The £6,000 brochure site is now a £3,200 brochure site
Brochure sites that quoted at £5–6k and six weeks now ship at £3,200 in three. The framework owns the plumbing. AI compounds it. Here's what changed.
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Platform framework releases, self-hosting guides, automation deep-dives, and product announcements. Written by the engineers building it.
Hosting without a control panel: what CVE-2026-41940 made obvious
CVE-2026-41940 compromised 1.5 million cPanel servers in April 2026. Why MyServerGuy customers were never on the attack surface, and what to do if you run cPanel.
A Self-Hosted GitHub Alternative for Software Teams
Four GitHub incidents in 18 months show centralised source hosting is structurally exposed. See how managed Gitea on dedicated hardware works.
I've been trying to automate this since 1995
Thirty years ago, my idea of automation was writing autoexec.bat. Today I build AI agents that do the work the old scripts couldn't. Same craft, new substrate.
How We Use AI Agents to Manage Infrastructure (Not Just Talk About It)
We run AI agents in production for CI monitoring, code review, content, and project management. Here is how it works, what it costs, and where it fails.
Server Health Check: What We Actually Check (And Why It Matters)
A breakdown of the 40+ checks in our server and website audit. From SSH config to disk forecasting, here is what a senior engineer looks at and why.
Why Self-Host in 2026? Because Your Data Is Not Someone Else's Product
SaaS pricing keeps climbing, vendor lock-in keeps tightening, and your data keeps leaving your control. Here is the practical case for self-hosting in 2026.