notes on self-hosting, small tools, and keeping cheap servers happy.
Keeping a 1 GB VPS responsive
A gigabyte of RAM goes far if you stop services fighting over it.
Notes on systemd timers
I moved everything off cron this year.
A tiny static site with Caddy
Two lines of config and you have HTTPS.
SQLite backups that actually restore
Copying the file mid-write gives a torn backup.
Rsync snapshots on a budget
Hard links turn a copy into a time machine.
A zsh setup I can live with
About forty lines that start instantly.