Michael Garcia (@thecrazygm)

Michael Garcia

Earth, Sol

Solving IT puzzles and crafting Python solutions. When not coding, I'm rolling dice in RPGs, navigating Linux (MCMXCVI), and keeping a keen eye on the Crypto space.

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7 days ago

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Wrong Branch, Right Fix: Cleaning Up the Real History Repo Hey everyone, Well, that was a false start. After my post yesterday about fixing up the master branch of the ssc_tokens_history repo, @forkyishere kindly pointed out that…

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7 days ago

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Dusting Off the Relics: Security Fixes for Hive-Engine History Hey everyone, Sometimes, the infrastructure we rely on works so well that it effectively becomes invisible. It sits in the background, churning away, doing its job perfectly...…

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12 days ago

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hive-nectar v0.2.14 Released: Better Beacons, Caching, and Docker Fixes Hey everyone, It’s time for another update! I’ve just pushed hive-nectar v0.2.14 to PyPI. This release focuses on stability, reducing load on our beacons, and smoothing out…

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13 days ago

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Going All In: x402, Pull Requests, and the Future of Nectar Hey everyone, It’s been a busy few weeks over here, even if my posting schedule says otherwise. If you follow along with my random updates, you know I’ve been spending a lot of…

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17 days ago

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Stocking the Tool Shed & A New Node Sync Script Hey everyone, While adding a new script to the Project Builder section of my tools site, I noticed I had fallen behind on archiving the miscellaneous scripts I've shared…

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25 days ago

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Man vs. Physics: The Power Grid Gets the Final Say Hey everyone, I know when to admit defeat. For the last week, I have been fighting the good fight. I threw 80 CPU cores at a MongoDB restore. I wrote custom scripts to…

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27 days ago

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The Final Boss: When 80 Cores Meet the SATA Limit Hey everyone, For those following along with my Hive-Engine restore adventures, here is the Monday morning status report. We threw everything at this problem to bypass the…

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about 1 month ago

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Restoring Hive-Engine Full-Node: How I Fought MongoDB's WiredTiger Throttle and Won I thought this would be easy. I’m upgrading my Hive Engine node from "Lite" to "Full." I have the hardware to make this trivial: a Dual Xeon Gold server boasting 80 logical…

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about 1 month ago

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Supercharging Debian: Moving /var to SSD (and Fixing My Own Screw-ups) Hey everyone, I finally upgraded my server with a dedicated SSD for /var . The goal was simple: production databases need room to breathe, and I wanted the magic of Btrfs…

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about 1 month ago

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Qtile, Lazy Manufacturers, and a New Year's Query Hey everyone, I was planning to drop a post today about my new Engine Watchdog script, but I’ll save that for 2026 (tomorrow). I got sidetracked fixing an annoyance in my daily…

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