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4 min read Working from the Beach part 3 A Different Kind of Travel Long-term travel requires planning beyond vacation mode: housesitting, bills, and logistics. Life & Personal Travel
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1 min read Recent Server Downtimes Hard drive failures took the site down. New RAID array means significantly better uptime ahead. DevOps & Infrastructure
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