How I Accidentally DDoSed My Own Server
A cautionary tale about writing bad cron jobs and the importance of rate limiting. Includes graphs of my pain and what I learned about monitoring.
System administration, security holes, and cloud misconfigurations
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A cautionary tale about writing bad cron jobs and the importance of rate limiting. Includes graphs of my pain and what I learned about monitoring.
The IPv4 apocalypse is coming. Here's how to implement IPv6 without losing your sanity or your hair.
Collection of bash scripts that somehow work in production. Includes my infamous "turn it off and on again" automation.
A realistic look at when you actually need Kubernetes (and when you just need a single well-configured server).
Step-by-step guide to securing SSH that even your "it works fine" colleague can't argue with.
Why your "it hasn't failed yet" backup strategy is a time bomb, and how to fix it before management notices.
Setting up monitoring that actually alerts you to problems before they become outages (and your problem).