Posts
Page 58 of 80
-
Terraform vs Pulumi: Infrastructure as Code Without the YAML Nightmares
Terraform vs Pulumi compared head-to-head: HCL state files and the plan/apply workflow against real programming languages. Includes OpenTofu and when to choose each.
· Updated:9 min read -
Bulk File Renaming on Linux: rename, vidir, fd
Master bulk file renaming on Linux with rename, vidir, fd, and mmv. The right tool for every scenario from regex rewrites to visual editing.
· Updated:7 min read -
Nginx Proxy Manager for Normal Humans
Set up Nginx Proxy Manager in Docker, get SSL certs, proxy hosts, access lists, and TCP streams, without reading a 40-page nginx manual.
7 min read -
Context Window vs Token Limit: Not the Same Thing
What's the actual difference between context window and token limit? Why one model says 8K and another says 128K. A practical breakdown.
5 min read -
Disk Space Tools in 2026: Beyond du and df
du and df still work, but Rust-era tools like dust, duf, and fclones make disk triage faster and way less painful in 2026.
7 min read -
CI Pipeline Caching: Speed Up Every Build
Your CI job waits 4 minutes for npm install every run. Caching cuts it to 15 seconds. Dependency caching for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, pip, and Docker.
5 min read -
Apache in 2026: It's Time to Move On
Apache still runs half the internet by default, not by choice. Here's why Nginx and Caddy have lapped it, and when to finally make the switch.
8 min read -
The Embedding Model Choice Nobody Explains
Most people use OpenAI's embeddings because it's easy. But local embeddings exist. How to pick and when it actually matters.
· Updated:7 min read -
Open Source Licenses Explained: What You Can and Can't Do With Free Software
FOSS licenses explained for developers and self-hosters: MIT vs GPL vs AGPL vs Apache 2.0, copyleft vs permissive, and what recent license changes mean for you.
· Updated:10 min read -
Self-Hoster's Disaster Recovery: When Everything Goes Wrong at Once
Backups and disaster recovery are not the same thing. Learn RTO and RPO, the 3-2-1 rule, Proxmox and Restic backups, and a runbook that survives a real outage.
· Updated:9 min read -
Compression in 2026: zstd Changed the Game
zstd -3 compresses 4-6x faster than gzip at a better ratio. Measured numbers, where xz still wins at the high end, and how to use zstd in 2026.
· Updated:8 min read -
Ollama Keep Alive: Unload Models from VRAM
Ollama holds models in VRAM after every request. Set keep_alive, force an unload through the API, and cap how many models stay resident at once.
· Updated:8 min read
