Updating 1,200 Ghost Sites
This is the ninth post in a series about rebuilding the Magic Pages infrastructure. Previous posts: Rebuilding the Magic Pages Infrastructure in Public, The Townhouse in the Middle, Requirements First…
Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
University drop-out turned web developer, building Magic Pages, a Ghost CMS hosting service. On this blog I share insights from my entrepreneurial journey.
46 posts
Fighting Ghost Magic Link Spam (and Rethinking My CDN)
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If you've been following along, you know I spend an unreasonable amount of time thinking about infrastructure. This post is about a problem I've been really really annoyed with for the last co…
Drawing the Lines
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This is the eighth post in a series about rebuilding the Magic Pages infrastructure. Previous posts: Rebuilding the Magic Pages Infrastructure in Public, The Townhouse in the Middle, Requirements Firs…
The Rehearsal Stage
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This is the seventh post in a series about rebuilding the Magic Pages infrastructure. Previous posts: Rebuilding the Magic Pages Infrastructure in Public, The Townhouse in the Middle, Requirements Fir…
Did This Email Arrive In My Inbox?
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Back in August, I asked a question: Did this email arrive in YOUR inbox? Did This Email Arrive In Your Inbox?So uhh...hi. I hope you’re not just reading this on my website, through ActivityPub, , or…
Did This Email Arrive In Your Inbox?
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So uhh...hi. I hope you're not just reading this on my website, through ActivityPub, , or RSS, but also in your email clients. Because here's the thing. Ideally, this post was sent as a newsl…
When Life Gives You...
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...double taxation agreements. Oh well, where do I start? A few months ago, I eagerly told you about incorporating Magic Pages. I went and had meetings with tax advisors, spoke to legal professional…
My Own Little Docker Swarm UI
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Recently, I left you with a bit of a cliffhanger in the end of this post, I know. It was about finding a better way to manage my Docker Swarm cluster. Well, here's where that story leads. I am st…
Why Distributed Storage Matters (Even When It Hurts)
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So, here's the thing about distributed storage: it's the reason I spent sleepless nights wrestling with Longhorn, watching my infrastructure costs explode, and ultimately migrating 650 Ghost s…
Swim, Docker, Swim!
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So, here's the awkward truth: after weeks of research into LXC, conversations with some pretty experienced DevOps engineers, and even briefly reconsidering Kubernetes, Magic Pages is going back to…
The Calm After The Storm
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Last night was the first night in a long time that I could actually sleep – and not check my phone every time I nervously woke up. Quite honestly, the last 1-2 weeks have not been the best for my men…
Taking The Plunge
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You know that moment when theory meets reality? When all your research and planning suddenly gets a very real deadline? That's exactly what happened on June 24th, 2025. If you've been followi…