Self-Hosting on Jim Diroff II

365 Days of Code - Day 047

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:01 -0500

Project Status

Project	Language	Status	Due Date	Latest Update
Personal Website	Hugo	Ongoing	None	The site is live. There are some TODOs. Need to work on categorization, tagging, and layout improvements.
Laravel From Scratch	Laravel (PHP)	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Episode 8
PRM	Laravel (PHP)	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Working alongside other Laravel projects.
Client Website (J.L.)	Laravel (PHP)	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Working alongside other Laravel projects.
Project Euler	C	Ongoing	None	Working on P25. BigInt (AI gen) was a waste of time, need to rewrite
Practice Java	Java	Paused	None	Installed, need to find a good project.
Practice Python	Python	Paused	None	Installed, need to find a good project.
Learn Go	Go	Paused	None	Installed, work on LDAP Injector from ippsec.
Learn Rust	Rust	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, will try network protocols after finishing in C and Zig.
Learn Elixir	Elixir	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, need a good tutorial project.
Learn Haskell	Haskell	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, need a good tutorial project.
Learn Zig	Zig	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, will try network protocols after finishing in C.
Linux+	N/A	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Reading Chapter 4.
Cyber Quest 2026	N/A	In-Progress	2026-02-28	Finished quiz 1 with 75%.
Operating Systems	N/A	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Reading Chapter 4: Abstraction
Grey-Hat Hacking	Various	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Reading Chapter 8: Threat Hunting Lab
PHP Time Tracker	PHP	Beta Finished	None	Working on a basic level. Could use a couple more updates to make it fully functional.
HTTP Status Code Reader	C	Complete	2026-02-18	Complete. Could potentially upgrade for more advanced functions or follow redirects.
ZSH Configuration	bash/zsh	Complete	None	Sort of an ongoing process, but complete for now. Works good.
Network Protocols	C	In-Progress	None	V2 complete. Moving to V3, refactoring again.
Discinox Website	HTML, CSS, JS	Complete	2026-03-04	The site is live.
DiroffTech Website	HTML, CSS, JS	Complete	2026-03-05	The site is live. `git-lfs` needs to be initialized for images.
Automate Backups	bash	Complete	2026-03-08	Backups done.

Archive Day

Today is archive day. I take the backups we created yesterday, and copy those to a remote archive server. The primary complication is that we don’t automatically know what the names of the backups are. They will have unique dates and times. Despite executing on a set schedule, we should be able to detect the file name to copy. We also need to include the checksum file, and run the checksum to validate the integrity of the backup. Lastly, the backups are stored while being owned by root.

365 Days of Code - Day 046

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:01 -0500

Project Status

Project	Language	Status	Due Date	Latest Update
Personal Website	Hugo	Ongoing	None	The site is live. There are some TODOs. Need to work on categorization, tagging, and layout improvements.
Laravel From Scratch	Laravel (PHP)	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Episode 8
PRM	Laravel (PHP)	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Working alongside other Laravel projects.
Client Website (J.L.)	Laravel (PHP)	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Working alongside other Laravel projects.
Project Euler	C	Ongoing	None	Working on P25. BigInt (AI gen) was a waste of time, need to rewrite
Practice Java	Java	Paused	None	Installed, need to find a good project.
Practice Python	Python	Paused	None	Installed, need to find a good project.
Learn Go	Go	Paused	None	Installed, work on LDAP Injector from ippsec.
Learn Rust	Rust	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, will try network protocols after finishing in C and Zig.
Learn Elixir	Elixir	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, need a good tutorial project.
Learn Haskell	Haskell	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, need a good tutorial project.
Learn Zig	Zig	Haven’t Started	None	Installed, will try network protocols after finishing in C.
Linux+	N/A	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Reading Chapter 4.
Cyber Quest 2026	N/A	In-Progress	2026-02-28	Finished quiz 1 with 75%.
Operating Systems	N/A	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Reading Chapter 4: Abstraction
Grey-Hat Hacking	Various	In-Progress	2026-03-31	Reading Chapter 8: Threat Hunting Lab
PHP Time Tracker	PHP	Beta Finished	None	Working on a basic level. Could use a couple more updates to make it fully functional.
HTTP Status Code Reader	C	Complete	2026-02-18	Complete. Could potentially upgrade for more advanced functions or follow redirects.
ZSH Configuration	bash/zsh	Complete	None	Sort of an ongoing process, but complete for now. Works good.
Network Protocols	C	In-Progress	None	V2 complete. Moving to V3, refactoring again.
Discinox Website	HTML, CSS, JS	Complete	2026-03-04	The site is live.
DiroffTech Website	HTML, CSS, JS	Complete	2026-03-05	The site is live. `git-lfs` needs to be initialized for images.
Automate Backups	bash	In-Progress	2026-03-08	Source backups done. Need to poll and copy for backups to archive server.

Backup Day

Today is backup day. It has been several weeks since I last updated my Gitea server, and I have yet to perform a webserver backup since migrating to my new VPS. Given my lessons (hopefully) learned from my AWS spot instance issue, backups are very overdue.

365 Days of Code - Day 007

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:01 -0500

Getting started with Hugo

365 Days of Code - Day 006

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:01 -0500

Migrating to Caddy, Docker configuration, and testing Github Actions workflow

365 Days of Code - Day 005

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:01 -0500

More administration work today. I needed a new webserver, as my old AWS server was deleted because I accidentally left it as a spot instance. I started a new DigitalOcean server to give their service a fair shot. This lead me to setting up a private instance of Gitea (opens in a new tab) on my local server to start a repo for server configurations that I do not want to post on the public internet (Github). That further led me down a rabbit hole where I found out my development server could not see any Tailscale (opens in a new tab) machines due to a DNS issue. Once again, none of this is technically code, so I need to find something else to work on. I’m already a few days out from the last time I worked on my Laravel tutorial, and associated sites, so I need to get cranking on that. First, I need to get my new Personal Relationship Manager repo up to date.

365 Days of Code - Day 003

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:01 -0500

Day 3 was a little less productive for coding. I mostly did administrative work to start the day. Working with docker, working with shells, updating PCs, synchronizing files, etc. I wanted to add another project to my Laravel (opens in a new tab) tutorial. I have been wanting a personal management system for a long time. The only one I know of that exists is called Monica (opens in a new tab). It was ok, and did what I needed it to do on a basic level. However, I was not a fan of the interface. The developers were also not working on the application full-time, while trying to migrate the entire system over to a new version called Chandler. They have put in a tremendous effort, but I think I can make one on my own.