NOTES AFTER HOURS
Practical notes on Linux, small servers, and the web, plus short pieces from after hours.
Wherever the Light Was Green
A walk taken only to clear the head becomes a tour of small places that are invisible during the day.
Making Pagefind Work in Astro Development
Fix Pagefind search failing under astro dev by building the search index before the development server starts.
systemctl cat and Drop-In Overrides
Inspect the complete systemd unit and make a small local override without editing vendor files.
Which Locker 18?
A delivery notice says the parcel is in Locker 18, and the apartment complex turns out to have four of them.
Use docker compose config Before Deploying
Render the Compose model before deployment to catch interpolation, merge, profile, and path surprises.
One Table Down the Wrong Alley
A wrong turn leads to a restaurant with one table, no menu, and an owner who has already chosen dinner.
A Boring Release Checklist for Small Services
A compact preflight and verification checklist for deploying a small service without relying on memory.
Offline Until 4:22
A routine outage reveals how many household objects have quietly become dependent on one blinking router.
Git Bisect for a Small Regression
Find the first bad commit with Git bisect, first manually and then with a narrow automated test.
Exact Change, Approximately
A late-night vending machine accepts exact change, except when it develops its own definition of exact.
A Small Backup Restore Drill
Find out whether a PostgreSQL backup really restores by loading it into a throwaway database and checking the result.
The Empty Cinema on a Tuesday
A Tuesday matinee has one customer, two employees, and far more ceremony than the audience requires.