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Problems we met on real servers and sites. What you see, why it happens, the commands to fix it yourself, and the prompt to hand the same job to your AI.

  • Every fix run on a real server, with the date
  • The commands by hand, no sign-up needed
  • Or one prompt for Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
Technical SEO

Is that really Googlebot? Check by reverse DNS

Anyone can send a Googlebot user agent. Before you block, rate-limit or trust a crawler in your logs, check its address: a real one resolves to Google's or Microsoft's names and back.

Tested 13 Oct 2026 · 5 min
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WordPress

WordPress 7.1 fails its checksum check after wp core download

A fresh install made with wp-cli reports files that do not exist under wp-includes/php-ai-client. The archive was unpacked with file names cut short. Install core from the official zip instead.

Tested 12 Oct 2026 · 4 min
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Linux servers

fail2ban will not start on Debian 12

Debian 12 and later log SSH logins to the systemd journal only, so the default sshd jail has no file to read and fail2ban exits. Tell it to read the journal.

Tested 12 Oct 2026 · 3 min
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Setting up AskYourStack itself?

Connecting your AI, change windows and approvals are in the docs. Ready-made prompts are in the prompt library.

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