Archive for the ‘Mundane’ Category.
If you notice some dust around here, I am working on getting some cool backend stuff set up. I’ll blog about my experiences setting up:
I’m also going to be testing my current shared hosting vs a AWS Micro Instance. Given time, I might test Apache vs Nginx on the AWS instance.
It’s _why day. woo. go do something wonderful. Who/what/where/when/why is _why, you ask? read on..
One of my favorite linux distros has been archlinux since the early oughts. It’s default install is super lightweight, and it’s configuration system is a joy (especially after working with several distros with many rc directories and hundreds of symlinks).
However, there is a learning curve with archlinux. Since it’s so stripped down, some things that you might expect to see are not installed or configured. And following it’s minimalist mantra, packages tend to not configure themselves when you install them. Following is blow by blow to help get a box booted up and running.
Continue reading ‘Building an ArchLinux hosting box (part 1)’ »
One of the tools that I use on an almost daily basis is the Binary Search. I think that this tool is one of the ways that a good troubleshooter seems so much more efficient then a mediocre troubleshooter.
It’s a pretty simple tool, as the diagram show. Split the problem’s area into two, and determine which side of the split the issue lies on. As you continue to split the set of problems down, you’ll either reach a level where you only have one issue, or only have one logical direction to proceed.
Continue reading ‘Binary Searching and other tools of the trade’ »