Minecraft Java Server on Linux — Paper, systemd, and Memory Tuning
Most guides tell you to run Minecraft in a screen session and call it done. That works until the server reboots and
Notes on code, games, and the stuff in between.
Most guides tell you to run Minecraft in a screen session and call it done. That works until the server reboots and
Your server has been running fine for three months. Then one morning nothing works — SSH is slow, services throw errors, disk at
You have a script or app that needs to run permanently, restart on crash, and start on boot. Here's how
Every sysadmin has a "before I set up proper backups" story. Here's how to stop having that story.
The PowerShell snippets I actually use every day on Windows Server — pipeline filters, remoting, services, event logs, scheduled tasks, error handling.
Forget Googling Stack Overflow for 20 minutes. One well-structured prompt and you have working PowerShell in under a minute — here's the exact workflow.
Copy-paste AI prompt templates for the tasks sysadmins do every week — disk checks, service monitoring, user exports, log analysis, game server units and more.
Valheim dedicated server on Ubuntu via SteamCMD. Systemd unit, port 2456-2458, the SteamAppId thing that trips everyone up, backups that actually survive crashes.
The Superpowers brainstorming skill asks you the questions you should have asked yourself — before you open an editor. Here's how it works and why I use it on everything non-trivial.
Lock down SSH on Ubuntu: key-only auth, no root login, MaxAuthTries, AllowUsers, fail2ban. sshd_config reference and gotchas.
Free FTP server on Windows in under ten minutes. Covers the installer, passive mode, firewall rules, FTPS, and the gotchas that bite first-timers.
Install Palworld dedicated server on Ubuntu via SteamCMD. systemd autostart, PalWorldSettings.ini, UFW port 8211/udp, backup.