Tag: performance

WireGuard is fast out of the box, but default config leaves throughput on the table. Tune MTU, use the kernel module, and benchmark what you actually get.

Your Linux box has hundreds of kernel knobs in /proc/sys that nobody ever touches. Most don't matter — here are the handful that actually improve a Docker host.

A kernel upgrade halved one team's PostgreSQL throughput. The fix was kernel tuning: huge pages, THP, swappiness, I/O scheduler. Here's what matters and why.

Out of RAM and no time to reimage? Add swap via a file on any partition using mkswap, swapon, and fstab — done in under 5 minutes.

Learn multi-stage Docker builds to slash image sizes by 90%. Practical before/after examples for Node.js, Python, and Go with real size comparisons.

Learn systemd socket activation to start services on-demand, save RAM, and cut boot time. Includes .socket unit files, real examples, and testing with systemd-socket-activate.

Your CI job waits 4 minutes for npm install every run. One caching strategy cuts it to 15 seconds. Here's how.

zstd is as fast as gzip with near-xz compression ratios. Here's why you should drop bzip2 forever and how to use zstd in 2026.

Learn which sysctl parameters actually improve Linux server performance. Network tuning, memory management, and a ready-to-use sysctl.conf for Docker hosts.

Tmpfs vs ramfs on Linux: mount RAM-backed filesystems for blazing-fast temp storage. Covers fstab, Docker tmpfs mounts, CI/CD use cases, and the key differences.

Nextcloud advanced configuration: Redis caching, federation setup, automated backups, occ command deep dive, LDAP, external storage, and PHP-FPM tuning.

DDoS mitigation for self-hosters: Nginx rate limiting, Fail2ban, Cloudflare free tier, CrowdSec, and iptables tricks that actually work.