mysql

Deep Cleaning MySQL: Removing Remnants After Apt Purge Doesn't Work

Is MySQL still haunting your Debian/Ubuntu system even after a --purge? 😩 This guide shows techniques to completely remove MySQL remnants and get a clean start.

Artificial Intelligence Featured

My Concerns Around AI Search And Consumer Manipulation

Are we placing too much trust in AI? Explore the hidden costs, privacy risks, and the influence of advertising on AI-driven decisions.

openwebui

Open WebUI Transformer Error

Ran into issues with your Open WebUI container after setting a custom RAG model from Hugging Face? This post covers troubleshooting steps, from identifying config.json errors to fixing the sentence transformer settings, to get your AI server back up and running smoothly.

Self Hosted Featured

Hosting My Own Blog

Discover the benefits of self-hosting your blog, gaining full control, learning through experimentation, and ensuring data privacy.

Steam Deck

Get Gigabytes Of Storage Back On Your Steam Deck With No Change To Gaming Performance

The Steam Deck has been a very exciting gaming device. If you noticed your internal storage shrinking, checkout how you can get a ton of…

Infosec

Access Control, which should you use?

Access control is a security measure that determines who is allowed to enter or access a certain area or system. You have several different…

Linux

How To Actually Secure Your Linux Server

Looking around the Internet you can find a never ending debate around what you can do to protect your Linux server that’s exposed to the…

Cloud

Invest in Secure Private Cloud Storage

Cloud storage has always been expensive, use these tricks to invest in a low-cost method to securely and privately store and sync your…

Kubernetes

Created my First Online Course on Kubernetes (K3S) and MicroOS

K3S is a lightweight Kubernetes distribution that takes the complexityout of Kubernetes. You can instead focus on the infrastructure and…

Budget

How We Manage Home Projects and Costs

At the beginning of the year, we plan, research, and budget for home projects. We use a couple tools to manage the projects and budget

Steam Deck

My Full Steam Deck Review

My full Steam Deck review after two months of use by my wife and I

Linux

Best Linux Distribution For Gaming, And Other Tips

Your experience may vary depending on the Linux distribution you choose. Some distributions are great for server environments, some are…

Log4j

Kubernetes Network Policy or Blocking External Traffic will Slightly Reduce log4j Attack, not…

blocking external egress from your applications is not only unrealistic for many but also doesn’t mitigate (avoid) the issue… only slightly

Steam Deck

Steam Deck could be an Ultimate Mobile Gaming Experience with Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation games

It is great to see the amount of excitement around Valve’s Steam Deck. As a Linux gamer, and occasional Windows gamer, it is great to see…

Security

Preventative Security or Detection?

You have many tools for protecting your infrastructure, many of these tools come in two forms, preventative and detective. These tools, while typically utilizing the same types of technology, differ when protecting your organization. This article will go over the difference between the two, and why you would use one

Cybersecurity

You’ve been using firewalls wrong

The way most people typically use a Firewall is to open and close access to ports; in fact, many people install a firewall and leave it in a default state. As applications are installed, ports are opened for that application. However, this is pointless. If all you are doing is

Gaming

Newegg’s Shuffle Sounds Like A Good Strategy, If Done Right

Newegg’s new Shuffle program could put electronics in the hands of more consumers, and less scalpers. That is, it it is done right.

Google

Encrypt Your Google Drive Files And Hide Them From Google

It seems, this year, people are more interested in protecting their privacy. With the moves made by Apple (Hilliard, 2021), privacy is…

Cybersecurity

You are a Target, even if you Think you are not

Many organizations seem to have this idea that because they’re not a “big target” they’re fine. They aren’t Apple, Google, or Amazon; so…

Linux Gaming

Started back down Linux Gaming, and Exclusively Using Linux

It’s been two years since I’ve gone full Linux for gaming. I tried it once but ended up going back to Windows because of the games I was…

Fedora Linux

Set Default Audio in Linux (Fedora and GNOME)

As I continue down my path of using Linux more and more as my daily system, I’ve found a problem that was a bit annoying. For some reason…

Epic Games

Locate Installed Games for Epic Games (Linux/Windows)

Locate installed games on your system, without needing to re-download them with Epic Games launcher.

DevOps

Low-code and no-code app builders can hinder companies and Decrease Security

Low-code and no-code app builders can hinder companies in the long run with technical debt and security risk. These app builders allow less…

The need for Automated Security Infrastructure in an Agile world

The landscape of IT is changing everyday, and companies need to innovate in order to keep up with customer demand, and this can be best…

Progamming

Data should be validated during submission

You can’t trust user data