Running Your Estate

The routine that keeps a network of sites healthy month to month.

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A monthly maintenance rhythm for a site network

Pick the interval by how long a fault can stay hidden before it stops being repairable, not by how important the task...

Keeping records of which site sits where

Assume your register is already wrong somewhere, because it does not decay evenly. A few rows go stale within hours of...

Deciding when to retire or repurpose a site

A site is finished when it has stopped producing anything you would miss, not when it stopped being interesting to you...

Handling renewals across many domains

Treat renewals as an availability risk, not an accounting chore. An unpaid server gets you a suspension you can undo; a...

Access control when other people work on your sites

Give each person the narrowest access that lets them finish the job, on an account that belongs to them alone, with an...

Budget reviews: spotting what you no longer need

A budget review is a reconciliation, not a cost-cutting drive with a target attached. You take every recurring charge...

Planning maintenance windows around your traffic

Pick the window from your own access logs, not from a clock. "Do it at 3am" is an office habit, and it is wrong often...
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