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SaaS

How I Built a SaaS Website Monitor in One Day

IdeaA service where anyone signs up, adds their own sites and gets notified when something goes down — like UptimeRobot, but on…

03.07.2026
Messenger

Self-Hosted Matrix Messenger: Synapse, Federation and Video Calls

TaskDeploy a self-hosted messenger with text, files and video calls — without third-party services, on our own hardware, with the ability to…

03.07.2026
Automation

Infrastructure as Code: 9 Ansible Roles That Rebuild My Monitoring in Minutes

How I moved my entire fleet to Ansible — nine idempotent roles that rebuild monitoring, alerting, and security from a repository in minutes, checked in CI and with zero downtime on production.

02.07.2026
Monitoring

Two Monitoring Stacks from Scratch: Zabbix + Vue Dashboard and Prometheus + Grafana

How I built two monitoring systems for the same infrastructure — Zabbix with a custom Vue/Nuxt dashboard and a Prometheus + Grafana stack — and published both as live demos without exposing internal IPs or server names.

30.06.2026
Web Development

Turnkey Websites: From Design to Self-Hosted Infrastructure

I build turnkey websites — complete with integrations, monitoring, and my own fault-tolerant infrastructure. Here's how it works under the hood.

15.06.2026
PowerShell

PowerShell 7.6: New Features and Practical Tips for System Administrators

PowerShell 7.6.2 is the current LTS release as of June 2026. Let's review the key new features and how to apply them…

08.06.2026
AI

ChatGPT, Copilot, and Other AI Tools: How to Use Them at Work Today

AI tools have gone from experimental technology to everyday workhorses. Here's what actually helps in the work of a system administrator. Tools…

08.06.2026
Information Security

Zero Trust in 2026: A Practical Guide to Securing Your Corporate Network

Zero Trust ("never trust, always verify") is no longer a buzzword but a security standard for corporate networks. Let's look at how…

08.06.2026