I have been running nginx as a reverse proxy for years and I still see people overcomplicating it. SSL termination, upstream routing, rate limiting ( it is all straightforward once you stop cargo-culting random blog posts from 2017. Here is how I actually set it up. Why a Reverse Proxy at
Every time I set up a new VPS I end up googling "nginx reverse proxy config" and copying some random gist from 2019. Then I spend an hour wondering why WebSocket connections drop, or why SSL headers don't pass through, or why the damn thing returns
I have configured nginx more times than I care to count. Every new server, every new project, every time I think I remember the syntax ( I don’t ). nginx is one of those tools that does everything but the docs feel written for people who already know nginx. So here
I lost a month of work once because my backup was a cron job that emailed me logs and I never read them. The job was failing silently for weeks. The data was gone. That was the day I stopped trusting anything that requires me to remember to check. If
I have been running nginx as a reverse proxy for years. Every new server, every new project, same setup. It took me way too long to stop overcomplicating it. Here is the exact configuration I use now, stripped down to what actually matters. The Minimal Config Every reverse proxy needs
I've been running this blog on Linode for over a year. It costs me $5/month and I have full control over everything. Here is how I set it up. Why Linode I looked at DigitalOcean, AWS, Hetzner. Linode ( now Akamai ) gives you a $100 credit for the
I have been running PostgreSQL migrations by hand for years and it was fine, until it wasn't. One missed ALTER TABLE on production and suddenly your app is throwing 500s at 2am. Here is how I do it now, properly. Why Migrations Matter If you are still running
I spend way too much time typing long docker commands. Every time I need to rebuild a container, I end up scrolling through my bash history trying to find that one command with the right flags. Last week I got tired of it and decided to move all my docker
Every side project I've ever shipped has a Makefile. Not because I'm nostalgic or some kind of Unix purist — because after ten years of trying every alternative, Make is still the one that works without surprising me. I've used npm scripts, rake, just, task,
I've spent the better part of a decade staring at broken code, confused logs, and systems that worked yesterday but don't today. After a while, you stop throwing darts and start developing actual mental models — patterns of thinking that consistently get you closer to the bug.