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Running a plain mariadb server on Gentoo.

The project files for MsBuild can be extended to do useful things during the build process.

PHP’s on a public webhosting platforms almost always limit the means of communication between php-servlets, which are needed if one servlet should be notified of changes made by a second serlet. How can one emulate such a notification by other means?

Idempotent SQL are a way to maintain a database and adapt it to changing demands.

Gettext is an extension for PHP like for many other languages that supports internationalization.

Simple hack to add weak passwords to the system.

Windows is a necessary evil at work. Here is some useful stuff.

This is an overview and a guide for the software. This combination worked quite well for me.

The setup of SSH requires some bit of explanation and understanding, which the following post tries to supply. This is based on repeated requests at my workplace.

Backups can be to disks or tapes, they have different requirements. Moreover, they can be organized in several ways. Before planning a backup strategy, one should organize a eventual restore. How much of a reinstallation will be done from other media? Is the disk partition and the installation of the operation system done before one restores the files? Should the backup system be able to start from scratch with a virgin harddisk?