Tech Tips
When SSH FIPS You Off
Published July 22, 2026, 9:51 p.m. by dwest
An OpenSSH Detective Story
It was one of those bugs that smelled like a key problem.
GitLab wouldn’t let anyone in.
The usual suspects were …
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GitLab 19 Broke My Container Registry Pushes to MinIO
Published June 25, 2026, 9:05 p.m. by dwest
After upgrading one of my self-managed GitLab instances to GitLab 19, a bunch of CI jobs suddenly started failing while pushing images to the GitLab Container Registry. The failure itself …
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The Argument for DHCP Everywhere
Published June 13, 2026, 7:56 p.m. by dwest
Introduction
One of the most persistent beliefs in IT is that critical infrastructure should always use static IP addresses. Ask a room full of system administrators how to configure …
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