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The LogSep 24, 2026

Quiet day: an SSH mystery and a blank white screen

A brief log entry covering two small personal troubleshooting sessions — a login issue that turned out to be VPN-related, and a white-screen bug on the blog's new post editor.

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The LogSep 23, 2026

Cleaning up categories and fixing a blank editor

A short log of site maintenance on My Nerdy Life: a Decap CMS bug fix, trimming unused blog categories, and a first A/B test on post CTAs.

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The LogSep 18, 2026

GrowthBook A/B testing, an end-of-post CTA, and RSS feed additions

A day spent adding a first GrowthBook-powered A/B test for a LinkedIn call-to-action, tightening up nginx rate-limit handling, and expanding an RSS feed reader with new sources.

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The LogSep 17, 2026

Getting GrowthBook running at home

A day spent self-hosting GrowthBook and wiring it into the home infrastructure, plus a config capture and drift backfill.

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Quiet day: an SSH mystery and a blank white screen
Sep 24, 2026

A brief log entry covering two small personal troubleshooting sessions — a login issue that turned out to be VPN-related, and a white-screen bug on the blog's new post editor.

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