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Free WordPress Defense — Wordfence’s Free Tier and the Premium Trap
WordPress is the No.1 bot target. Wordfence’s free tier covers firewall, 2FA, and malware scanning, yet the install screen nudges you to pay. Where the free key hides,…
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What Not to Publish — Privacy Review for Self-Hosting Posts
Locking down the server is only half of it: the post you write about that server leaks too. The five things self-hosting write-ups commonly expose (account name, internal…
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Invisible Bridge — Exposing Our Home Blog Externally with Cloudflare Tunnel
A guide on exposing a WordPress blog hosted on our home computer under a clean domain. A self-hosting guide using Cloudflare Tunnel and cloudflared without opening router ports…
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Star Whale Analytics Lab — Visitor Statistics with Umami
Google Analytics is free but comes with hidden costs. Cookie consent pop-ups, data ownership issues, GDPR burdens. Setting up an analytics lab on the mini-PC with Umami self-hosted.
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Domain Purchase — Cloudflare Registrar
The reasons for buying a domain from Cloudflare Registrar over Gabia, Whois, and GoDaddy — pricing, DNS, Tunnel, and email all in one account.
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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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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.