Enforcing Commit Conventions (Conventional Commits) With CI
Adopt Conventional Commits and let CI enforce, lint, and validate them so releases and changelogs generate automatically.
CI/CD5 min read
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Guides for operators
Practical guides for Linux, containers, CI/CD, self-hosting, and running VPS infrastructure from Netbay Engineering.
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Composite Actions: Between Step and Workflow Size
Bundle repeated step groups into reusable composite GitHub Actions that run inside the calling job with no extra checkout, to keep your pipeline files DRY.
GitHub6 min read
Auto-Assigning Reviewers and Labeling Pull Requests
Auto-assign reviewers from a rotating team list and label every PR by what it touches, so review load stays fair and nobody misses a change.
GitHub6 min read
Self-Hosting Vaultwarden: A Password Manager
Run Vaultwarden, the lightweight Bitwarden-compatible server, with hardened TLS, invitation-only signup, and encrypted off-box vault backups.
Self-Hosting6 min read
Versioning an API Without Breaking Your Clients
Versioning is a trust exercise: increment deliberately, overlap old and new versions, and retire v1 only when real traffic says it is time.
API & Automation7 min read
TLS for Proxy Operators: Chains, Ciphers, Renegotiation
Read certificate chains, pick sane ciphersuite defaults, and understand why renegotiation matters when you operate an HTTPS proxy edge.
Proxies6 min read
Postgres and SQLite Vector Store Without a Vendor
Store float32 embeddings in SQLite or Postgres on one VPS, skip a hosted vector database, and run honest nearest-neighbor search you can backup.
AI Infrastructure8 min read
Linux Filesystem Hierarchy (FHS): Where Everything Lives
A practical map of the FHS standard directories, what goes in each, and why the layout matters for server administration.
Linux6 min read
Rocky Linux vs AlmaLinux: Choosing a CentOS Successor
Rocky and AlmaLinux both rebuild RHEL for free, yet governance differs. Learn the compatibility and tooling gaps before you standardize a CentOS successor.
Linux8 min read
Ansible Roles and Tags for Reusable Automation
Organize growing playbooks into reusable roles with defaults, handlers, and tags so you can run only the steps you need at any moment.
API & Automation8 min read
Server Filesystems Compared: ext4, XFS, btrfs, ZFS
An overview of ext4, XFS, btrfs, and ZFS for VPS workloads: maturity, snapshots, checksums, and where each filesystem clearly wins or costs you.
Hardware & Performance7 min read
Static IPs on a VPS: Netplan vs NetworkManager
Configure a static IP address on an Ubuntu or CentOS VPS by choosing between Netplan and NetworkManager correctly.
Linux Networking7 min read