Thoughts and tutorials about Open Source, BSD and GNU/Linux system administration, and programming - the pragmatic way.
| ▸ The Social Dilemma |
| Published on 2020-11-08. |
| ▸ OpenBSD Router Guide - Network segmenting firewall, DHCP, DNS with Unbound, domain blocking and much more |
| Published on 2020-11-05. Modified on - please see inside the guide. |
| ▸ Important Open Source projects should not use GitHub |
| Published on 2020-10-23. Modified on 2020-10-25. |
| ▸ Choose your browser carefully |
| Published on 2020-10-20. Modified on 2020-10-26. |
| ▸ Come full circle - back to HTML |
| Published on 2020-10-18. |
| ▸ No, you cannot have a third of my life! |
| Published on 2020-06-08. Modified on 2020-06-29. |
| ▸ Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux |
| Published on 2020-04-11. Modified on 2020-04-13. |
| ▸ Vim - I hate to love you |
| Published on 2020-04-07. |
| ▸ Turning suckless into suckmore |
| Published on 2020-03-23. Modified on 2020-03-25. |
| ▸ How you can manage the i3 window manager on multiple computers |
| Published on 2020-03-21. |
| ▸ Migrating ZFS from Linux to FreeBSD |
| Published on 2020-02-11. |
| ▸ Some of the great GNU/Linux distributions |
| Published on 2020-02-09. Modified on 2020-03-02. |
| ▸ Choosing between OpenBSD and FreeBSD |
| Published on 2020-02-07. |
| ▸ systemd isn't safe to run anywhere |
| Published on 2020-02-07. |
| ▸ Samba and NFS performance - ZFS on Linux vs ZFS on FreeBSD |
| Published on 2020-02-01. |
| ▸ How to setup FreeBSD with a riced desktop - part 3 - i3 |
| Published on 2020-01-24. |
| ▸ How to setup FreeBSD with a riced desktop - part 2 - Xfce |
| Published on 2020-01-23. |
| ▸ How to setup FreeBSD with a riced desktop - part 1 - Basic setup |
| Published on 2020-01-22. Modified on 2020-01-23. |
| ▸ Why you should migrate everything from Linux to BSD - part 2 |
| Published on 2020-01-21. Modified on 2020-02-02. |
| ▸ FreeBSD is an amazing operating system |
| Published on 2020-01-20. Modified on 2020-01-21. |
| ▸ Why you should migrate everything from Linux to BSD |
| Published on 2020-01-18. Modified on 2020-03-13. |
| ▸ Job interviews in web development gone haywire |
| Published on 2019-12-25. Modified on 2020-04-13. |
| ▸ When the modern approach is nothing but hype |
| Published on 2019-11-07. Modified on 2019-12-22. |
| ▸ My favorite note-taking method |
| Published on 2019-11-03. |
| ▸ Go (Golang) - understanding the object oriented features with structs, methods, and interfaces |
| Published on 2019-11-02. |
| ▸ Go (Golang) - Errors and panics |
| Published on 2019-07-16. Modified on 2019-07-17. |
| ▸ Go (Golang) - Logging that matters |
| Published on 2019-07-14. |
| ▸ Stop pushing JavaScript! |
| Published on 2019-07-02. Modified on 2019-09-19. |
| ▸ When abstraction, design patterns, and principles leads to spaghetti code |
| Published on 2019-05-26. |
| ▸ Battle testing data integrity verification with ZFS, Btrfs and mdadm+dm-integrity |
| Published on 2019-05-05. Modified on 2020-01-23. |
| ▸ Installing Arch Linux with ZFS on a USB stick |
| Published on 2019-03-28. Modified on 2019-11-24. |
| ▸ Remuxing ISO, DVD, or Bluray using cat and ffmpeg on Linux |
| Published on 2018-12-05. |
| ▸ Reviving Cubox with Arch Linux ARM |
| Published on 2018-11-11. |
| ▸ The real motivation behind systemd |
