The InterSect

Category: IT Stuff

  • Shifting to Podman

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    In my eternal quest for leaner installations, I’ve been monitoring Podman ever since and it seems it’s already reached a level where I’m thinking of exploring how to shift my Docker systems to it. First step has already been taken where I’ve modified my compose to not use unqualified search registries. Next would be to…

  • Contemplation

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    Recently read and commented on a social media post about how to be more hire-able and although some people are commenting nicely, some are just outright dismissive about school and the basics in particular. It shows a lack of long-term thought with regards to their career. The funny thing is, the person’s reply to my…

  • We’re On A Roll!

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    Another of my pull requests was accepted on an open-source project I use and follow. With that, it makes my current open-source project involvement count to 3! 1 in the main Linux kernel, and 2 in user-space projects! Wondering what’s next now? Oh well, we’ll see as the time goes on. 😌

  • Oracle Containerization

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    Due to circumstances outside my control, I’ve been forced to experiment with containerizing Oracle databases so, I thought, why not use pluggable databases as well since I’m experimenting? So I did. 😂 What I’m worried about is how it handles minor point updates or IF they even have minor point updates. Now, it’s always a…

  • WordPress Security

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    After reviewing logs, I’ve decided to block one of the most taken advantage of vectors in hacking my WordPress blog. Namely, WordPress’ xmlrpc.php file. Now, since I’m already using a reverse proxy, and I don’t really like going the plugin route for such a simple block, I just added the ff. code in my Nginx…