A pattern I really like for zero-downtime deploys is the ability to "pause" HTTP traffic at the load balancer, such that incoming requests from bro...

A comprehensive guide to building a secure DNS sinkhole using CoreDNS and Smallstep certificates, providing DNS-level blocking and serving custom HTTPS block pages.

Today I learned how to install tools from GitHub that are written in Go, using [github.com/icholy/semgrepx](https://github.com/icholy/semgrepx) as ...

I came up with this trick today, when I wanted to run a `LIKE` search against every column in a table.

Today I built a system for monitoring Reddit for new posts that link to various domains that I own.

A comprehensive guide to implementing automated API status monitoring for Tomcat applications using Bash scripting, with detailed explanations of script components, error handling, and best practices.

[redbean](https://redbean.dev/) is a fascinating project - it provides a web server in a self-contained executable which you can add assets (or dyn...

A few years ago I decided to learn how to make some classic cocktails. It is a very rewarding hobby.