SQLite busy_timeout is not what you think
Why a 5 second busy timeout still gave me SQLITE_BUSY, and what
WAL checkpointing had to do with it.
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Notes & code
Backend engineer. Mostly SQLite, Go, and the slow art of keeping small servers boring and reliable. I write things down here so future-me stops re-googling them.
systemd Restart=always considered harmful (sometimes)
Restart loops hide real failures. A short note on start-rate limiting and
why RestartSec deserves more respect.
Homelab cleanup: 7 services to 3
I consolidated my self-hosted stack. Fewer moving parts, same features, and one less Raspberry Pi pretending to be a NAS.