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tomchan 5d ago

My tiny site outgrew shared hosting. Good problem? · Reviews

harbourops said:
I enabled Nginx FastCGI cache this afternoon

Make sure you have `fastcgi_cache_use_stale updating` set. I see people miss this and then complain about cache stampede during spikes. Bristol lesson number forty-seven.

Also check if your 1.2 MB includes uncompressed assets....

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tomchan 5d ago

Who is the most underrated provider you have actually used? · General Discussion

nate_pad said:
Is that like a router thing??

Fun little project: took my Hostinger NAT and threw

docker run -d --name=wireguard --cap-add=NET_ADMIN -p 51820:51820/udp
on it

Port forwarding panel actually works, mapped 51820-51825

It actually works for a $12/yr box

Not prod...

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tomchan 6d ago

My SSL cert shows wrong company name · Web Hosting

Fun little project: I actually ran into this with a NAT VPS setup on RackNerd. Ended up using acme.sh with DNS challenge against GreenCloudVPS's API. It actually works, got my own cert with proper CN. Here's roughly what I used:

acme.sh --issue -d example.com --dns dns_greencloudvps
...

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tomchan 7d ago

InterServer CEO answered my $2.50/month ticket at 3am · General Discussion

254 days, damn. Felt rude to leave this hanging.

Nadia said:
I did the SAME thing at a "budget place", lost everything too

What happened exactly? Was it a InterServer competitor or are we talking about the same shop

Also to close the loop: Derek did burn out, sort of. He stopped answerin...

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tomchan 8d ago

My subnet got hijacked for 20 minutes—how do I prevent repeat? · Networking

lucgone said:
RPKI validator need to be online always

For RTR to your router, yes, always. For monitoring only, no, run it on cron every hour.

If your router supports it, use RIPE NCC's RTR servers directly: rtr.rpki.ripe.net. You don't need local validator for small office. But for alert...

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tomchan 9d ago

The $50 rack I regret · General Discussion

Fun little project gone wrong. Found a $50 server rack on facebook marketplace. 42U, "enterprise grade," 10 minutes away. It actually works I thought. Measured my hallway but not the DOOR FRAME.

Got it home with a rental truck. 78cm wide. My basement door is 74cm. Tried angling, removing feet, eve...

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tomchan 10d ago

Home lab 2026 — post your rack (or cardboard box) · Off Topic

SamAlvi said:
Contabo's NAT vps is €4/month

€3.99 yeah, but it's ipv6 only with a single forwarded ipv4 port. Fine for wireguard, useless for hosting anything directly. I use it as a bounce point, not a server.

The real find was that marketplace Dell. Optiplex 9020 SFF, not even the tiny...