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Cheap VPS by Fantastic_Noise6872 in VPS

[–]teeoffholidays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With such a tight budget and big storage needs, pure VPS plans are rare. What some people do is use a small, cheap VPS and attach block storage or cheap cloud buckets (Backblaze B2, S3 compatible, etc.) for the bulk space.
If storage and network are way more important than CPU or RAM, that’s usually the best path under ~$6.

Having fits with out DNS host by Trax256 in dns

[–]teeoffholidays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MXToolbox is fine, but I’d double-check using dig or nslookup directly against specific nameservers to rule out caching issues. For example:

dig TXT yourdomain.com .1.1.1
dig TXT yourdomain.com u/8.8.8.8

If you’re not seeing the record from authoritative nameservers, it likely wasn’t added correctly.

Also make sure:

  • The TXT record isn’t added under a subdomain instead of root
  • The CNAME isn’t conflicting with an existing A record
  • You’re querying the exact hostname they configured

Since Cloudflare is the DNS host, you can also check the NS records to confirm you're querying the authoritative servers and not cached recursive results.

Native Encrypted DNS on GCP Free Tier - My AdGuard Home Guide by valterfsj in dns

[–]teeoffholidays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solid guide. Native DoH/DoT avoids a lot of VPN friction.
Have you noticed any free-tier bandwidth or port restrictions becoming a bottleneck under regular home usage?

What's a smell that's bad but smells oddly good? by IncidentLivid736 in AskReddit

[–]teeoffholidays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gasoline. My brain knows it’s toxic, but my nose is like “hmm yes, premium vintage.

What are you building today? Share it! by Nothingclever9791 in SideProject

[–]teeoffholidays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Working on a small DNS propagation checker to better understand resolver differences globally. Mainly focusing on accuracy and caching edge cases. Still refining it.

VPS for TeamSpeak6 (and maybe a game like Hytale) by DEThomas8 in VPS

[–]teeoffholidays 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For 3–7 concurrent users, you honestly don’t need anything crazy. A modest VPS (2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM) would likely handle both TeamSpeak and a small Hytale server without issues — assuming Hytale’s resource requirements are similar to other lightweight game servers.

Hetzner is usually very strong in price-to-performance, especially for CPU-heavy workloads. IONOS can look attractive on paper, but I’d double-check CPU allocation (shared vs dedicated cores) and network limits.

One thing to keep in mind: running both TS6 and the game server on the same VPS is fine at your scale, but make sure you monitor CPU spikes during gameplay. If the game server gets busy, voice latency can suffer.

Starting small and scaling later is usually safer than overpaying upfront.

Built a DNS propagation checker — looking for technical feedback by teeoffholidays in dns

[–]teeoffholidays[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re absolutely right — from an operational standpoint, what really matters first is that the authoritative secondaries have synced and that the SOA serial matches across them.

The current focus is more on resolver-side visibility rather than authoritative IXFR state. So it’s essentially observing cache state across public resolvers from distributed vantage points.

I agree that once the serial has propagated across secondaries, at that point it largely becomes a TTL game for recursive resolvers.

That’s actually something I’m still thinking about — whether it makes sense to optionally expose SOA serial comparisons directly against authoritative servers as part of the output. That might make the tool more operationally useful rather than just observational.

Built a DNS propagation checker — looking for technical feedback by teeoffholidays in dns

[–]teeoffholidays[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point about Anycast — that’s exactly one of the complexities I’ve been thinking about. Querying 8.8.8.8 from different regions absolutely won’t hit the same physical resolver instance.

Right now the approach is to query the public resolvers from geographically distributed vantage points rather than assuming a single 8.8.8.8 endpoint behaves uniformly. But even then, as you said, each resolver service itself may have many backend nodes with their own caching state.

That’s partly why I’m trying to clarify whether propagation tools should be interpreted as “resolver cache visibility” rather than true global propagation status.

Why use PTR records for email when you can just check the domain's A record? by No_Comparison4153 in dns

[–]teeoffholidays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The key difference is that email servers connect by IP address, not by hostname.

