**FediMeteo, HAProxy, and the art of not wasting snac threads** When I wrote about FediMeteo (https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/) for the first time, I told the story from the beginning: the idea born almost by […]

**Monitor your devices with LibreNMS on FreeBSD** LibreNMS (https://www.librenms.org) has been a faithful companion for years now. It quietly handles the monitoring of my servers, devices, and services without demanding much in return - exactly what you want from a tool whose job is to watch […]

Your reader, your couch, your rules. Starting today, both my-notes.dragas.net and it-notes.dragas.net are changing the way they distribute content - on RSS and on the Fediverse alike. No more excerpts. No more "read more" links. Full posts, delivered directly to you, wherever you choose to […]

**EnshittifAIcation** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/20/enshittifaication/ #itnotes #notehub #ai #hosting #server #sysadmin

**Why I Love FreeBSD** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16/why-i-love-freebsd/ #itnotes #notehub #freebsd #ownyourdata #server #sysadmin

**Time Machine inside a FreeBSD jail** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/28/time-machine-freebsd-jail/ #itnotes #notehub #apple #backup #data #freebsd #ownyourdata #server #timemachine #tutorial #zfs

I Almost Died for a Full Sentry Database A tale of bad logging practices, overengineering, and a near-death experience. https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/12/28/i-almost-died-for-a-full-sentry-database/ (Repost, one year later) #itnotes #it #sysadmin #horrorstories #sentry #cloudcomputing […]

**Installing Void Linux on ZFS with Hibernation Support** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/22/void-linux-zfs-hibernation-guide/ #itnotes #notehub #desktop #linux #ownyourdata #server #tutorial #voidlinux #zfs

**Why I (still) love Linux** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/24/why-i-still-love-linux/ #itnotes #notehub #linux #ownyourdata #server #sysadmin

**Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Compared** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-netbsd-openbsd-linux/ #itnotes #notehub #freebsd #illumos #jail #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server […]

**Self-hosting your Mastodon media with SeaweedFS** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/06/self-hosting-your-mastodon-media-with-seaweedfs/ #itnotes #notehub #container #fediverse #freebsd #hosting #jail #mastodon #networking #ownyourdata #seaweedfs #server #tutorial #web

**The Email They Shouldn't Have Read** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/10/08/the-email-they-shouldnt-have-read/ #itnotes #notehub #data #horrorstories #ownyourdata #server

**FreeBSD vs. SmartOS: Who's Faster for Jails, Zones, and bhyve VMs?** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/09/19/freebsd-vs-smartos-whos-faster-for-jails-zones-bhyve/ #itnotes #notehub #bhyve #data #freebsd #hosting #illumos #jail #linux #ownyourdata #server #smartos #sysadmin #virtualization #zones

**Introducing the illumos Cafe: Another Cozy Corner for OS Diversity** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/08/18/introducing-the-illumos-cafe/ #itnotes #notehub #bhyve #community #data #fediverse #illumos #ownyourdata #server #social #web #zfs

**Make Your Own Backup System – Part 2: Forging the FreeBSD Backup Stronghold** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/29/make-your-own-backup-system-part-2-forging-the-freebsd-backup-stronghold/ #itnotes #notehub #backup #bhyve #borg #data #filesystems #freebsd #jail #ownyourdata #proxmox […]

**New Article on BSD Cafe Journal: WordPress on FreeBSD with BastilleBSD** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/21/new-article-wordpress-on-freebsd-bastillebsd-on-bsd-cafe-journal/ #itnotes #notehub #blogging #container #freebsd #hosting #jail #ownyourdata #server #sysadmin #tutorial #web

**Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/18/make-your-own-backup-system-part-1-strategy-before-scripts/ #itnotes #notehub #backup #data #filesystems #ownyourdata #series #server #tutorial #vps

**How to install FreeBSD on providers that don't support it with mfsBSD** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/02/install_freebsd_providers_mfsbsd/ #itnotes #notehub #freebsd #hosting #server #tutorial #vps

**Vibe Coding Will Rob Us of Our Freedom** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/05/vibe-coding-will-rob-us-of-our-freedom/ #itnotes #notehub #ai #coding #data #osday #ownyourdata #programming

**The Day GlusterFS Tried to Kill My Career** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/05/21/the_day_glusterfs_tried_to_kill_my_career/ #itnotes #notehub #data #horrorstories #ownyourdata #server

**The Server That Wasn't Meant to Exist** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/05/13/the_server_that_wasnt_meant_to_exist/ #itnotes #notehub #blogging #data #horrorstories #netbsd #ownyourdata #server

**Make Your Own Internet Presence with NetBSD and a 1 euro VPS – Part 1: Your Blog** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/22/make-your-own-internet-presence-with-netbsd-and-a-1-euro-vps-part-1-your-blog/ #itnotes #notehub #blogging #bssg #netbsd #ownyourdata #series #server #ssg #tutorial #web

**Launching BSSG - My Journey from Dynamic CMS to Bash Static Site Generator** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/07/launching-bssg-my-journey-from-dynamic-cms-to-bash-static-site-generator/ #itnotes #notehub #blogging #bssg #freebsd #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #ssg #web

**OSDay 2025 - Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 2025** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/03/23/osday-2025-why-choose-bsd-in-2025/ #itnotes #notehub #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #osday #ownyourdata #server #zfs

**FediMeteo: How a Tiny €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service for Thousands** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/ #fediverse #freebsd #hosting #itnotes #networking #notehub #server #snac #snac2 […]

**Caching snac Proxied Media with Nginx** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/08/caching-snac-proxied-media-with-nginx/ #data #fediverse #hosting #itnotes #networking #nginx #notehub #ownyourdata #server #snac #snac2 #social #tipsandtricks #tutorial #web

**Improving snac Performance with Nginx Proxy Cache** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/01/29/improving-snac-performance-with-nginx-proxy-cache/ #data #fediverse #freebsd #hosting #itnotes #networking #nginx #notehub #ownyourdata #server #snac #snac2 #social #tipsandtricks #tutorial #web

**I Almost Died for a Full Sentry Database** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/12/28/i-almost-died-for-a-full-sentry-database/ #data #horrorstories #itnotes #notehub #recovery #sentry #stories

**FreeBSD on Raspberry PI - Enable and Use Watchdog** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2021/11/29/how-to-enable-watchdog-freebsd-on-raspberry-pi/ #freebsd #server #itnotes #hosting #tutorial #raspberrypi

Updated: FreeBSD - Assign OVH Failover IPs to FreeBSD Jails https://it-notes.dragas.net/2022/01/14/freebsd-assign-ovh-failover-ips-to-freebsd-jails/ #freebsd #server #networking #itnotes #hosting #tutorial #jail #ovh

Installing Uptime-Kuma in a FreeBSD Jail https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/07/22/install-uptime-kuma-freebsd-jail/ #freebsd #server #networking #itnotes #hosting #tutorial #jail #container #monitoring #uptimekuma

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**Managing ZFS Full Pool Issues with Reserved Space** https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/11/28/managing-zfs-full-pool-issues-with-reserved-space/ #data #filesystems #freebsd #itnotes #linux #notehub #recovery #series #tipsandtricks #tutorial #zfs