PostsCommentsthecrazygm in #hive-186392 • 6 days agoMan vs. Physics: The Power Grid Gets the Final SayHey everyone, I know when to admit defeat. For the last week, I have been fighting the good fight. I threw 80 CPU cores at a MongoDB restore. I wrote custom scripts to…thecrazygm in #dev • 8 days agoThe Final Boss: When 80 Cores Meet the SATA LimitHey everyone, For those following along with my Hive-Engine restore adventures, here is the Monday morning status report. We threw everything at this problem to bypass the…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • 11 days agoRestoring Hive-Engine Full-Node: How I Fought MongoDB's WiredTiger Throttle and WonI thought this would be easy. I’m upgrading my Hive Engine node from "Lite" to "Full." I have the hardware to make this trivial: a Dual Xeon Gold server boasting 80 logical…thecrazygm in #dev • 12 days agoSupercharging Debian: Moving /var to SSD (and Fixing My Own Screw-ups)Hey everyone, I finally upgraded my server with a dedicated SSD for /var . The goal was simple: production databases need room to breathe, and I wanted the magic of Btrfs…thecrazygm in #dev • 13 days agoQtile, Lazy Manufacturers, and a New Year's QueryHey everyone, I was planning to drop a post today about my new Engine Watchdog script, but I’ll save that for 2026 (tomorrow). I got sidetracked fixing an annoyance in my daily…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • 14 days agoMongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847): A breakdown for Hive Engine OperatorsHey everyone, A new Critical Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) is making the rounds in the database world. Dubbed MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847), this exploit allows attackers to…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • 22 days agoHoliday Check-in: 500k IPs, Bug Fixes, and The Botnet That Won't QuitHey everyone, A couple of things before I disappear for a few days (Maybe??) re: The 100K IP Botnet (Update: It's Worse) Maybe they read this blog? Because ever since I…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • 23 days agoThe 100,000+ IP Question: Why is a Massive Botnet Obsessed with Old Blockchain Data?Hey everyone, I usually write posts sharing cool technical implementations or updates on my projects. Today's post is a bit different. It's a detective story, and I'm currently…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • 25 days agoHive-Nectar & Nectarengine v0.2.x Released!Hey everyone, Today I want to officially announce that the v0.2.x series of hive-nectar and nectarengine are live! After much testing, cthecrazygm in #hive-186392 • 27 days agoNectar v0.2.X has begun it's final testHey everyone, I just put the dev branch v0.2.0 on the @steembasicincome production server. Fingers crossed. 🤞 So far so good, it's completed a few rounds and just need to…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • 29 days agoAsync Python is UglyHey everyone, I think we can all agree on something: standard Python asyncio is painful. It requires significant boilerplate. You have to manage event loops. You have to…thecrazygm in #personal • last monthFixing Tools and Claiming Account TokensHey everyone, One downside of building so many toys is forgetting to check on them. Recently, @ecoinstant wanted to finally publicly announce our tools page:…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • last month24hr Sprint - hive-nectar v0.2.0 - still in the ovenHey everyone, The last 24 hours have been a sprint. While working on a separate project, I implemented no less than four critical fixes to the hive-nectar v0.2.0 branch. This…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • last monthNectarengine v0.2.0 release candidateHey everyone, Following the hive-nectar update, I am also releasing a nectarengine v0.2.0 branch. I modernized the codebase to use `htthecrazygm in #personal • last monthThat’s the spiritHey Everyone, As some of you may have already noticed, I haven't been posting much lately. I'm pretty sure it's a combination of seasonal depression and the holidays slowing…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • last monthGo Ports, ASCII Art, and Hive-Engine FixesHey everyone, I previously shared my Python tweaks for the SXM HLS Proxy . Naturally, I couldn't leave well enough alone. I spent the last week porting the HLS Proxy to…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • last monthHappy #HPUD / Things are probably going to break... nectar v0.2.0 candidateHey everyone, Happy #HPUD ! As you can see from the screenshot, my contribution this month is a tiny one... only 7.005 HIVE . But if you look closely at the output…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • 2 months agoPlaying Traffic Cop - Limiting the bandwith Hive-Engine can useHey everyone, Running a Hive Engine node at home is a great way to support the ecosystem, but it comes with a hidden cost: Upload Bandwidth. Most residential internet…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • 2 months agoNectarEngine 0.1.4: Now with Less FailureHey everyone, Before today nectarengine relied on a single, hard-coded URL for its API calls, or one you provided. If that one node was slow, offline, or just having a…thecrazygm in #hive-186392 • 2 months agoUpdated Dice/Card OracleHey everyone, I'm back with another update, this time focusing on some performance issues with our Discord bot. The ever-vigilant @ecoinstant pointed out th
