Field Notes
Short write-ups on Linux, small servers, databases, and developer tooling. Mostly notes to my future self.
- Taming journald on a small VPS
How I stopped systemd's journal from quietly eating a 20 GB disk, and the three settings that actually mattered.
- A tiny Makefile that replaced my shell scripts
Six targets, no clever tricks, and a lot less time spent remembering which script does what.
- Reading SQLite's EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN
A short guide to the four lines of output that tell you whether your index is being used.
- Notes on time zones in log pipelines
Store UTC, display local, and write the offset down every single time.