If you have a static IP address, like from your own VPN, it is very easy to increase your security tremendously. Simply restrict all logins to that IP address.
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Setting up your own PPTP VPN
When it comes to VPNs, there is the choice between PPTP and OpenVPN. PPTP is pretty quick to setup and works out of the box with most (all?) OSes and devices.
Get your Ubuntu VPS up and running
These are the first steps you should perform on your shiny, brand new VPS to set out on a safe journey on the internets. You don’t actually have to understand each of the steps here, but this post is intented for people who have some clue of what they’re doing. If there is such a thing as a «VPSes for dummies», it should not be read. VPSes are not intended for dummies.
Caching: Varnish or Nginx?
TL;DR: Varnish lacks support for SSL and SPDY. Nginx handles it just fine, and has very fast cache with memcache. Both can serve stale cache if your backend is down. But Nginx can’t write to cache itself and needs the application to do so.
Using Jekyll without YAML front matter
OK, so I was ready to give Jekyll another shot today. But one thing I’m not that happy with is the need for specifying the YAML front matter on every post. At this point, I’m not really using it for any practical matter. Continue reading