Northbound Noteshttps://german.sofee.life/ Notes on running small servers.en Backups I actually testhttps://german.sofee.life/posts/restic-backups.htmlhttps://german.sofee.life/posts/restic-backups.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2026 09:02:21 +0000A small restic setup, and the monthly restore drill that makes it worth having. Back to static fileshttps://german.sofee.life/posts/static-again.htmlhttps://german.sofee.life/posts/static-again.htmlThu, 15 Oct 2026 09:02:21 +0000Why this site is a folder of HTML again, and what I gave up to get there. Notes on caching static assets with nginxhttps://german.sofee.life/posts/nginx-cache-notes.htmlhttps://german.sofee.life/posts/nginx-cache-notes.htmlFri, 18 Sep 2026 09:02:21 +0000Short cache lifetimes for HTML, long ones for assets, and why I stopped being clever about it. Monitoring that stays quiethttps://german.sofee.life/posts/quiet-monitoring.htmlhttps://german.sofee.life/posts/quiet-monitoring.htmlTue, 11 Aug 2026 09:02:21 +0000One shell script, one cron entry, and alerts only when something needs a human. Finally turning on IPv6 at homehttps://german.sofee.life/posts/ipv6-at-home.htmlhttps://german.sofee.life/posts/ipv6-at-home.htmlSat, 27 Jun 2026 09:02:21 +0000What broke, what did not, and the one firewall rule I got wrong.