Automation
How DNS, domains, certificates and monitoring actually work — and what to check first when they don’t. No vendor pitches, no listicles.
AutomationOct 23, 2026 · 6 min read
Opening Jira or Linear issues from infrastructure events
Turn a certificate expiry or a monitor going down into a ticket your team already tracks — automatically, with the details filled in, in Jira or Linear.
AutomationOct 7, 2026 · 6 min read
Why cron jobs break when daylight saving time changes (and how to fix it)
Daylight saving transitions make scheduled jobs run twice or not at all, shift maintenance windows and on-call alerts, and send log timestamps backwards. Here's the fix.
AutomationSep 25, 2026 · 5 min read
Reduce manual infrastructure work: what to automate first
A practical priority order for automating infrastructure: DNS sync, certificate renewals, expiry alerts and dynamic IP updates, ranked by risk and effort.
AutomationJul 13, 2026 · 5 min read
How to automate DNS, SSL and server tasks across every provider
A practical guide to automating DNS changes, certificate renewals and server actions across multiple providers, plus where centralised management beats juggling five dashboards.
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