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On Thin Ice  

Chaos engineering tools inject faults into infrastructure in a controlled manner to test its resilience.

Composed  

With Ollama and Open WebUI, you can build a streamlined local AI stack. Docker Compose helps you keep models and application data persistent, update safely, back up key files, and recover quickly if something breaks.

Better in Color  

To hardcore command-line enthusiasts, the Ceph Dashboard might sound like a frowned-upon point-and-click gadget, but the advantages simply cannot be ignored; so much so, that Ceph Dashboard has established a firm following in the Ceph universe.

Next Generation  

DNS, the Internet's address book, is often used in plain text. Fortunately, modern DNS protocols offer many improvements.

Disposable  

Neko virtualizes browsers, applications, and desktops on Linux, supporting local or network-based access. We describe the technical platform and show you how to get started.

Common Language  

The Model Context Protocol helps standardize and simplify communication between applications and large language models. We take a closer look at the protocol and offer some practical examples.

Keeping Your Head Above Water  

Windows Server 2025 has built-in tools for setting up resilient backups. We look at how to reset roles selectively for Active Directory, Hyper-V, and Certificate Services and how to automate processes with PowerShell, wbadmin, and event triggers.

Turbocharged  

Administrators regularly criticize Ceph performance tuning, because some elements can be tweaked effectively, while others are difficult or impossible to fine tune. We look at how to measure performance, compare actual requirements with what is technically possible, and determine realistic objectives.

New Worlds  

Microsoft Dataverse is used by various Power Platform modules as a database to store, manage, and evaluate information, making data available to Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Pages in a uniform environment.