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Author: Richard Bailey
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Should You Upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Right Away?
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is the April 2026 long-term support release. Whether you should jump immediately depends on the machine, the workload and how much change you can afford… Read the guide
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How to Add Secret Scanning with Gitleaks Before Your First Leak
Use Gitleaks locally and in CI to catch hardcoded credentials before they become key-rotation and incident-response work. Read the guide
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Rise of the Triad (1994): A Dad’s PC CD-ROM Comeback
Revisiting Tom Hall’s 1994 FPS cult classic. Originally planned as Wolfenstein 3D II, sold as its own strange thing, open-sourced 20 years later. Read the guide
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GNOME 50: The Linux Desktop Changes Worth Knowing
GNOME 50 shipped on March 18, 2026. The useful changes are not just polish: Files is better, remote desktop is stronger, accessibility is materially improved, and parental controls… Read the guide
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FinOps for DevOps Engineers: Making Cloud Cost Part of Your Pipeline
Cloud bills have a habit of arriving like a plot twist nobody asked for. A single GPU-backed workload can burn through $10,000 a month before anyone notices. AI… Read the guide
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Your Move: A Practical Framework for IT Professionals
We have spent nine articles examining how AI is reshaping IT from every angle — where businesses are investing, how developer workflows have changed, what platform engineering looks… Read the guide
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What DevSecOps Actually Means in 2026: A Practical Guide for Developers
A practical DevSecOps guide for developers: what to scan, what to automate, and how to add security gates without slowing delivery. Read the guide
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Is Your Windows Dev Environment a Mess? Here’s How to Fix It
If you’re still opening cmd.exe to run commands, still downloading .exe installers from websites, and still getting mysterious line-ending errors — your Windows dev environment needs work. Not… Read the guide
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Lemmings on Amiga 500: A Dad’s Return to 1991 Puzzle Perfection
Revisiting DMA Design’s 1991 Amiga classic. Eight skills, 120 levels, and an entire generation of British kids who still hear the music in their sleep. Read the guide
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The AI-Augmented IT Team: What 2027 Looks Like
AI & IT in 2026 — Full Series TL;DR New to this series? Start with Article 1: Where Businesses Are Actually Investing for the full context on how… Read the guide
