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detox – The Tiny Tool That Saved My Backups😤 When a Backup Fails… Because of a Filename Recently, one of my automated backups on Linux unexpectedly crashed mid-run. No fancy error message, no graceful fallback — just a…
Running Apache with AppArmor on Debian 12 doesn’t have to be messy. Forget about mod_apparmor, forget about “hats”, and ignore the dynamic module rabbit hole. We’ll use a simple, maintainable…
(This article is the logical follow-up to the backup script described here: Nextcloud Backup Like a Pro – Automated with Bash. Both posts go hand in hand to complete the…
If you’re like me and want your Nextcloud to scream the moment something shady shows up in your files, then you’re probably using the Antivirus for Files app. But here’s…
Ever wanted to backup your self-hosted Nextcloud instance without sweating bullets? Tired of rsync-ing folders manually or risking broken databases? Buckle up, sysadmin – here’s a neat little Bash script…
🤖 So, What Is This “Ansible” Magic? Ansible is basically the spellbook every modern sysadmin dreams of. It’s an open-source automation engine that lets you write playbooks—YAML files describing exactly…
My wife and I are total houseplant nerds. We love having a jungle in the living room, but there’s a dark side: fungus gnats. These tiny little bugs seem to…
Let’s get one thing out of the way: I swore I’d never write one of those posts. You know the type — “10 reasons Linux is better than Windows!”, “Escape…
I’m still very much a Linux fan — that hasn’t changed. I run Linux in VMs, on servers, and I love its flexibility, openness, and CLI-first philosophy. In fact, I…
🔧 More Gear, More Heat Over the past few months, I kept adding new components to my rack setup.But here’s the catch: my rack doesn’t have any active cooling. When…