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The accidental software developer: What I wish I knew when I started

We see a software developer sitting at a brown desk with multiple-screens, we are looking at him from behind as he works. His Macbook and paper notebook is also on his desk.

A personal reflection on how a small internal software project grew into a business-critical system over 16 years, and the lessons I learned about development, maintenance, ownership, and the true cost of building your own software.

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Dynamic DNS: Reliability and security concerns

A close up picture of a notebook computer where we see the hands of the user on the keyboard and a slightly out of focus screen. One the screen we can see a "website not available error".

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Dynamic DNS remains a popular, while somewhat dated approach for self-hosting services on an Internet connection that doesn't have a static IP address. If this is something you are considering or are already using, you should be aware of the reliability and security complications.

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