Ryan Womack

Tag: linux

Spinning up new static site servers, or, diversification as risk management

Posted:   |   Tags: Amazon, AWS, blog, Digital Ocean, Gandi, Hugo, linux, Render, Vercel, website

As I mentioned in my last blog post, I am trying to broaden my knowledge and secure my web assets by learning a bit more about other services and migrating sites there, after realizing that it is perhaps not wise to remain reliant on AWS. This is a quick commentary on services that I learned about and tried (this post is one source of information). My needs are simple. All my sites are static, with mail hosting and any other services taken care of elsewhere. Read more...

Diversification as Risk Management, or, Disaster with AWS

Posted:   |   Tags: Amazon, AWS, blog, Digital Ocean, Gandi, Hugo, linux, Render, Vercel, website

That title sounds a bit Rocky and Bullwinkle to me. But it is appropriate to the situation. I have migrated an older Wordpress post to this blog on AWS backup that provides some context or evidence of my past history with AWS. Let me try to tell this story as concisely as I can. For the TL;DR crowd, the takeaways are labeled this whole episode made me realize. I had been using AWS to serve all of my various websites for a long time. Read more...

Linux audio

Posted:   |   Tags: audio, Debian, Linux, technology

This is my small rant/ramble about my recent experience with Linux audio. Warning to the reader: I am not claiming there is anything of interest in the following - just getting it off my chest. I have been a Linux user since about 2000 or so, having performed countless installs. With few exceptions–I did waver from the path from about 2005 to 2007–I have always relied on Linux for my primary home/personal computing needs. Read more...

A manual backup routine using AWS

Posted:   |   Tags: Amazon, AWS, backup, blog, encryption, linux, ryandata, wordpress

This post is also slightly off topic – not a data announcement, workshop, video, etc. But it does contain one specific instance of something that everyone should be thinking about – data backup. Everyone knows the rule of three – keep at least three backups of your precious files and make sure at least one of them is offsite in case of disaster. I needed to develop a new routine for my home computer backup after deciding to seize control of my system back from SpiderOak. Read more...