I provide a deeper-dive on the tech stack I like to use in 2021. It is simple, easy to work with, and allows you to grow out of it when the time comes. Updated for 2021!…
Snippets of code for using the ZeroTier API to manage and monitor the devices on my networks. This is just curl and jq command-line-fu.…
Barbie offers five good pointers to think about when evaluating software projects on github.…
Setup a simple HTTP static file server behind Traefik. Nginx is a nice drop-in to solve this because it is small, fast, and will work well in a default configuration.…
I setup a CDN to run in front of my app and DDoS'ed myself because of unforseen configuration and app architecture problems. Mitigations inside!…
Encryption (and HTTPS) is a complicated beast, but we have to do our best to make sure that our sites run securely. With the help of tools like Qualys SSL Labs or the open-source testssl.sh. I update my production Traefik installations to run with the most secure configurations as possible.…
Watch me embarrass myself as I publicly share and explore what it takes to make a screenshot as a service. See the site. Get the code.…
"I'll just quickly code up this thing to do the thing." Twenty hours later you look up, see commit-log filled with WTF moments and profanity, and nested if statements handling edge cases you never thought possible. Welcome to downloading favicons.…