McGarrah Technical Blog

Adding Google Custom Search to Jekyll Website

· 9 min read
How to implement Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) on a Jekyll website hosted on GitHub Pages for better content discoverability.

Jekyll Website Optimization for GitHub Pages - Part 2

· 11 min read
Advanced analytics, Core Web Vitals tracking, and the lessons learned from running a 100+ post technical blog — plus the remaining optimization roadmap.

Homelab Storage Economics: Ceph vs Single Drive Costs

· 6 min read
Real-world cost-per-GB analysis of distributed Ceph storage versus single-drive solutions in a homelab — the same infrastructure investment framework applies at any scale.

Debian Linux Oh-Crap Moment in the Homelab

· 17 min read
I renamed /usr to /usr-root as root. On a live system. Here's the recovery — and what the mistake teaches about operational discipline.

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