The Great Migration: Mastodon
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I migrated my personal Mastodon server from a cloud-hosted machine to a mini PC in my home office. Learn how I wrangled Docker and Cloudflare Tunnels to make this work!
Eric Mann
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Password Security
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How do you address password security? What controls do you put in place? Do they matter? What does a strong password look like? Learn how to protect your users in 2024 and beyond!
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The Great Migration: Next Steps
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With a new server set up, the next step in the great migration was to start moving services to it from the cloud. First up, my toy encrypted secret sharing service!
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Tech Error: Diversity Not Found
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If everyone around me looks like me, sounds like me, and generally thinks like me I am not learning or growing. Diversity is a critical requirement for growth, development, and sustainability in any field – but tech in particular!
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The Great Migration: Configuring the Server
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The first step in a server migration is configuring the new machine to which other systems, applications, and services will move. Learn how I chose my OS and configured it for remote access. This includes direct connectivity during reboots of a fully encrypted disk!
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The Great WordPress Migration
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In 2024 I finally migrated my WordPress blog (among other projects) from the cloud to a self-hosted Linux machine in my home office. All without exposing my private network to the world! Come join me on this journey as I explain my approach to owning my work and my own network.
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Customer Focus: Acquisition vs Retention
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Attempting to log into Hulu reveals a customer focus on sales, not on maintaining relationships with active, paying customers.
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An Ode to Open Source
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In 2023 I managed to leverage mesh VPN networking to link my machines and remotely manage open source. The future is beautiful!
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Hiring and risk
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Almost daily now I see posts on LinkedIn complaining about the length of corporate hiring and interview processes. If Elon Musk can buy Twitter in 10 days, you can hire a candidate in less than a month. Chris Abbass Sentiment like this is legion. I admit that, with many pipelines, processes can be burdensome, drawn-out,
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PHP Strict Typing
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Why use strict typing in a language that supports dynamic types? It’s all about managing the way PHP handles memory.