice when it matters. Read More
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The Light Was Fixed. The Ceiling Was Not.
A burnt-out light was fixed quickly. The peeling ceiling above it became a recurring character. This post documents how a small facilities issue was noticed, acknowledged, joked about, apologized for, and ultimately preserved as a matter of civic record. Read More
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Through the barrier
This image captures a close-up perspective of an orange safety barrier with a unique pattern of holes. Beyond the barrier, a vast and empty landscape is visible, indicating a construction site. The ground is mostly bare, suggesting recent excavation or Read More
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Urban Development 2
The image showcases a construction site characterized by bare earth and mounds where land clearing has taken place. In the background, a cluster of trees is visible, indicating natural surroundings adjacent to the development. Some structures can be seen at Read More