Author: drweb

Software supply chain security is steadily moving to the forefront of cybersecurity conversations. In the past, it has been overshadowed by a focus on malware outbreaks, ransomware, endpoint protection, and application vulnerabilities. That changed this month, when OWASP elevated software supply chain failures to third place on its 2025 Top 10 list. The OWASP Top […]

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In a previous post, I deployed a model to a database using SQL Compare 16. This used a new feature in that connects to Redgate Data Modeler. In this post, I want to update my model, and again use SQL Compare to just get the changes deployed.There’s a video of this post at the bottom if you’d rather watch me work.This is part of a series on Redgate Data Modeler. This is also part of a series of posts on SQL Compare.Updating the ModelAs with the last article, everything was in sync with SQL Compare. You can see this below.Let’s…

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Learn 11 essential Linux commands to check hardware info including CPU, RAM, disk, USB, and PCI devices using lshw, lscpu, dmidecode, inxi and more. It is always a good practice to know the hardware components of your Linux system running, as this helps you to deal with compatibility issues when it comes to installing packages and drivers on your system using yum, dnf, or apt. In this article, we shall look at some useful Linux commands that can help you to extract information about your Linux system and hardware components. 1. How to View Linux System Information To know only…

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If we want to VIBE CODE a thriving (side) business, we all know we ought to ‘create value’.For starters, we can easily create value at the intersection of our skills,the overall market need, andour passions.Finding the intersection seems hard but is often trivial from the outside.A serious cognitive bias prevents us from seeing the obvious.But the good news is – AI can help us discover it easily!~~~To create a (digital) product that sells do two things:(1) Pose and answer simple questions such as: What were the last 10 YT videos you watched?Which products do you spend money on?What do people…

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In this guide, we will explore two important tools, stress and stress-ng, for conducting comprehensive stress tests on your Linux systems. As a System Administrator, examining and monitoring how your Linux systems perform under heavy workloads is crucial for maintaining optimal performance and reliability. Stress testing provides System Administrators and Programmers with valuable insights to: Fine-tune system activities and optimize configurations. Monitor operating system kernel interfaces under load. Test Linux hardware components such as CPU, memory, disk devices, and more to observe their performance under stress. Measure different power-consuming loads and their impact on the system. Linux Stress Testing Tools:…

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Personal AI assistants are transforming how we manage our daily lives—from handling emails and calendars to automating smart homes. However, as these assistants gain more access to our private data, concerns about privacy, data residency, and long-term costs are at an all-time high. By combining Clawdbot with Docker Model Runner (DMR), you can build a high-performance, agentic personal assistant while keeping full control over your data, infrastructure, and spending. This post walks through how to configure Clawdbot to utilize Docker Model Runner, enabling a privacy-first approach to personal intelligence. What Are Clawdbot and Docker Model Runner? Clawdbot is a self-hosted…

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