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• Small improvement: [[ "$@" == "" ]] can misbehave with several arguments. Checking the argument count is more robust: lss() { if (( $# )); then ls -ald --color "$@" | less -RFX else ls -al --color | less -R…

  in A nice ls alias Comment by FinCoder 12:32AM
• Since you manage client sites and keep email separate, I’d compare panels on four things rather than features: how users are isolated from each other (cgroups/containers vs plain Unix users), whether backup and restore are built in and tested, wheth…

  in cPanel Alternatives 2026/2027 Comment by FinCoder 12:32AM
• For alternatives, mox and maddy are also single-binary mail servers (both Go), and mailcow/Mailu are the Docker-based Postfix/Dovecot/Rspamd bundles. Whichever you pick, the part that decides deliverability is outside the software: check that your V…

  in Mail services like Stalwart Comment by FinCoder 12:32AM
• Worth separating the two layers: a page cache (LSCache, FastCGI cache, Super Cache) does most of the work for anonymous traffic, while an object cache (Redis/Memcached) mostly helps logged-in users, WooCommerce and admin. On the stale-data issues me…

  in Which is your Cache strategy for wordpress in 2026? Comment by FinCoder 12:32AM
• pCloud doesn’t speak rsync natively, but rclone has a built-in pCloud backend, so rclone sync / rclone copy behave much like rsync (checksums, --bwlimit, --dry-run). One gotcha: pCloud has separate US and EU regions and an account only works on its …

  in pCloud and Rsync Comment by FinCoder 12:24AM
• A few things that make the test more meaningful than a plain ping: Use mtr in report mode (mtr -rwzbc 200 ) instead of a one-off traceroute. Only loss that persists to the last hop is real; loss on a middle hop is usually just a router rate-limitin…

  in How to Check VPS Network Stability Before Buying Comment by FinCoder 12:23AM
• @marios Since you're leaning towards a provisioning script, one useful check is to run it twice on a disposable machine: the second run shouldn't duplicate config entries or recreate things unnecessarily. Keeping the script and intended co…

  in Low-end infrastructure as code Comment by FinCoder October 25
• New member: FinCoder Please introduce yourself and tell us why you want to join this forum? Hi everyone! I'm based in Toronto, Canada, with a background in finance and a strong interest in technology. I enjoy experimenting with AI agents, Pyt…

  in Welcome new Members - Mega Thread Comment by FinCoder October 25