Push to GitHub and your own git server
Push one commit to GitHub and a bare repository on your own VPS at the same time: two push URLs on one remote, what mirror does, and what it does not copy.
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Can GitHub host your website? Pages vs a VPS
GitHub stores your code and GitHub Pages serves static files. Neither one runs your app. Here is exactly where that line falls, and what to do at it.
What Claude Code writes into your commits
Claude Code adds a Co-authored-by trailer to commits, and cloud sessions add a claude.ai link. Read what is there, then control it before you push.
Your first hour on GitHub: from zero to a repo
Open an account, create a repository, push your code with three git commands, and see the line where GitHub stops: it stores your project but never runs it.
Git vs GitHub vs a self-hosted Git server
Git is a program that runs offline. GitHub is one remote. A VPS can hold a second. What separates them, and the SSH steps to add that remote.
Ansible Vault: encrypt secrets in git
Keep passwords and API tokens in a playbook repo safely: encrypt a vars file or one inline string, split staging from production, and rekey cleanly.
Linux kernel history: the decisions that stuck
A history of the Linux kernel from 0.01 to 7.x: the GPL switch, the microkernel argument, the birth of git, the LTS model, and what each means for servers.
Self-hosted Git server: Forgejo, Gitea or cgit
Four ways to run a self-hosted Git server, ranked by RAM: bare repos over SSH, cgit, Forgejo or Gitea, and GitLab. See what a 1 GB VPS can host.
What is GitHub? Git vs GitHub for VPS owners
Git is the version control program on your machine. GitHub is one hosted service built around it. What the difference means when you own a VPS.