Marcus Summers
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Documents the long-standing UX regression caused by `tootctl media remove --prune-profiles` (and `--remove-headers`) running on a schedule: cached remote avatars are deleted, but Mastodon does not auto-refetch on profile view, so quiet remote accounts stay broken indefinitely. Article covers: - The mutually-exclusive flag bug (silent skip if combined) - Mastodon's actual avatar-refresh trigger model (Update activities, not profile views) - A `refresh-my-follows.sh` pattern with a defensible WHERE clause (avatar NULL AND avatar_remote_url present) to avoid infinite retry on accounts whose origin has no avatar - Why header_file_name IS NULL is a bad signal (~20% of users legitimately have no custom header) - The cron decision: most admins should drop --prune-profiles
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Last updated: 2026-05-02 Article count: 106
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| Domain | Folder | Articles |
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| 🐧 Linux & Sysadmin | 01-linux/ |
12 |
| 🏠 Self-Hosting & Homelab | 02-selfhosting/ |
39 |
| 🔓 Open Source Tools | 03-opensource/ |
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| 🎙️ Streaming & Podcasting | 04-streaming/ |
2 |
| 🔧 General Troubleshooting | 05-troubleshooting/ |
43 |
🐧 Linux & Sysadmin
Distro-Specific
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--prune-profilesTrap and How to Recover - Updating n8n Running in Docker
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🔧 General Troubleshooting
- Ansible Check Mode False Positives in Verify/Assert Tasks
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ssh <alias>Works (Host Alias Bypass) - Ansible SSH Timeout During dnf upgrade on Fedora Hosts
- Ansible: Vault Password File Not Found
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- Cron Heartbeat False Alarm: /var/run Cleared by Reboot
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- Fantastical Google Sync Error Flood — Phantom Calendars Fixed via syncselect
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- macOS Repeating Alert Tone from Mirrored iPhone Notification
- MajorWiki Setup & Publishing Pipeline
- Obsidian Vault Recovery — Loading Cache Hang
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ollama runwith Piped Stdin Bypasses Chat Template + SYSTEM Prompt - Ollama Drops Off Tailscale When Mac Sleeps
- Python smtplib: Missing Date/Message-ID Headers Break Mail Clients
- SELinux: Fixing Dovecot Mail Spool Context (/var/vmail)
- Ubuntu dist-upgrade Quarantines Third-Party Repos
- wget/curl: URLs with Special Characters Fail in Bash
- yt-dlp YouTube JS Challenge Fix (Fedora)
Docker & Containers
- Nextcloud AIO Container Unhealthy for 20 Hours After Nightly Update
- n8n Behind Reverse Proxy: X-Forwarded-For Trust Fix
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- LoRA adapter — GGUF conversion fails with 'config.json not found
- Qwen2.5-14B OOM on RTX 3080 Ti (12GB)
Networking
- Apache Outage: Fail2ban Self-Ban + Missing iptables Rules
- Fail2ban & UFW Rule Bloat: 30k Rules Slowing Down a VPS
- Mail Client Stops Receiving: Fail2ban IMAP Self-Ban
- Pi-hole AI Blocklist Blocks Claude Desktop (ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED)
- Tailscale SSH: Unexpected Re-Authentication Prompt
- Windows OpenSSH Server (sshd) Stops After Reboot
- Windows OpenSSH: WSL as Default Shell Breaks Remote Commands
- firewalld: Mail Ports Wiped After Reload (IMAP + Webmail Outage)
- iOS Tailscale Clients Report HostName="localhost" — Breaks /etc/hosts Generators
- rsync over Tailscale: Hung in TCP Teardown After Transfer Completes
Security
- ClamAV Safe Scheduling on Live Servers
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Systemd
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| Topic | Domain | Priority | From Gap? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Docker Compose networking deep dive | Self-Hosting | High | No |
| Troubleshooting NVIDIA on Linux | Troubleshooting | Medium | No |
| Pi-hole setup and local DNS | Self-Hosting | Medium | No |
| Nextcloud setup with Docker | Self-Hosting | Medium | No |
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