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By Greg Nowak , 20 June, 2026

Shorter TLS Certificates Make Renewal Monitoring a Server Job

Public TLS lifetimes are moving from 200 days toward 47. Manual renewal is now a reliability risk across ACME, reloads, monitoring, and rollback.

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By Greg Nowak , 18 June, 2026

Apache 2.4.68 Is a Reminder That Old Proxy Rules Need a Real Audit

Apache 2.4.68 fixes issues across mod_proxy, mod_http2, mod_ssl and .htaccess handling. For older reverse-proxy estates, this is a good moment to audit the config, not just patch it.

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By Greg Nowak , 15 May, 2026

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Raises the TLS Floor: How to Test Legacy Integrations

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS retires legacy TLS defaults. Learn how to inventory dependencies, test certificates and stage a rollback-ready upgrade.

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By Greg Nowak , 12 May, 2026

Apache 2.4.67 Put Legacy Reverse Proxies Back on the Risk List

Apache 2.4.67 exposed the risk in inherited reverse proxies. Learn how to move to 2.4.68, audit HTTP/2, AJP and .htaccess, and test safely.

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Illustrated infographic summarizing: Should publishers add Google’s new Preferred Sources button?

Should publishers add Google’s new Preferred Sources button?

2026-08-24

Google’s Preferred Sources button is worth a controlled test for eligible publishers, with careful choices around placement, performance and measurement.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Search Console Can See TikTok Now. Your Reporting Has to Catch Up

Search Console Can See TikTok Now. Your Reporting Has to Catch Up

2026-08-23

Google can now report how social profiles appear in Search. Here is how to measure cross-channel discovery without mistaking visibility for business results.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Your AI workflow has logs. Can they explain one bad decision?

Your AI workflow has logs. Can they explain one bad decision?

2026-08-22

Logs can show that every service worked while leaving a bad AI decision unexplained. See how connected traces and careful redaction close the gap.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Security Questionnaires Eat Into Selling Time—Let AI Find the Evidence

Security Questionnaires Eat Into Selling Time—Let AI Find the Evidence

2026-08-21

NIS 2 is generating more supplier questionnaires. A controlled AI assistant can find approved answers and sources—and route uncertain cases for review.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Locked out of your Apple developer account? Fix it before October 1

Locked out of your Apple developer account? Fix it before October 1

2026-08-20

Apple's updated developer agreement must be accepted by October 1, 2026, and many small app owners cannot even log in. Here is where Apple's two-factor codes really go, and how to fix your access before the deadline.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Cloudflare Workflows Now Charges by the Step—Price the Outcome

Cloudflare Workflows Now Charges by the Step—Price the Outcome

2026-08-20

Cloudflare Workflows now bills paid plans for steps and stored state. Here is how to track cost per completed outcome without weakening reliability.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Google’s AI Search Toggle Is a Publishing Decision, Not an SEO Setting

Google’s AI Search Toggle Is a Publishing Decision, Not an SEO Setting

2026-08-19

Google’s AI Search toggle forces a commercial choice about visibility, attribution and content use. Here’s how to make that choice responsibly.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: From Supplier Invoice to Bookkeeping: AI with a Control Checkpoint

From Supplier Invoice to Bookkeeping: AI with a Control Checkpoint

2026-08-18

AI can reduce the work involved in processing supplier invoices, but reliable bookkeeping requires validation, duplicate checks, approval and a clear audit trail.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Nginx 1.30 Changed the Upstream Defaults—Test Before You Upgrade

Nginx 1.30 Changed the Upstream Defaults—Test Before You Upgrade

2026-08-17

Nginx 1.30 defaults upstream proxying to HTTP/1.1 with keepalive enabled. Here is what to inspect, model and test before upgrading.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: OpenAI’s Assistants API Shuts Down in Ten Days. Is Your App Ready?

OpenAI’s Assistants API Shuts Down in Ten Days. Is Your App Ready?

2026-08-16

OpenAI’s Assistants API shuts down on August 26, 2026. Learn what to inventory, how to preserve state and how to cut over without breaking the product.