4/10/22 2:00pm - Incident Post-Mortem Analysis
At approximately 2pm on April 10th, 2022, high latency was detected across all endpoint nodes:
There is evidence that this event may have began occurring as early as 12:06am on April 10th, but the full effects weren't felt until 2pm.
The Human Element of Infrastructure and Reliability Engineering
This will be a distinctly different kind of article from my usual writings, but it's a very important topic. I apologize if this one's a bit too stuck up.
March Updates and Metrics
Hello! I should really do this more often. We'll break this down into two sections:
My Final Review of BuyVM
What a ride it has been, trying to find a reliable provider to use as my cache nodes without breaking the bank. Thankfully, after much research and "stress testing", I have arrived at one provider I can finally give a positive review to, and that's BuyVM/Frantech.
How I Fight CSAM on Pomf
I missed making an article for February! I blame it being the shortest year of the month. Or maybe you can count the maintenance post as an article.
The IWF *Still* Does Not Work With Non-Corporate Entities
Hello again! Figure I'd get an article out for January. That, and it's been months now since I tried to sign up with the International Watch Foundation (IWF). So, what's going on with them, you may ask? Not a whole lot, and that's the problem.
Planned Lain.la Upgrades
Couple upgrades I have in the pipe to make things better in various areas of my infrastructure:
(Note: Historical task completion is now over at https://infrablog.lain.la/changelog-history)
(Green is done. Yellow/Orange is in progress. Red is not started. Purple is declined.)
The Fall of Ramnode as a Reasonable Provider (Updated)
Well, here we are again. Another day, another provider trying to take down my Pomf clone (unsuccessfully). This time, it's from a provider I thought I trusted as reasonable: Ramnode. This article won't be too long - I'll just post links to ticket and responses here, but in short: If you get even so much as ONE abuse report sent to them, that's it. You're out. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200. And don't expect to wiggle your way out of an account termination unless you're me and have a silver tongue and a bit of business acumen.
I am now an Electronic Service Provider for the NCMEC
Nice PR Version:
I am proud to announce that I have registered Lain.la with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as an Electronic Service Provider, allowing me to submit tips to their CyberTipline regarding possible child sexual abuse material (CSAM) uploaded to any of my services. This allows me to take direct action against abuse of my services in this regard, and help put a stop to the distribution of these materials.
The Grand "Why Is Pomf Slow For Me" FAQ
Pomf is getting stupidly popular these days. Storage usage is growing exponentially (don't worry I'm not deleting any files), bandwidth is through the roof (250TB a month and counting), and more and more sites are using it as a resilient hosting service for whatever it is they need hosting for. At this rate, we might eclipse Catbox.