Technical notes on Linux, sysadmin, development and devops.
In 2023 Terraform changed its license and the community created OpenTofu, an open source fork under the Linux Foundation. What it means, when to switch, and how to avoid lock-in.
A slow PrestaShop isn't fixed by guesswork: you measure, find the bottleneck and act on the right layer, across hosting, PHP, MySQL, modules and caching.
A site keeps working on an old PHP, until it doesn't: without security fixes every new flaw stays open forever. What end of support really means and how to upgrade without drama.
pnpm can manage the Node.js version too: with devEngines the project declares the runtime it needs and pnpm downloads it, uses it and locks it in the lockfile - no nvm required. Tested examples and…
The waves of compromised npm packages - from chalk/debug to the Shai-Hulud worm and the 2026 episodes - and a simple, effective defence: pnpm's minimumReleaseAge, with tested configuration examples.
The new HTTP QUERY method, now RFC 10008, lets you run complex searches with a body while staying safe and idempotent: what it is and how it works.