What happens when nobody maintains your business website?
A website can keep returning a 200 response long after parts of it have quietly stopped working. Maintenance is the work that notices.
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Practical writing on website maintenance, security, monitoring, infrastructure and software operations. Written for the people responsible for keeping business technology working.
Website monitoring and security monitoring are not the same thing
One tells you the site is unreachable. The other tells you it has changed. Businesses often buy one and assume they have the other.
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What to check before taking over an existing website
A takeover is a transfer of responsibility, not a change of name in the footer. The difficult work is finding out what you have inherited.
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Why website backups are not enough
A backup is a copy. Recovery is a process, and the process is the part that gets tested too late.
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What is actually involved in managing a VPS?
A VPS is not a finished product. It is a server with an operating system, a configuration and a set of ongoing obligations.
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What happens after a business application goes live
The launch is a milestone, not an operating model. Applications fail in the second year for reasons that rarely appear in a demo.
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Build, buy, or wait?
The build-versus-buy question is usually framed too narrowly. The third option — waiting, or solving the problem manually — is often the most honest answer.
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