An unusual way for your DHCP server to run out of dynamic IPs #SysAdmin #Networking #Tech
BMCs and a surprising USB network device on your server #Tech #Networking #SysAdmin
Notes on pulling from multiple upstream Git mirrors #Git #DevOps #Programming
Our mixed building network wiring and its consequences #Sysadmin #Networking #Infrastructure
Using Linux <code>tc</code> to limit the outgoing bandwidth of a web server #Linux #Networking #SysAdmin
Sometimes it actually is the network: a war story #SysAdmin #Networking #Troubleshooting
What buffer size (OpenSSH) <code>ssh</code> seems to use for streaming output #Sysadmin #OpenSSH #Networking
Go maps, hashes of map keys, and pointers: a little surprise #Programming #GoLang #ComputerScience
Discovering rsync's -W option and our use for it #SysAdmin #Rsync #Tech
I'm only interested in "native" installation systems #SysAdmin #Software #Tech
Our long path from IPMI remote installs to network installs #SysAdmin #Networking #Infrastructure
As expected, using kexec to switch to a new Ubuntu kernel works #Linux #SystemAdministration #OpenSource
There's a plague of Googlebot impersonation going on (in June 2026) #Tech #Security #Networking
Go interfaces, reflection, and binary size #Programming #GoLang #SoftwareEngineering
How your Ubuntu 26.04 server boots with a software RAID array root filesystem #Linux #SysAdmin #OpenSource
You can't always trust a BMC's inventory of the server's hardware #SysAdmin #Hardware #Networking
Some things on '<code>systemctl kexec</code>' as compared to '<code>kexec -e</code>' #Linux #SystemAdministration #Tech
Two versions of a 'is SSH up on a machine' check #Sysadmin #Networking #SSH
The quiet issue of lurking settings (and how it bit me) #SysAdmin #Networking #Infrastructure
Configuration is a liability, just like code #SysAdmin #DevOps #Infrastructure
PyPy and Python 3 for us #Python #PyPy #Programming
Limiting web server bandwidth the brute force way #SystemAdministration #Networking #WebServers
Some reasons why your server may not be doing a UEFI network boot #Sysadmin #Networking #UEFI
How to correctly not wait for network carrier in Netplan #Linux #SysAdmin #Networking
Why servers running Ubuntu can stall on boot for two minutes #Linux #Networking #SysAdmin
What the new Linux NFS mount option 'fatal_neterrors' is #Linux #NFS #SysAdmin
Systemd-resolved and sticking (or not) to what distributions do #Linux #Systemd #SysAdmin
Linux distribution packaging and third party 'package' systems #Linux #SystemAdministration #OpenSource
Running a modern email system requires non-trivial staff time #SysAdmin #Email #Infrastructure
Why disk warranties are useful at work but not for me at home #Tech #Hardware #Storage
My Firefox addons as of Firefox 151 (and the current development version) #Tech #WebDev #OpenSource
Making extensions work on file: URLs in Firefox 153 #Tech #WebDev #OpenSource
Understanding Embark in GNU Emacs (a bit) and some 'stupid' Embark tricks #Emacs #Programming #OpenSource
Should we care any more about Googlebot crawling our sites? #WebCrawling #SEO #SysAdmin
'Vim' has many faces #Vim #TextEditor #Programming
It seems unlikely that I'll have basic ARM servers to deal with #Tech #SystemAdministration #ARM
The Emacs packages that I use (as of June 2026) #Emacs #Programming #Software
My GNU Emacs completion setup (as of June 2026) #Emacs #Programming #OpenSource
A wish for automatic or semi-automatic disk setup in Linux server installers #Linux #SysAdmin #Automation
When <code>su</code> replaced <code>login</code> for becoming another Unix login #Unix #SystemAdministration #Tech