How I Fixed the “Permission Denied” Error When Restoring My Virtual Machine in libvirt – And How You Can Too
It was a quiet Sunday afternoon. I was sitting at my desk, sipping on coffee, feeling a sense of relief. My system was freshly reinstalled, and everything was nearly back to normal – except for one thing. My Windows 11 virtual machine (VM) wouldn’t start. Instead, I was met with a “Permission Denied” error whenever…
5 Surprising Lessons I Learned Setting Up My Perfect Linux Mint Machine
It was a quiet Saturday. The house was still, the coffee was hot, and a brand-new PC sat on my desk, waiting. My plan was simple: spend the weekend installing Linux Mint and creating the perfect, clean desktop environment. There’s a special kind of excitement in that first boot, a sense of pure potential. I…
Check whether your VPS has implemented swap
As a startup on the very tight budget. All my WordPress based websites are hosted on a VPS on Oracle Cloud free tier. It has only 1G memory and 1 CPU. In this case, having swap space is important on a VPS, especially if it has limited RAM (like 1GB), because it prevents services like…
How I Fixed “Can’t Login to WordPress” on Linux Mint (Without phpMyAdmin)
If you’ve ever hit that wall where WordPress just won’t let you log in from your computer, you know how frustrating it feels. I ran into this on my Linux Mint machine, and instead of panicking, I documented the exact process I used to solve it — so next time it happens, I don’t waste…
Unlock Free Email Power: Set Up a High-Deliverability SMTP Server on Oracle Cloud Free Tier with CyberPanel & Cloudflare
It was just past midnight, and the soft hum of my workstation was the only sound in the room, besides the faint crackle of my coffee machine finishing its third round. I’d been troubleshooting email deliverability issues for hours – bounced messages, inbox landings that felt more like exile to spam folders. My client, a…
The Strategy for Running and Growing a Podcast on Spotify as a Startup
Two years ago, I started my first podcast with zero listeners and a big dream. I had no clue how to get people to find my show on Spotify. It’s kinda like trying to sell lemonade on a street where nobody walks by – you can have the best drink in town, but if no…