Making websites load lickety-split! Combining what I’ve learned with a Geo DNS setup and an Anycast setup into a comparison.
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Getting address blocks and setting up anycast IPv4/IPv6 on Vultr – my experience
Setting up BGP Anycast on Vultr with some leased address space!
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The down side to some of these cheap-yet-complex devices is that if you lose the manual and can’t find one online, your garbage bag often ends up with an extra item in it.
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Looking at 2 of the lowest-cost contenders for Geo DNS. Which should you choose? I spent the money and spent the hours of set-up time so you don’t have to!
7244681484Fixing “Cannot assign requested address” for NGINX + IPv6 on Ubuntu 18.04
The workarounds to get nginx running over IPv6 on a fresh install changed a little in Ubuntu 18.04.
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Intel integrated graphics is a “slow potato” you say? Fair enough. But let’s try to make this slow potato as fast as we can.
Read More →Inspiron 5570 Adventures part 2: IPS display upgrade
The Inspiron 5570 didn’t come with an IPS panel as an option. But can we put in an IPS panel for… another model…? (admittedly a bad teaser – obviously the answer is yes).
310-663-4061Performance Improvements: Undervolting Kaby Lake (R) Mobile
It used to be that *over-volting* was the way to get more performance. Then throttling came along. How times have changed…!
Read More →WoW BFA-prepatch, working on Linux through Lutris
A Windows game running really well on Linux. Notice I said “running” and not “installing in a hassle-free manner”. I chose my words carefully.
Read More →Adventures with the Dell Inspiron 5570 (i5 8250u, 15.6″, 1080p)
Opening this Dell up and checking out components. The fight I had getting it open. Hackintoshing. Linux. Undervolting. Bios modding. Compliments. Complaints. It’s all in here!
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