Category: Self-Hosting Build Guide
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Naming is Difficult — Choosing a Site Name
From jamjam’s voyage diary to Star Whale. The reason for changing the site name within three days and deciding on the English subtitle (Star Whale). Five criteria for…
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Bots Arrive Within 24 Hours — Security P0 Before Domain Disclosure
If a WordPress domain is disclosed, bots will begin brute force attacks within 24 hours. A 25-minute task can block 99% of these attacks — block xmlrpc +…
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AI Should Read — robots.txt and llms.txt
Allow explicit access for AI crawlers instead of blocking them in the age of generative search (GEO). Customize robots.txt and create llms.txt to make a site favorable for…
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The PC Takes Care of Itself — Backup, Cache, Image Compression
The essence of self-hosting lies in operation. Daily database backups with cron, a 30% speed increase with Redis Object Cache, and automatic WebP conversion with EWWW. One setup,…
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One-Pyeong Server — Running WordPress with Docker
A 30-minute process to launch WordPress, MariaDB, and Redis on a single mini-PC using a Docker Compose file. Five traps and reasons for the decision.
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Why I Started a Blog on My Own Computer
Why did I choose to start a blog on my own computer instead of Tistory or Naver? Five reasons and traps.