Writing

Writing

Field notes on directories, from people who run them for a living.

Delta-Syncrepl Is Usually Overkill

Delta-syncrepl earns its keep on two shapes of workload, and most directories have neither. Here's the arithmetic that says whether yours does.

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The Flat File Is a Feature

The docs call slapd.conf deprecated. My clients like it anyway. Here's why that's not nostalgia but a deliberate engineering choice.

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The Reliability Trap

Your directory has run untouched for years. That's not a win. That's the trap.

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