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I Lost a Client's Database on a $5 VPS. Here's the 12-Line Script That Would Have Saved It.
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I Lost a Client's Database on a $5 VPS. Here's the 12-Line Script That Would Have Saved It.

#bash #linux #mysql #devops
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My Nginx Died at 2 AM and Nobody Noticed for 6 Hours. Now I Have a Watchdog Script.
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My Nginx Died at 2 AM and Nobody Noticed for 6 Hours. Now I Have a Watchdog Script.

#bash #linux #devops #productivity
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Your Server Is at 97% CPU Right Now. Would You Know?
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Your Server Is at 97% CPU Right Now. Would You Know?

#bash #linux #sysadmin #monitoring
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The Simplest Automated Backup That Actually Works (6 Lines of Bash)
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The Simplest Automated Backup That Actually Works (6 Lines of Bash)

#bash #linux #automation #beginners
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I Alias This One-Liner to 'mktoday' and Use It Every Single Week
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I Alias This One-Liner to 'mktoday' and Use It Every Single Week

#bash #linux #productivity #beginners
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I Aliased 'syscheck' to 7 Lines of Bash and Now I Run It on Every Server I SSH Into
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I Aliased 'syscheck' to 7 Lines of Bash and Now I Run It on Every Server I SSH Into

#bash #linux #sysadmin #beginners
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set -euo pipefail — the Line That Would Have Saved Me from Deleting the Wrong Directory
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set -euo pipefail — the Line That Would Have Saved Me from Deleting the Wrong Directory

#bash #linux #productivity #webdev
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certbot had been auto-renewing my certs for two years. Until it wasn't.
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certbot had been auto-renewing my certs for two years. Until it wasn't.

#bash #linux #webdev #security
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I was handed a server with no docs and no idea what it was listening on. One command fixed that.
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I was handed a server with no docs and no idea what it was listening on. One command fixed that.

#bash #linux #security #sysadmin
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