Cloud

Want to take YouTube2­Audiobook for a spin without installing it? Then our new Docker container has all you need.

Need to exchange sensitive files between two machines over HTTP? Here's how to do it securely!

Why 01/06/2020 is neither in June nor in January. But just wrong. Why it's rather 2020-06-01. And everyone benefits.

Looking for a new WiFi name? Unhappy with "ISP Ad Here-123" or freeloaders? Here are some WiFi names that send a clear message.

Why I put a bug bounty on my personal errors. How actively looking for disconfirming evidence allows me to learn cheap. And why you should too.

The not-too-serious but absolutely foolproof missing manual for modern engineering practices: From understanding the problem to declaring success in eleven (not so) easy steps.

Numerous people have shaped my life. Only very few as much as a key mentor of mine. Who never knew he was one. This is for him.

Always wondered what mentoring is all about? Here's what a mentor does and where to find one. And why you should have a mentor too.

Need to find out if two directories contain the same files? Here's how to do it in a basic fashion. As a Github Gist.

Using cURL and having to store cookies between requests but don't want to save them to file? Here's how to keep them purely in memory.

Want to know what makes me tick? Then a selection of books I've read in the past should give you an insight into what has shaped and influenced my thinking.

Reclaim some lost privacy and security by using a fully automated OpenVPN server solution in AWS! Readily available as a one-stop Terraform module on GitHub.

GKE tells you 'Error 400/403: Missing edit permissions on account' but actually something else is off. More fundamental. But easy to fix.

Stop building. Start Reusing. Get some Sellotape and get going. Because the best system I've ever built is the system I've never built!

It is very easy to edit multiple files within a single vim session, using tabs, windows or buffers. Read on to discover how these approaches could help you manage multiple files

Helm chart repositories for everyone. With auto-generated clear instructions on how to add, search, and remove the repository. Right from the repository. Because user documentation matters. Readily available as a Terraform module on GitHub.

Overview As Linux has basically taken over the cloud, and servers in general, leaving Windows Servers to look after Active Directory and SQLServer, knowing Bash is a must. This artical isn't a Bash

There are two types of CPU affinity. The first, soft affinity (also called natural affinity) is the tendency of the scheduler to try to keep processes on the same CPU as long as possible.

An AWS IAM User (including access keys and secret access keys) with a minimum set of permissions that seamlessly works with the QNAP Glacier app. Readily available as a Terraform module on GitHub.

AWS S3 logging buckets that can be used with EC2, VPC, S3, ELB, CloudTrail, CloudFront, CloudWatch, ECS, SNS, and OpsWorks. Readily available as a Terraform module on GitHub.