IVIlya Vinokurovinblog.iluxav.com·1d ago · 10 min readI wanted a simpler way to run apps on a VPS, so I built plyIn August, I sat down to put a small app on a $6 droplet. A Next.js frontend, a Redis, that's it. Three hours later the app was running, and I realized almost none of those three hours had anything to10
CRChris Royinfreecodecamp.org·5h ago · 21 min readHow a System Call Actually Works in LinuxHere's a small C program. It calls clock_gettime() three times, then writes five bytes to standard output. #include <stdio.h> #include <time.h> #include <unistd.h> int main(void) { struct timespe00
PFPascal Fenkaminfenkam.hashnode.dev·6h ago · 14 min readWhat I learned running 52,027 sysadmin commands across 2,104 VMs using LLMsTeams are already using LLMs to operate systems, with or without a human in the loop. Yet there's very little public data on the full impact of these agents on infrastructure. So I recorded traces acr00
ZTZero Trust Threadsinzerotrustthreads.hashnode.dev·8h ago · 5 min readWhat Are Logs, and Why Do Security Teams Care About Them?Something happened on a computer. How would you know? Maybe someone logged in. Maybe an application crashed. Maybe a user accessed a file. Maybe a firewall blocked traffic. Maybe a web server received00
JMjoichiro mitakainhuskhoard.hashnode.dev·10h ago · 7 min readFile Stubs and Cold Archives: The Fundamentals Nobody ExplainsAsk most engineers what "archiving" means and you'll get some version of the same answer: move old data somewhere cheaper. That's true, but it skips the part that actually matters — what happens to th00
AHAnousheh Hussaininthelogbook.hashnode.dev·12h ago · 12 min readThe Logbook #08 - Linux Behind the Scenes: Services, SSH, Firewalls, and FlatpakWhen I first started using Linux, I learned commands one at a time. I knew that systemctl start httpd started a web server and that ssh connected me to another machine—but I did not fully understand w00
IAInioluwa Adeyemoininioluwa2003.hashnode.dev·1d ago · 3 min readWeek 2: Cryptography, Git & GitHubWeek 2 is done, and I'm glad I could achieve all the goals set for this week. Let's get into how the week went. What I Did I finished the remaining modules of the Coursera Applied Cryptography course,00
NNNima neshandarinmrlemon.hashnode.dev·1d ago · 3 min readIf you're just about to switch to Linux, read this.Well...Well...Well... You’re probably tired of Windows, too—or maybe you just want something new , And you think Linux is an interesting option, you HAVE to read this What do I want to talk about? You02N
DTDavid Timothyindigitalunpacked.hashnode.dev·1d ago · 22 min readWindows Is Getting More Hostile, and Linux Still Isn’t Good Enough. How Are These Our Choices in 2026?It’s 2026, Windows 10 is out of support, Microsoft wants every Windows PC to be an AI PC, and desktop Linux is still waiting for its big moment. How the hell are we still here? Windows is becoming inc00
ASAsep Sayyadinasepsayyad007.hashnode.dev·2d ago · 20 min readYour Linux Server Has 65,000 Ports. How Many Are Actually Exposed?The hidden gap between listening sockets, binding interfaces, Docker NAT bypasses, and true perimeter exposure. You set up a new Linux server, configure UFW with a default deny policy, and feel confi00
