My Server Audit Checklist

I perform regular audits on my servers to analyze ssh access logs, user account audits, installed software reports, and installed dependency reports.

My Solo Developer Stack

I want to share the tools, technologies, and process that I use to create the infrastructure and deploy code to it. As a solo developer I needed tools that allow me to do everything quickly and in an automated manner to work efficiently.

Securing a Linux Web Server in 2025

We go over how to set up a Linux server and how to secure it against some basic attacks including SSH brute force and denial of service attacks.

Securing HTMX Applications

Writing your applications in HTMX doesn't necessarily have a lot of security benefits over competing frameworks, but it does give you the same security alongside simplicity.

Simplifying Deployments Using Docker Swarm

For the past decade Kubernetes and OpenShift have dominated the cloud environments and they were both amazing. Complicated...but amazing. With this amazingness came the need for Helm, a package manager that allowed you to take your OCI containers that you built and bundle them up with configurations to deploy software to your Kubernetes cluster. If this sounds like a lot of work, its because it is.

Three Ways to Migrate Your WordPress Site

I started web development back in 2012 using the WordPress platform, and while it really breaks my heart to see Matt Mullenweg canabalize such an incredible piece of software it is his right to burn the house down. That doesn't mean that you have to stand in the burning houses and die with it.