Notes on code, games, and the stuff in between.
Free bare-metal backup on Windows Server with wbadmin and Windows Server Backup — one-off image, scheduled policy, and the full WinRE recovery drill.
Install and run a 7 Days to Die dedicated server on Ubuntu/Debian with SteamCMD, serverconfig.xml, ufw ports, EAC notes and a systemd unit.
A realistic look at piping Linux log slices through the Claude CLI for fast error triage — redaction, prompt structure, cost, and where it falls down.
Set up IIS from PowerShell without the bloat — install only the role services you need, create an app pool and site, bind HTTPS, harden, verify. No clicking through the GUI.
Run a Project Zomboid dedicated server on Ubuntu/Debian via SteamCMD. Configs, mods load order, memory, ports, systemd, and the gotchas that corrupt saves.
How I built a small MCP server in Node so Claude Code can run disk_usage and service_status on my hosts. Code, registration, and the security gotchas.
Install Hyper-V and build your first VM on Windows Server entirely from PowerShell — switch, VHD, ISO, boot order, Secure Boot, checkpoints. The commands I run.
Self-host a Terraria dedicated server on Ubuntu with TShock 5.x — dotnet runtime, config.json, REST API, systemd, ufw, and world backups.
How I use Claude Code hooks in settings.json to auto-run formatters, block rm -rf, and ping me when an agent stops. Real configs, exit-code contract.
Set up the Windows Server DHCP role end to end in PowerShell — install, authorise in AD, scope, options, reservations, failover. The gotchas that cost real time.
Eight bpftrace one-liners that replace half of strace, iotop, and tcpdump without the perf hit. Real tracing for sysadmins on modern kernels.
PBS gives you dedup + incremental + verify on top of Proxmox VE. Install, wire it as storage, first backup + restore, prune policy. The why and the how.