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Why not make your own dashboard in 2026
I was reflex checking the same six tabs all day so I built one page that has all of it on it, and the part that surprised me is how little work that is now.
Isaac Bythewood
2026-09-10
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Optimizing SQLite for Django in production
Django's default SQLite settings are fine for development but will hit "database is locked" errors under any concurrency. This is the config I run in production.
Isaac Bythewood
2026-04-18
It's Go all the way down
Every process in front of my websites is a Go binary now, from the tunnel to the web server to the sites themselves, and the whole stack runs on a desktop I already owned for a few dollars a month in power.
Isaac Bythewood
2026-08-30
Set up automated server backups with Borg
The Borg deduplicating backup program can automate daily, weekly, and monthly backups with a single script saving space and keeping data safe from mistakes.
Isaac Bythewood
2022-06-25