HTTP/3 and QUIC: Why the New Protocol Feels Faster
A plain-English look at why sites running over HTTP/3 feel snappier on real-world connections, and what head-of-line blocking, connection migration, and 0-RTT actually mean for your WordPress site.
The ServerBorn blog
Notes from the forge.
Performance engineering, security hardening, and WordPress operations. Written by the people who run the metal.
How Utilities Decide Which AI Data Centers Get Grid Access
Planning documents from Georgia Power, Duke Energy, and Dominion Energy reveal three distinct approaches to filtering AI data center demand and prioritizing transmission investments.
cPanel, Plesk, and the New Wave of Hosting Panels
Control panels promise to make server administration painless, but the panel you're handed shapes your costs, your flexibility, and how hard it is to leave. Here's what they actually do and how to judge lock-in before it becomes a problem.
Cross-Site Scripting: The Most Common WordPress Plugin Flaw
XSS shows up in plugin vulnerability disclosures more than any other bug class. Here's what stored and reflected XSS actually do, why an admin's browser is the real prize, and how proper escaping closes the door.
Overselling in Hosting: How Cheap Plans Stay Cheap
Rock-bottom hosting prices usually mean rock-bottom resource guarantees. Here is how overselling actually works under the hood, and the concrete signals that tell you it is happening to your site.
Data Center Power Coalition Launches to Standardize AI Infrastructure Power
The Sijbrandij Foundation has assembled 12 technology and energy partners to create a common framework for powering AI data centers, aiming to cut through the fragmented vendor landscape slowing deployments.
Technical SEO for WordPress: The Foundation Before Content
Before you write another word of content, make sure search engines can actually find, crawl, and trust your pages. Here is the technical SEO checklist to run in under an hour.
Full-Page Edge Caching: Serving WordPress from the CDN
Most sites only cache static assets at the edge. This guide shows you how to cache entire HTML pages on Cloudflare, handle the real-world exceptions that break naive setups, and keep dynamic content working correctly.
Finding Backdoors: Where Attackers Hide in WordPress
A compromised site rarely gets fully cleaned on the first pass. Here is where attackers plant their return tickets, and how to find and remove them systematically.