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Four Lookups Happen Before Your Page Starts Loading

By Otieno MbathaApril 15, 2026Hosting Basics
Diagram showing how dns resolution works.

I remember being woken up at 3:00 AM by a frantic client three years ago, convinced their entire server had melted down because their site wouldn’t load. I spent forty minutes digging through logs, checking CPU spikes and disk I/O, …

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Rate Limit the Login Page Before Anything Else

By Otieno MbathaApril 13, 2026Security
Limiting login attempts on a login page.

I remember being woken up at 3:00 AM by a server alert that sounded like a death knell. It wasn’t a hardware failure or a massive DDoS; it was just a script, mindless and relentless, trying every possible password combination …

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Compiling the Same Script on Every Request Is Waste

By Otieno MbathaApril 12, 2026Performance
Benefits of opcode caching for php.

I remember sitting in my old server room at 3:00 AM, staring at a CPU meter that was pinned at 100% for a site that barely had any traffic. The client was convinced they needed to migrate to a massive, …

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Abandoned Plugins Never Get Patched

By Otieno MbathaApril 10, 2026Security
Abandoned plugins and theme vulnerabilities risk security.

I remember being woken up at 3:00 AM by a frantic client three years ago, only to find their entire site replaced by a gambling redirect. It wasn’t some sophisticated, state-sponsored cyberattack that bypassed a high-end firewall; it was a …

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Wp Cron Only Runs When Somebody Visits

By Otieno MbathaApril 9, 2026WordPress
Understanding wp cron and its problems.

I was staring at my notebook at 3:00 AM, scribbling down the details of yet another “mysterious” site slowdown, when it hit me how much time we waste chasing ghosts. People love to talk about complex database optimization or expensive …

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The Archive Remembers What the Seller Forgot to Mention

By Otieno MbathaApril 8, 2026Domains
Person checking domain history for archives.

I remember sitting in my old office at 3:00 AM, staring at a client’s dashboard while the blue light of the monitor burned my eyes. They had just bought a “premium” domain for a massive sum, only to realize three …

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Distance Costs Milliseconds Nothing Can Recover

By Otieno MbathaApril 7, 2026Hosting Basics
Impact of latency and physical distance.

I remember sitting in my home office at 3:00 AM, staring at a terminal window while a client’s site crawled like it was stuck in molasses. They had just spent a small fortune on a “premium” high-performance server, yet their …

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Host Near Your Readers, Not Near Yourself

By Otieno MbathaApril 5, 2026Hosting Basics
Choosing a data centre location for speed.

I remember being woken up at 3:00 AM three years ago because a client’s site went dark. It wasn’t a sophisticated DDoS attack or some high-level breach; it was a localized power grid failure in a region they hadn’t even …

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Cache the Query Result, Not Just the Page

By Otieno MbathaApril 5, 2026Performance
Optimizing object caching with Redis.

I was staring at a monitoring dashboard at 3:00 AM—the kind of night that makes you regret every career decision you’ve ever made—watching a client’s database CPU spike to 100% for no apparent reason. They had upgraded their RAM, their …

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Expired Transients Are Not Always Removed

By Otieno MbathaApril 3, 2026WordPress
Managing transients and their cleanup.

I was staring at a server dashboard at 3:00 AM last Tuesday, watching the disk usage climb like a fever, and it wasn’t even a massive database or a runaway log file causing the headache. It was the database bloating …

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