I read The Next Gen Database Servers Powering Let’s Encrypt which mentioned how they tuned ZFS.
Category Archives: Sys Admin
My traceroute
So today I learned about the `mtr` command. Handy!
macOS show connected servers on desktop
In Finder -> Preferences -> General there is a checkbox option to show ‘Connected servers’. Use that to show connected servers and then you can make aliases for them. I learned about this setting today over here.
5 lines I put in a blank .vimrc
See 5 lines I put in a blank .vimrc for some sensible defaults… my .vimrc is rather a bit longer…
Vagrant
There are a bunch of great examples of using vagrant for testing purposes in
High Availability for the LAMP Stack: Eliminate Single Points of Failure and Increase Uptime for Your Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Based Web Applications by Jason Cannon which I have on my Kindle.
This is how I git
Bumped into This is how I git which is full of tips about working with git.
Protecting TimeMachine backups from itself
Today I bumped into Protecting TimeMachine backups from itself. A good article, covers various TimeMachine Mac things including `tmutil`.
What is a database backup (back to the basics)
Today I saw What is a database backup (back to the basics), which I probably should have read more closely than I did.
Wikimedia’s CDN
This article about Wikimedia’s CDN popped up on lobste.rs today.
What it takes to run Stack Overflow
Today What it takes to run Stack Overflow popped up on r/programming. It’s an old article (2013) but still interesting. It referenced Performance is a Feature and made the bold-font claim that “the cost of inefficient code can be higher than you think.”