| Published on 2018-05-01. Modified on 2020-01-28. |
| ▸ Void Linux - a great and unique Linux distribution |
| Published on 2018-03-30. Modified on 2020-03-02. |
| ▸ Real full disk encryption using GRUB on Void Linux for BIOS |
| Published on 2018-03-30. Modified on 2020-03-21. |
| ▸ Package management in OpenBSD |
| Published on 2018-03-29. Modified on 2020-01-18. |
| ▸ OpenBSD is fantastic |
| Published on 2018-03-13. Modified on 2020-11-01. |
| ▸ Arch Linux mail server tutorial - part 3 - Get DNS right, it's important! |
| Published on 2017-12-29. Modified on 2019-07-06. |
| ▸ Arch Linux mail server tutorial - part 2 - OpenSMTPD, Dovecot, DKIMproxy, and Let's Encrypt |
| Published on 2017-12-28. Modified on 2019-07-06. |
| ▸ Arch Linux mail server tutorial - part 1 - What is email? |
| Published on 2017-12-27. Modified on 2019-07-06. |
| ▸ Stay away from CloudFlare |
| Published on 2017-12-20. |
| ▸ Is Google evil? |
| Published on 2017-12-13. Modified on 2020-01-25. |
| ▸ Make the current commit the initial commit in a Git repository |
| Published on 2017-12-10. Modified on 2018-11-12. |
| ▸ The typical discussions about BSD vs Linux |
| Published on 2017-10-15. |
| ▸ Real full disk encryption using GRUB on Debian GNU/Linux for BIOS |
| Published on 2017-06-23. |
| ▸ Real full disk encryption using GRUB on Arch Linux for BIOS and UEFI |
| Published on 2017-05-30. Modified on 2020-03-09. |
| ▸ No your PHP framework isn't MVC, but don't worry, it really shouldn't be! |
| Published on 2016-12-19. |
| ▸ How to split your DNS requests when using a VPN |
| Published on 2016-11-14. Modified on 2019-04-02. |
| ▸ Programming languages and programming paradigms |
| Published on 2016-01-02. |
| ▸ Bummer PHP |
| Published on 2015-12-20. |
| ▸ Composer and Packagist - a bad implementation! |
| Published on 2015-12-10. Modified on 2016-08-07. |
| ▸ To framework or not to framework? |
| Published on 2015-11-10. |
| ▸ No your API isn't REST, but don't worry, it really shouldn't be! |
| Published on 2015-11-01. Modified on 2016-03-07. |
| ▸ Design Patterns Can Be Very Evil |
| Published on 2015-03-15. |
| ▸ Procedural Programming vs Object Oriented Programming |
| Published on 2015-02-28. |
| ▸ Web application with a single entry point |
| Published on 2015-01-01. |
| ▸ Keeping your home in Git, the right way |
| Published on 2014-12-17. Modified on 2020-04-02. |
| ▸ Some notes on Arch Linux - 2 |
| Published on 2013-10-16. Modified on 2019-01-19. |
| ▸ PSR-0 is not a solution it is a bypass! |
| Published on 2013-04-23. |
| ▸ Most PHP Frameworks are not for programmers |
| Published on 2013-04-17. |
| ▸ When templates gets in the way |
| Published on 2013-03-26. |
| ▸ Be careful when using docking stations |
| Published on 2013-02-04. |
| ▸ An alternative way to play YouTube videos without using Flash |
| Published on 2012-12-15. Modified on 2016-07-26. |
| ▸ GnuPG Tutorial |
| Published on 2012-01-18. Modified on 2018-09-27. |
| ▸ How to Create a New and Empty Branch in Git |
| Published on 2012-01-18. |
| ▸ How to set your hostname and domain name correctly |
| Published on 2012-01-18. |
| ▸ Enforce strong passwords in Debian |
| Published on 2011-03-17. |
| ▸ Unloading of modules at boot time in Debian |
| Published on 2011-02-12. |
| ▸ Benchmark 4 - Notes About Caching and Benchmarking |
| Published on 2010-12-17. |
