Managing a self-hosted website means watching your server logs closely, and if you are running WordPress, those logs quickly turn into a digital battleground. Day and night, automated scanning bots relentlessly crawl the web probing for specific entry points like /wp-admin/install.php. Because WordPress powers over 40% of the
I tried to explain this situation quickly, without using too many words. Like a lot of us, we use BorgBackup to make a copy of our systems used on servers. We use it on our home PCs, in our home labs, and it's practically very convenient. The thing
security
In our time, it is not a secret that we need to use a password manager. It's impossible to keep a lot of passwords in memory, and even if you use some strategy—maybe some mnemonics—it's really difficult. Safe situation password managers that we already
converter
The converter has officially processed 10 gigabytes of data. Even though everything is still under active development, hitting this benchmark feels incredible and proves the architecture is solid. In my upcoming posts, I plan to dive deeper into the technical side—how it works under the hood and how the
security
It will be a small story of one small project that I created: elliotsec.com. From the beginning, I was thinking about creating several apps. In our time, it is not so big of a deal, and moreover, I have some experience in this. While I had a bit of
A long time ago, I read an incredible book about the Trachtenberg speed system of basic mathematics. If you know the story of Jakow Trachtenberg, you know it is absolutely unique. I fell in love with it immediately. Using his methods to solve complex math tasks in your head is
Engineering
The landscape for domain ownership is changing. Due to new mandatory identification requirements (ESIA/Gosuslugi) taking effect on September 1st, I have decided to let the https://smallengineeringwork.ru/ domain expire. I believe in building systems with minimal friction, and the requirement to link personal government identification to a domain