Inside /var/lib/cloud: How cloud-init Remembers What It Already Did
Part 4 of “cloud-init Under the Hood”: the cache, the markers, and the files that make reboots safe. You probably…
cloud-init and NetworkManager: Who Really Configures Your VM’s Network?
Part 3 of “cloud-init Under the Hood”: the handoff that gives your instance its IP address. You probably think cloud-init…
How cloud-init Works: The 4 Boot Stages Behind Every Cloud VM
Part 2 of a series on what cloud-init really does when your VM wakes up. You probably think cloud-init reads…
Does cloud-init Run on Every Boot? Yes, and Mostly No.
Why your bootstrap script doesn’t run twice, and the small set of things that do. You probably think cloud-init is…
How cloud-init Works on Linux: A Guide to First Boot Initialization
You created a new Linux instance. It is up. So, everything should be ready, right? Not always. I learned this…
Linux Logs Were Simple. Then systemd Changed Everything.
Why your new Ubuntu or RHEL instance doesn’t have the log files your tutorials talked about, and how to find…
The 48-Hour Internet Panic: How a Volunteer in Czechia Saved 70% of the Web
AI tools weaponized a critical PHP flaw in hours. Governments shut down websites. But before catastrophe struck, one unpaid maintainer…
Linus Torvalds Is Using AI to Write Linux Code. The Open-Source World Is Up in Arms.
The Linux kernel team just stopped asking whether your patch was written by an LLM. But Linus has a very…
A Batch of Linux Kernel Bugs Just Leaked Publicly
A security team hit “send” to the wrong address, exposing unpatched high-severity bugs to the entire planet. But before you…
Linus Torvalds Is Using AI to Write Linux Kernel Code — Claude Code Helps Him Build 8 Patches With a 3x Speedup
“I used to think AI was pretty bad, but now I really like using it.” That is not something you…