Maybe some online stuff you're using has been down, or performing poorly, and you're hearing it is, or might be, DDoS. What does that mean, and why is it hard

Maybe some online stuff you're using has been down, or performing poorly, and you're hearing it is, or might be, DDoS. What does that mean, and why is it hard for them to solve this problem? DoS stands for Denial of Service - straightforward, an attacker is trying to deny

I've been interested in atproto (the protocol that Bluesky, Blacksky, and many other applications - including pckt, where this blog is hosted! - run on) for about a year now.

I've been interested in atproto (the protocol that Bluesky, Blacksky, and many other applications - including pckt, where this blog is hosted! - run on) for about a year now. I'm by no means an expert, but I've read a lot of documentation and discussion, looked at various versions of

How IP Geolocation Works, and How It Goes Wrong

How IP Geolocation Works, and How It Goes Wrong

There's a lot of stuff going around about datacenters, so I've spent some time in the last week visiting some of the ones in northern Utah. I started with a

There's a lot of stuff going around about datacenters, so I've spent some time in the last week visiting some of the ones in northern Utah. I started with a quick tour or some of the datacenters in the Salt Lake Valley. Some are indeed quite large, but there are