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S.O.S.

"S.O.S. It's going down, she's asking questions, HELP!" This was pretty much the text I sent to Josh on the 6th of January 2017. Hello again, it's thatgirljen, aka the wife, with another guest post. This post is about one [...]

How to install the latest nginx on Debian and Ubuntu

It's been a minute since I've built out a new server, specifically a web server. As I ventured down the path of installing the latest version of nginx recently, I found the official documentation to be a touch lacking. The [...]

GNU Screen Hotkeys vs. Tmux Hotkeys

Years ago I had finally picked up on using a terminal multiplexer as part of my day to day workflow. I started with tmux having only used screen for one off server tasks that I wanted to persist across my [...]

Your shell aliases may be making you dumb

Maybe not, but mine definitely have been. Doubt this is a popular opinion but I've recently come to realization that while seemingly making me more productive, my shell aliases have the potential of making me dumb. Don't get me wrong [...]

My 2019 Goals

For the last couple of years I've done a post the weekend after Thanksgiving to outline for goals for the coming year. Last year I went pretty big with my goals, a la Grant Cardone and the 10X Rule. But [...]

VPS $3.50 Showdown - November 2018 - Lightsail vs. Vultr

Before you go commenting on the obvious, let me go ahead and clear the air a bit. First off, yes, DigitalOcean and Linode are purposefully omitted from this comparison because they lack of a $3.50 tier. Second, yes, I'm aware [...]

America: Our National Language

Hello, it's thatgirljen, the wife, here again with a guest post! You might not know, but I'm a homeschooling parent. That means I get to impart all sorts of vital information and knowledge upon our kiddo. Thankfully, there's the [...]

The most efficient way to check the last character of a string with JavaScript

Recently I was writing some code that needed to detect if a certain character was at the end of the string to determine if some additional logic should be executed. The reason for this was because the additional logic to [...]

Save time by not locking your computer

Okay, so this is one of those topics that I know may seem pretty fucking dumb, but I'm telling you, it's completely legit and isn't nearly as insecure as you are probably thinking. Yes, I'm fully aware that it's counterintuitive [...]

Using alternate SSH ports with rsync

I live on the command-line. I also use the hell out of rsync to move files around. And because I'm paranoid / security conscious, I run sshd on an alternate port to provide an additional layer of obscurity to things [...]