Man vs. Physics: The Power Grid Gets the Final Say
Hey everyone, I know when to admit defeat. For the last week, I have been fighting the good fight. I threw 80 CPU cores at a MongoDB restore. I wrote custom scripts to track…
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Restoring Hive-Engine Full-Node: How I Fought MongoDB's WiredTiger Throttle and Won
I thought this would be easy. I’m upgrading my Hive Engine node from "Lite" to "Full." I have the hardware to make this trivial: a Dual Xeon Gold server boasting 80 logical…
MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847): A breakdown for Hive Engine Operators
Hey everyone, A new Critical Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) is making the rounds in the database world. Dubbed MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847), this exploit allows attackers to siphon…
What was once a Dreamr... Back in Beta
This is an informal announcement of a "posting app" that lets people manage HIVE accounts securely in groups and allows new authors/users to submit posts without having a HIVE…
Holiday Check-in: 500k IPs, Bug Fixes, and The Botnet That Won't Quit
Hey everyone, A couple of things before I disappear for a few days (Maybe??) re: The 100K IP Botnet (Update: It's Worse) Maybe they read this blog? Because ever since I…
The 100,000+ IP Question: Why is a Massive Botnet Obsessed with Old Blockchain Data?
Hey everyone, I usually write posts sharing cool technical implementations or updates on my projects. Today's post is a bit different. It's a detective story, and I'm currently…
Hive-Nectar & Nectarengine v0.2.x Released!
Hey everyone, Today I want to officially announce that the v0.2.x series of hive-nectar and nectarengine are live! After much testing…
Spellbook - Pathfinder 1E Spell Filter Tool
As an avid Pathfinder 1E fan, I love worldbuilding and character creation aspects of the game. For years I have depended on for their comprehensive cataloguing of open source…
Looking to swap problem solving tokens for code.
I have no idea if this is a valid blog for this community but I figured, what's the harm in trying? Sometimes there is harm in trying because you…
Nectar v0.2.X has begun it's final test
Hey everyone, I just put the dev branch v0.2.0 on the @steembasicincome production server. Fingers crossed. 🤞 So far so good, it's completed a few rounds and just need to keep…
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