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- 0287 What is an environment variable? An environment variable is a named value the operating system passes to programs, such as settings or secrets. Beginner · Explains an idea · Any system Article Basics 15 Oct 2026
- 0272 What is a virtual machine? A virtual machine is a complete computer made of software, running inside another computer with its own operating system. Beginner · Explains an idea · Any system Article Basics 15 Oct 2026
- 0288 What is a daemon or service? A daemon or service is a program that runs in the background all the time, waiting to do its job without a… Beginner · Explains an idea · Any system Article Services & systemd 15 Oct 2026
- 0273 What is a hypervisor? A hypervisor is the software layer that creates and runs virtual machines and shares the real hardware between them. Beginner · Explains an idea · Any system Article Basics 15 Oct 2026
- 0238 Redis persistence and high availability: RDB, AOF, replicas and Sentinel Redis keeps data in memory and writes it to disk with RDB snapshots, an append-only file, or both. Replicas copy data to… Intermediate · Explains an idea · Linux Article Administration & persistence 15 Oct 2026
- 0241 Choosing a database: relational, document or key-value Relational databases, document stores like MongoDB and key-value stores like Redis each fit different jobs. An honest look at what each does… Beginner · Explains an idea · Any system Article Choosing a database · Database operations 15 Oct 2026
- 0203 Physical backups and point-in-time recovery with pg_basebackup and WAL archiving A base backup plus a continuous archive of WAL files lets you restore a PostgreSQL cluster to any moment after the backup,… Advanced · Explains an idea · Linux Article Backup & restore · Replication & high availability 15 Oct 2026
- 0204 VACUUM, autovacuum and table bloat in PostgreSQL Updates and deletes leave dead row versions behind. VACUUM makes that space reusable, keeps statistics fresh and prevents transaction ID wraparound; autovacuum… Intermediate · Explains an idea · Linux Article Performance & tuning · Roles & administration 15 Oct 2026
- 0216 MySQL vs MariaDB: what actually differs MariaDB started as a fork of MySQL and still speaks the same client protocol, but GTIDs, JSON storage, authentication and tooling have… Intermediate · Explains an idea · Linux Article Choosing a database · MySQL & MariaDB 15 Oct 2026
- 0217 MySQL binary logs and point-in-time recovery The binary log records every change after your last backup. Restore the backup, then replay the binary log up to just before… Advanced · Explains an idea · Linux Article Backup & restore · Replication 15 Oct 2026