LowEndBox recently crested the 6,000 posts mark!  We actually hit it two days ago, but I was down for a bit due to a COVID booster shot reaction (pretty horrible 24 hours, but better than getting COVID).

It’s been a little over 2 years since were were at 5,000 post mark, which was back on July 16, 2023.  Here’s some stats for nerds:

There’s no native WordPress way to say “when was our 2,000th post” so I had to craft a query…for posterity:

SELECT *
   FROM (
     SELECT post_title, post_date,
     ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY post_date ASC) AS rn
     FROM wp_posts
     WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish'
   ) AS numbered_posts
WHERE rn IN (500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000, 3500, 4000, 4500, 5000, 5500, 6000);

So early on things were rather slow content-wise, then picked up in 2020, which was when Jon Biloh bought the platform and took it out of Deluxe purgatory.

The milestone posts:

Since then we’ve tried to keep the pipeline full of interesting content.  A lot of days, that’s great offers that providers ask us to publish, or offers we see on LowEndTalk and decide to boost a little here.  Other days there’s something interesting in the news, or we throw out a fun tutorial.  Occasionally we even delve into comics.

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raindog308

Raindog308 is a longtime LowEndTalk community administrator, technical writer, and self-described techno polymath. With deep roots in the *nix world, he has a passion for systems both modern and vintage, ranging from Unix, Perl, Python, and Golang to shell scripting and mainframe-era operating systems like MVS. He’s equally comfortable with relational database systems, having spent years working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

As an avid user of LowEndBox providers, Raindog runs an empire of LEBs, from tiny boxes for VPNs, to mid-sized instances for application hosting, and heavyweight servers for data storage and complex databases. He brings both technical rigor and real-world experience to every piece he writes.

Beyond the command line, Raindog is a lover of German Shepherds, high-quality knives, target shooting, theology, tabletop RPGs, and hiking in deep, quiet forests.

His goal with every article is to help users, from beginners to seasoned sysadmins, get more value, performance, and enjoyment out of their infrastructure.

You can find him daily in the forums at LowEndTalk under the handle @raindog308.