| ▸ Benchmark 3 - The Alternative PHP Cache (APC) |
| Published on 2010-12-16. |
| ▸ Benchmark 2 - MySQL Cache |
| Published on 2010-12-15. |
| ▸ Benchmark 1 - Dynamic pages vs. static pages vs. Memcached |
| Published on 2010-12-14. |
| ▸ Social Networking Suck |
| Published on 2010-11-18. Modified on 2020-11-08. |
| ▸ The Book "Pro PHP Refactoring" |
| Published on 2010-11-05. |
| ▸ Code comments are good right? Well, not if there are too many! |
| Published on 2010-10-21. |
| ▸ Code Navigation, Design Patterns, and Too Many Functions |
| Published on 2010-10-12. |
| ▸ Git bare vs. non-bare repositories |
| Published on 2010-10-09. |
| ▸ What does GRUB see? |
| Published on 2010-09-07. |
| ▸ Windows XP nv4_disp infinite loop problem |
| Published on 2010-01-19. |
| ▸ umount - device is busy |
| Published on 2010-01-12. |
| ▸ For Debian - what package does that file belong to? |
| Published on 2010-01-12. |
| ▸ Simple CHM to PDF conversion on Linux |
| Published on 2010-01-07. |
| ▸ Resume SFTP transfer with rsync |
| Published on 2009-12-15. |
| ▸ Passwords from the hackers point of view |
| Published on 2009-10-21. |
| ▸ Localized version in the console? No thanks! |
| Published on 2009-10-20. |
| ▸ How to convert a man page into PS, PDF or DVI |
| Published on 2009-10-15. |
| ▸ Mercurial branching, main and stable, a possible workflow |
| Published on 2009-10-14. |
| ▸ Some personal notes on revision control and backup |
| Published on 2009-10-12. |
| ▸ PHP include path problems |
| Published on 2009-09-15. |
| ▸ Why I do not like derived Linux distributions |
| Published on 2009-08-13. |
| ▸ Mount an OpenBSD slice from Linux |
| Published on 2009-08-04. |
| ▸ Finding and removing duplicate files with fdupes |
| Published on 2009-08-01. |
| ▸ Mozilla Firefox Keywords Shortcuts |
| Published on 2009-08-01. |
| ▸ Encrypting and decrypting files using GnuPG, OpenSSL or Mcrypt |
| Published on 2009-04-01. Modified on 2016-07-26. |
| ▸ Cache your DNS requests using Bind |
| Published on 2009-03-15. |
| ▸ CD or DVD Boot problems on MAC |
| Published on 2009-03-15. |
| ▸ Keeping the system time precise using NTP |
| Published on 2009-03-15. Modified on 2016-07-26. |
| ▸ Remove -- MARK -- from the message log |
| Published on 2009-03-15. |
| ▸ Resume SFTP transfer with PuTTY |
| Published on 2009-03-14. |
| ▸ PHP Security |
| Published on 2008-11-28. Modified on 2015-04-05. |
| ▸ Some notes on Arch Linux |
| Published on 2008-11-04. Modified on 2009-08-17. |
| ▸ Ubuntu as in Debian? |
| Published on 2008-11-03. |
| ▸ Using EncFS to encrypt some of your files |
| Published on 2008-11-02. Modified on 2016-05-23. |
| ▸ Choosing a new backup solution, Duplicity, rdiff-backup or Rsnapshot |
| Published on 2008-10-30. Modified on 2012-02-10. |
| ▸ Speed down your CPU |
| Published on 2008-08-12. |
| ▸ Pointers in C |
| Published on 2007-12-26. |
| ▸ Programming in C, Cpp, and Ada |
| Published on 2007-12-25. |
| ▸ Choosing a good book on programming |
| Published on 2007-12-14. Modified on 2016-04-02. |
| ▸ Revision control |
| Published on 2007-11-17. Modified on 2010-10-10. |
| ▸ Wrong default encoding on the Apache webserver |
| Published on 2007-08-22. |
| ▸ Who is listening on my ports |
| Published on 2007-01-13. Modified on 2020-01-25. |
| ▸ diff and patch |
| Published on 2006-05-22. |