Journal

Notes on the web stack.

Evergreen articles on hosting, domains, performance, security, technical SEO and how the web actually works under the hood. No fluff.

Leggi in italiano
April 15, 2026
seo multilingual

Hreflang for multilingual sites

Hreflang tells Google which version of a page is for which language. The three rules you cannot break, the codes you need, where to put the tags.

6 min read
April 5, 2026
seo schema

Schema.org for non-developers

A small JSON block telling Google what your page is about, instead of letting it guess. The five Schema types most sites should use, with examples.

5 min read
March 30, 2026
security passwords

Password managers for small teams

The lowest-cost, highest-impact security investment a small team can make. The four real options compared, what to actually configure on day one.

5 min read
March 15, 2026
performance measurement

Why your laptop lies about your speed

Lab tests and real-user data tell different stories. Both are useful, both get misread. The difference between Lighthouse 95 and a 5-second LCP for real users.

5 min read
February 28, 2026
security http

HTTP security headers, one at a time

Six headers that block the most common web attacks. What each one does, what it breaks if you set it wrong, a copy-paste nginx block to start from.

7 min read
February 11, 2026
security authentication

2FA: why SMS is no longer enough

Two-factor auth is non-negotiable in 2026, but the second factor matters. SMS was never strong, now it is actively weak. The four real options, ranked.

5 min read
January 25, 2026
performance vitals

Core Web Vitals without marketing

Three numbers Google watches: LCP, INP, CLS. Did the page load fast, does it react, does it jump around. What each measures, what tends to break it.

6 min read
January 12, 2026
performance caching

The five caches behind a fast website

An 80 ms response is not because PHP is fast. It is because five caches between the database and the browser had the answer ready. What each one does.

8 min read
December 22, 2025
hosting email

Email on your domain without a mail server

Self-hosting email in 2026 is technically possible, practically a bad idea. The four real options to get email on your domain, what each one costs.

6 min read
December 3, 2025
domains renewal

Renewal, expiry, redemption: 75-day countdown

A domain does not vanish on the expiry date. It enters a precise sequence of phases, with names and prices. Knowing the calendar saves the domain.

6 min read
November 20, 2025
hosting infrastructure

Shared hosting vs VPS: when to switch

Most VPS purchases come from sites that would run fine on shared hosting. Many shared decisions break on first traffic spike. The honest signals to decide.

7 min read
November 5, 2025
seo crawling

Sitemap.xml and robots.txt explained

Two tiny files at the root of every site. One tells crawlers what exists, the other what to ignore. People confuse them constantly. The honest version.

5 min read
October 25, 2025
hosting backup

The 3-2-1 backup rule, in practice

Three copies, two media, one off-site. The simplest rule that prevents almost every data-loss story. What it means for a small site, an agency, a serious project.

5 min read
October 8, 2025
domains whois

WHOIS, RDAP, and what your domain leaks

Every domain registration puts some data in a global directory. Some public, some hidden. The current rules, what to check on your own domains.

5 min read
September 15, 2025
basics dns

What a domain name actually is

Not your website, not your hosting, not your IP. A domain is a leased entry in a hierarchical phonebook, and that mental model makes every other decision easier.

6 min read