2026: Finally a New Decent Website
How holiday downtime led to rebuilding my personal site with Astro, AI-assisted development, and Cloudflare.
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Technical insights
Practical guides and battle-tested solutions from years of hands-on experience. Security, development, server administration, and everything in between.
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.
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.
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.