Tech & Servers
My hobby - technology, servers, and systems administration. Mostly content about Linux and website/web application hosting.
2021
Battle of the mesh VPNs Lately, I have been looking for a good "mesh VPN" solution á la ZeroTier, LogMeIn Hamachi, or TailScale. It was a hard decision, so I am writing a blog post in case I need to research this again in the future. Rationale…
Install Proxmox Backup Server on a lowend server This is a tutorial to easily install Proxmox Backup Server on a server that does not meet Proxmox's system requirements.
2020
Behind My Websites Part 1: Backend Stack The first article in the Behind My Websites series on Unixfy Blog. Focusing on the backend software and hardware (infrastructure) behind Unixfy’s websites!
HotlineServers Benchmark (8GB Ryzen, Miami Location) This is another followup post for my recent review of HotlineServers.com. Note that this post will only contain benchmarks for the 8GB plan in HotlineServers's Miami location. For a full review of the provider, please…
Unixfy Server Review Methodology In line with the notion that I will be posting on my blog again, I plan to write reviews of various low-end budget VPS providers. Since standardization is loved in IT, this post will serve as a standard template of…
Run a fast and cheap Minecraft server on Amazon EC2 For a while, I have been exploring affordable, yet high-performance for hosting game servers. AWS’s new Graviton2 instances provide the perfect solution for this.
2019
Black Friday 2019 - It's that time of year again! Well, it's that time of year again. Let's get ready to drain some wallets with amazing server and web-related deals! For your viewing pleasure, I've created a nice database in Notion that contains almost all of the…
Hideout.tv Codes Bot - Writeup & Tutorial Introduction Recently I discovered a tool called Huginn. It's a neat tool that allows you to automate many tasks - like a self hosted Zapier. I also realized a desire to automate the discovery + publication of codes…
