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software, systems, and the occasional yak shave — built as a single Go binary, served over the wire.

Jun 14, 2026

A Free, Off-Host Backup for Your SQLite App Copying a live SQLite file with `cp` can hand you a torn, useless backup — the data you need is still in the write-ahead log. `VACUUM INTO` takes a consistent snapshot with the server running, and a systemd timer ships it to another box so a dead disk doesn't take your data with it. backups · devops · self-hosting · sqlite · sysadmin

Jun 14, 2026

Move a Live Log Without Losing a Line You can relocate a file a process is actively writing — even the log of the session doing the moving — without dropping a byte. One Unix fact makes it safe: an open file descriptor is bound to the inode, not the path. devops · filesystems · linux · sysadmin · unix

Jun 13, 2026

The Caddy Bug That Blamed Let's Encrypt for DigitalOcean's Mistake A wildcard cert that issued perfectly — and a retry loop that wouldn't quit. The journal said `strconv.Atoi: parsing "": invalid syntax`, wrapped in certificate-issuance vocabulary. The real bug was two layers down, and the fix was one line. caddy · devops · digitalocean · go · letsencrypt · self-hosting

Jun 13, 2026

Four Caddyfile Gotchas, and the One Habit That Catches Them All Caddy's docs cover each directive in isolation. These four bite where directives interact — and three won't even throw an error. Here's how to fix each, plus the single check that catches all of them. caddy · devops · go · self-hosting · web

Jun 13, 2026

It Reads Everything. It Changes Nothing. My first post here that isn't about music. A small, stubborn tool I built because two of my own projects needed the same boring thing — and building it turned out to be the most fun I've had learning in a while. devtools · learning · open-source · python · side project

Jun 5, 2026

Slaying the Wrong Dragons: Love, Ruin, and the Hard Road to Redemption We had to split to heal apart... So I could cease to break your heart. Accountability · AddictionAndRecovery · CharacterArc · EmotionalHealing · LettingGo · Love · PoetryAnalysis

Jun 4, 2026

The Silent War in the Morning Dust: A Dive into "Heatstroke in My Veins" I’m not clean, but I pretend Smile until the shift will end AddictionAwareness · AlternativeMetal · BlueCollarLife · HardRock · HeavyMetal · MentalHealth · PostGrunge · TheGrind

Jun 4, 2026

Echoes in the Pour: Confronting the Rust and Bone of "Burn" Father’s echoes in the pour, Remind me why I beg for more. #IndustrialRock #OriginalMusic #DarkPoetry #Addict · GenerationalTrauma

Jun 3, 2026

Hands Unscarred A raw, cinematic journey through fatherhood, past demons, and the hope of breaking the cycle. Acoustic · Ballad · Fatherhood · Generational Trauma · Healing. Legacy · Modern Americana · OutlawCountry · Redemption

Jun 3, 2026

Down in the Dirt: The Outlaw Country Soul of "The Bottom of the Well" We are all down here at the bottom of the well, Every one of us has got a different kind of hell AcousticStorytelling · OriginalLyrics · OutlawCountry · Songwriting · SurvivalAnthem · TheBottomOfTheWell