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Whilst rebuilding the theme behind this site I bumped Hugo past 0.146 and watched the build fall over with template parse errors.

Stepping into the vast world of Linux, I was armed with a mission: schedule my Python backup script to run regularly.

Navigating the world of Linux commands can be rewarding yet daunting, particularly when dealing with file content management.

Whilst trying to diagnose some issues with an AWS API Gateway recently, I hit an error that took me surprisingly long time to fix.

I assumed (incorectly) that websites hosted on AWS Amplify (a serverless product) didn’t need to worry about managing SSL certificates.

As a best practice AWS accounts that are unused or surplus to requirement should be deleted.

Like many others I make use of Homebrew as the package manager on my Mac.

Windows Firewall is great for protecting both Windows servers and clients alike, and is generally enabled as a best practice.

In this post I’ll be going over how to setup a serverless contact form with AWS Lambda, API Gateway and SES.

I’m currently working towards the AWS Solutions Architect - Associate exam and thought it would be a great idea to produce some notes on each of the AWS networking services.

I recently moved this very website over to AWS Amplify, away from the traditional VPS and WordPress approach.

Recently whilst trying to configure a WSUS Server Core instance in my lab I needed to change the IIS configuration.

Since its release in 2008 PowerShell has quickly become one of the most powerful system administration tools for Windows.

BitLocker is a fantastic way to protect the data stored on computers and thwart some offline tampering attacks.

The main part of my honeypot network is an amazing piece of free open-source software called the ‘Modern Honeypot Network’, or MHN for short.

It recently occurred to me that simple tasks such as setting up an internal web server or database were taking too long.

My HomeLab network was recently treated to a networking upgrade in the form of a Cisco Nexus 5010 switch.

With the release of vSphere 6.5 VMware have drastically improved the state of vSphere security by implementing new features such as VM-level disk encryption, encrypted vMotion and support for the new secure boot model.

The recently launched Optane 900P solid state drive is Intel’s first consumer storage product to depart from the use of conventional NAND flash and instead utilise Intel’s much newer 3D XPoint technology. 3D XPoint promises higher random I/O performance (…

My home Wi-Fi password has always been rather simple and memorable.

Shortly after publishing my previous blog post, I accidentally stumbled upon Barkly.

About two years ago, I stumbled upon Cylance.

Even though they’ve been out in preview for almost a year, I only recently found out about Azure Server Management Tools!

Deprecated 2018 Update: Microsoft have unfortunately dropped support for Hyper-V on Server Nano.

For the price-to-performance ratio, you can’t really beat Ubiquiti.