Be Careful What You Wish For: How the Internet Became an Oligopoly
We wished away the chaos of the patchwork internet. We got an oligopoly instead. A 25-year perspective on how consolidation changed everything.
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25 Years of Hosting: From Basement Servers to Invisible Infrastructure
In 1999, I wore a pager and visited my server in a basement. Today I don't know where my sites live. A personal history of web hosting evolution.
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WordPress Advantages and Disadvantages: Complete Pros and Cons Guide
WordPress pros and cons from a hosting provider's perspective. Security concerns, performance issues, flexibility benefits, and when to choose alternatives.
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Read-Only Friday: What It Is and Why Teams Don't Deploy
Read-Only Friday means shipping no new features before the weekend. Why tired teams make mistakes, the one exception, and the deploy window we use instead.
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RIP: The Original "Fat Lab"
In 2011, I named this company after my black lab Guinness. Here's the story of the original "Fat Lab."
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How to Force a Page Cache Refresh (Mac and PC)
How to clear your browser cache to see website updates. Keyboard shortcuts for Mac and PC to force a page refresh.
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