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Technical notes, published by issue like a diskmag. No editorial calendar: an issue comes out when I have something to say.

NUM  DATE        TITLE

ISSUE #003

#003  01/08/2026  Why a showcase site disguised as a BBS

An aesthetic choice that's also a technical argument: this site fits in 80 columns, sets no cookies, and reads without JavaScript.

by sysop  ·  site · restraint · design

ISSUE #002

#002  03/04/2026  An alert that cries wolf ends up ignored

Monitoring rarely fails from too few alerts. It fails from too many. How I get to a volume someone actually reads.

by sysop  ·  monitoring · operations · method

ISSUE #001

#001  14/02/2026  An untested backup is not a backup

Why half the backup plans I inherit restore nothing, and the quarterly routine that fixes it.

by sysop  ·  backup · restore · method