CDN Explained: How Content Delivery Networks Speed Up Your Site
Most people think a CDN is some magical turbo button that fixes every slow site. I learned the hard way that a CDN just makes a slow site fail globally…
Server Security Hardening: Blocking Brute Force Attacks
Most people think brute force attacks are "just noise" that fail anyway. That is how you end up with a rooted box, an IP on abuse lists, and an inbox…
Server Uptime: Why 99.9% Isn’t Good Enough for Business
Most people think "99.9% uptime" sounds rock solid. Three nines. Marketing loves printing that number in big bold letters. I learned the hard way that it actually means "multiple hours…