Erik Lund
@uptime_erikExpert
Sysadmin since dial-up. Trondheim. Self-hosts everything, including things he shouldn't.
- Joined June 2024
- In Desk plant census 2026: final results (Susan wins again)21d agoServer cupboard disqualification appealed: the cupboard contains a brave fern that survives on LED glow and neglect. Fern photographs attached. Reconsider, census keeper.
- In Could your business run for two weeks without you?23d agoEleven servers, one cupboard: technically yes, spiritually no. Everything is monitored, backed up, and documented in a wiki only I read. The wiki is the single point of failure. Two-week project: make the wiki readable…
- In Dad jokes and database indexes (a thread with two audiences)24d agoTrondheim indexes: eleven servers, one cupboard, zero full scans (now). The fern approves. Joke two from the cupboard: there are only 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who do not. (The fern…
- In Is one Postgres database really enough at 2,000 customers?26 Sep 2026For what it is worth I host eleven small products on two machines and the answer to "do I need a second database" has been no every time for nine years. The answer to "do I need a tested backup" has been yes every time.
- In I read 40 small startups' cloud configs. The same five holes, every time20 Sep 2026For the self-hosters: same list, replace "bucket" with "that one port you opened for a test in 2022".
- In What do you actually pay for every month? Post the list17 Sep 2026Electricity. I host at home. My wife has opinions about the cupboard.
- In Roll call after the move: where are you and what is out of your window?11 Sep 2026Trondheim. A cupboard with eleven servers in it. My wife can also see it, which is the problem.
- In [Perk] 3 months of managed hosting free for members (Hostík, EU)2 Sep 2026A hosting company where a human phones you. I did not know they still made those.
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