Blog posts

2026

• Feb 3
  Upgrade MariaDB from 10.6 LTS to 11.8 LTS on FreeBSD

2025

• Nov 13
  Fix weird lag issues with Intel graphics on FreeBSD 14.3 with i915 driver
• Jan 9
  How to rebuild a ZFS pool

2024

• Nov 11
  Announcing Bildaro, a self-hosted photo gallery
• Oct 11
  Lessons my DIY file server taught me about the 'Out-of-the-loop performance problem'
• Aug 3
  Fix MacOS Finder problems with Samba file shares

2023

• Oct 14
  Upgrade PHP 8.x on FreeBSD
• Jun 9
  Connect Visual Studio Code to FreeBSD remote servers
• Jan 26
  Create a FreeBSD web server (FAMP stack)
• Jan 25
  Improve self-help books using the BLUF format

2022

• Oct 25
  Control your information intake
• Mar 10
  Cloud storage for the paranoid
• Jan 20
  Mac software alternatives

2021

• Sep 17
  Switching to Mac OS
• Jun 25
  How to import an OpenVPN profile on iOS (without iTunes)
• Jun 9
  Differences between FreeBSD and Debian, two weeks in
• Mar 2
  Don't use version names, use numbers

2020

• Jun 10
  Migrating Debian Buster from iptables to nftables
• Jun 5
  Using Apache RewriteMap to handle redirects for WordPress multisite
• Feb 3
  Solving the mystery of Xigmanas Samba file permissions on ZFS
• Jan 17
  Batch processing video files with Avidemux

2019

• Dec 12
  Disable Apache 2.4 directory listings
• Nov 23
  Fixing slow FTP download speeds
• Oct 16
  Comparing the compiling times of a large application between a 4-core Core i5-4670 and a 32-core dual socket Xeon E5-2670
• Jun 23
  Apache performance benchmarks
• Jan 30
  Crappy DisplayPort cables wasted six months of my life

2017

• Jul 30
  Replacing the blue LEDs on a Das Keyboard 4 Professional with red LEDs

2016

• Apr 21
  Installing Salt on Debian servers
• Mar 31
  Deploying WordPress content changes using WP CLI
• Jan 14
  Scarlett 2i2 USB DAC and Debian 8

2015

• Dec 18
  How to upgrade your web server from Debian 7 Wheezy to Debian 8 Jessie
• Jul 30
  How to automate moving WordPress custom field values into taxonomy selections
• Jul 1
  How to migrate a standalone WordPress site into a multisite network
• May 16
  Improve your online privacy by automatically deleting cookies

2012

• Nov 20
  Minecraft soundtrack