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Practical guides and battle-tested solutions from years of hands-on experience. Security, development, server administration, and everything in between.

Jan 4, 2026

2026: Finally a New Decent Website

How holiday downtime led to rebuilding my personal site with Astro, AI-assisted development, and Cloudflare.

Web DevelopmentAstroAI

Sep 22, 2019

Fritz!Box 7530 – How to Close Port 8089 and Disable TR-069

A security guide to disabling the TR-069 protocol and closing the open port 8089 on your Fritz!Box 7530 router for better network security.

SecurityNetworkingSysAdmin

Feb 28, 2016

Solving ETIMEDOUT Errors in Node.js MySQL Connections

How to fix MySQL connection timeout errors in long-running Node.js applications by implementing proper connection pool management.

Node.jsMySQLDevelopment

May 13, 2015

Rkhunter: Implementing Proper Email Alerts for Rootkit Detection

A guide to configuring rkhunter with smart email notifications that only alert you when actual threats are detected, eliminating false positive noise.

SecuritySysAdminLinux