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When Security Got Heavy
A failed Forgejo push exposed a three-hour server outage. Recent installs like Forgejo and Nextcloud seemed suspicious at first, but diagnostics pointed to an aggressive ImunifyAV scanner. After mitigation, I resized the server and planned safer monitoring. Read More
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My Journey To Forgejo
After years of SourceSafe locks, corrupted repositories, private repo limits, and subscription friction, I set up my own Forgejo server to preserve old projects, migrate code from GitHub, and regain control over where my work lives. Read More
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ChatGPT Tried to Explain Me
After years of conversations about technology, history, memoirs, civic issues, creativity, and absurd humor, I asked ChatGPT to describe who I am. The result was a detailed portrait of an archivist, community-minded technologist, storyteller, and observer of systems, people, & preservation. 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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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