linux

fsync Unlocked: PHP & Advanced Memory Synchronization

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Back in 2021, PHP released version 8.1 and a very important feature that I want to address here: fsync and fdatasync. It always catches me off guard when such fundamental features are introduced into the language at such a late stage: fsync is a native operating system function and the only thing that needs to … read more …

Homeserver Management with Linux and Puppet

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During the Covid-19 pandemic I decided to set up a server at home for different use cases. The server, that I very creatively called server1, should be a central place to build a file archive, a git server (an alternative for GitHub projects not intended for the web), a testing server for new applications (such … read more …