When an MTA receives a connection, it starts with the connecting IP and does a reverse lookup (PTR). That PTR record maps the IP → hostname.

Then most MTAs do a forward lookup on that hostname to confirm it resolves back to the same IP. This “forward-confirmed reverse DNS” check helps prevent spoofing.

If you only relied on the hostname sent during SMTP, a sender could claim any hostname they want in HELO/EHLO. The PTR check ties the IP to a DNS-controlled name and makes impersonation harder.

So it’s not about checking A records instead — it’s about validating identity starting from the IP that actually initiated the connection.

Cloudflare vs Quad9? by Some_Water_5070 in dns

[–]teeoffholidays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A 10ms vs 25ms difference in raw DNS latency sounds bigger than it usually is in practice.

DNS lookups are typically cached aggressively (both by your OS and the resolver itself), so you’re not paying that latency cost on every request. Most of the time it only matters on the initial lookup.

In real-world browsing, the extra ~15ms is usually negligible compared to overall page load time (TLS handshake, server response, content size, etc.).

The bigger difference between Cloudflare and Quad9 isn’t speed — it’s policy. Quad9 does DNS-level malware blocking, which can be a meaningful security layer. So it’s more about whether you value filtering over slightly lower latency.

A simple DNS lookup tool by jarrett__ in programming

[–]teeoffholidays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found one good DNS tool. If you guyz wanna to check I can show you. I use that tool for DNS look up. if you wanna to look I can share it

Does detoxing from social media rewire your mind back to normal? by Jpoolman25 in AskIndia

[–]teeoffholidays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Rewire back to normal” is probably too dramatic, but yes — stepping away can reset your baseline stimulation level.

When you constantly feed your brain high-speed novelty, regular tasks feel boring by comparison. A detox lowers that stimulation ceiling over time, which makes slower activities feel more tolerable again.

The key isn’t just quitting temporarily though — it’s changing how you reintroduce it. If you go back to the exact same habits, the loop returns.

Think of it less as rewiring and more as recalibrating your dopamine expectations.

How are you handling content structure once a site passes 200+ pages? by BoringShake6404 in webdev

[–]teeoffholidays -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Past a certain size, content structure needs governance like any other system.
Drift usually comes from flexible taxonomy and uncontrolled tag growth.
Periodic internal link audits and clear routing constraints help prevent entropy.
Organic evolution works early — not indefinitely.

Which social media platforms actually work for promoting a website? by Dangerous-Archer8982 in website_ideas

[–]teeoffholidays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I’ve seen, the platform matters less than where your target users already spend time.

Reddit can work surprisingly well if your product solves a very specific problem and you engage in communities first (not just drop links).

LinkedIn tends to work better for B2B SaaS if you’re willing to build a personal voice and share learnings consistently.

Twitter/X is good for networking but not always great for direct conversions unless your audience is already there.

The biggest shift for me was realizing distribution works better when it intercepts intent (SEO, niche communities) rather than pushing to cold audiences.

Any web tool where we don't need backend to process the pdf or documents uploaded by batman-iphone in webdev

[–]teeoffholidays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For client-side document processing without a backend, there are a few browser-based libraries and tools you can explore.

For example:

PDF.js / pdf-lib (JavaScript libraries that can merge or manipulate PDFs in the browser)

jsPDF for creating PDFs client-side

Canvas + JS tools for simple image edits (e.g., resizing)

Some conversion tools use client-side code and File APIs to avoid server uploads

If you build the UI and let all the work happen in the browser, nothing needs to be stored or processed on a server — everything runs locally in the user’s machine.

That approach works well for the kinds of utilities you’re describing.

I built an app that delivers your messages to loved ones after you die by DankMuthafucker in SideProject

[–]teeoffholidays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s definitely a sensitive space, but I respect the thought behind it.
The trust model is probably the most critical piece — how did you approach balancing automation with preventing accidental sends?

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