Notes

Unsorted technical notes. Useful-to-me, possibly useful-to-you.

2026-04-28 · networking

TCP BBR — Quick Field Notes

Switching from CUBIC to BBR on a remote VPS. Measured differences and one edge case with fq_codel defaults.

2026-04-11 · go

Vendoring vs Module Proxy — When Each Makes Sense

Practical breakdown of when you actually want -mod=vendor and when the proxy wins.

2026-03-30 · linux sysadmin

Caddy Under systemd — Hardening Checklist

Walking through ProtectSystem, CapabilityBoundingSet, and why MemoryDenyWriteExecute breaks Go.

2026-03-10 · linux

ufw Gotchas — What the Docs Don't Say

Three things I had to learn the hard way about ufw ordering, conntrack, and IPv6 defaults.