<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Techie Broadband]]></title><description><![CDATA[Techie Broadband]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:43:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.techiebroadband.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What is Production Environment?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Production environment explained: protect live services and data, verify health and recovery, with tested examples and practical UK home lab guidance.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-production-environment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ace8e144d72865fb015e7d9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:03:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_4499ee3f029543abb7e4160c016afb62~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Staging Environment?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Staging environment explained: check releases, integrations and migrations safely, with a tested rollback example and practical guidance for UK home labs.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-staging-environment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ace89c5637e824124de591b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:45:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_91353ae937954e07bf67702cad84fb9f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Dev Environment?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dev environment explained: compare local and remote setups, dependencies and safe access, with tested examples and practical UK broadband troubleshooting.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-dev-environment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ace8567a69f56b91413df20</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:27:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_b153a554d57048638d1550dc0fa706b1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is API Rate Limits?]]></title><description><![CDATA[API rate limits explained: understand shared budgets, HTTP 429, bursts and safe retries, with worked examples and practical UK broadband troubleshooting.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-api-rate-limits</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ace7fc44d72865fb015cc80</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:05:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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with Windows and Samba checks and worked UK broadband performance examples.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-smb-server-message-block</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ace7636a69f56b91413c063</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:23:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_64d1f37fbccc45c8be6162d9eb602ee1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is NFS (Network File System)?]]></title><description><![CDATA[NFS explained: understand exports, mounts, permissions and caching, with practical Linux checks and worked examples for UK broadband and home NAS access.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-nfs-network-file-system</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ace722916fbfa0bfe4d928c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:04:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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Includes snapshots and recovery guidance.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-block-storage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6accf2c836bf093a923b09f5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:00:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_054a253e7b284c4a931460f5231f9038~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Object Storage?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Object storage is a way of storing data as individually named objects, each with its content and descriptive metadata. An application retrieves an object by its key within a bucket or container, usually through an API over HTTPS. It is useful for backups, photographs, video, software outputs and large datasets, but its access model differs from a shared folder or a disk attached to a computer.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-object-storage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6acce92c6c52e7a9be4a5796</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:12:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_ac0a964760c54202849803af2171377b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is CDN (Content Delivery Network)?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A CDN, or Content Delivery Network, is a distributed system that delivers content through servers in multiple network locations. It can keep reusable copies of website files, software downloads and video content nearer to the people requesting them, reducing repeated work at the original server and often shortening the delivery path.   The origin is the server or service that supplies the authoritative content. A CDN edge is a delivery location that receives client requests and applies the...]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-cdn-content-delivery-network</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6accdd64c4958a1b65b56a03</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:21:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_9391c926a81c421aa5d31e7b707af72a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Artefact Storage?]]></title><description><![CDATA[How stored build outputs, version identity, digest checks, retention and recovery fit together, with an original retrieval test and UK broadband calculations.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-artefact-storage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6acccc69c4958a1b65b548df</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:10:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_b45966a289cd4572ab2dbf4fd712bd0a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Build Pipeline?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A controlled route from source revision to checked artefact, with runners, failure gates, caches, reproducibility and original UK broadband timing examples.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-build-pipeline</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6accc66f7d1266c6d5edcec7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:43:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_84d246e85f7b416ebd85f8e07b79ff65~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Repository Hosting?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Understand managed and self hosted Git repositories, access rules, review, CI runners and recovery, with a tested Git restore and UK broadband calculations.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-repository-hosting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6accae43ee8c9b9fc403df64</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:02:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_cc87bcc2eead421f89cded9e591218e9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Git?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Git records local project history. Learn how commits, staging, branches and remotes work, how Git differs from GitHub and how broadband affects repository transfers.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-git</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6acca0ccbbf9dc936f075c9a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:15:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_ced6cf88177845e4a9b2ea90e3914c5c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Microservices?]]></title><description><![CDATA[How independently deployed services work, why boundaries and data ownership matter, and how latency, retries and partial failures affect the complete application.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-microservices</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6acc9b048faaece47d4bb999</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:36:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_c2b9315c9af1490a87f88ba2b922ab5e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Service Discovery?]]></title><description><![CDATA[How service discovery finds changing endpoints through DNS, registries, Docker, Kubernetes and local networks. Includes health checks, caching calculations and practical troubleshooting.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-service-discovery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6acc94e68faaece47d4badcf</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:10:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_42ff8967291743a28d6a9c6dcf24d6e4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Reverse Proxy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[How reverse proxies route requests, handle HTTPS and connect applications. A practical guide to trusted headers, CGNAT, Docker, home upload capacity and troubleshooting.]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-reverse-proxy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6acc8b5ca32df44890a2e69a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:44:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_7c081ee0300f4df6bdbf840410f11fcd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Load Balancer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A load balancer is a network or application component that distributes incoming connections or requests across multiple available servers or services. It helps avoid concentrating all traffic on one backend, can improve capacity and resilience, and can direct new requests away from unhealthy servers when suitable health checks are configured. It does not automatically make a slow application fast or guarantee uninterrupted service.   Load balancing can operate at the transport layer, commonly...]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-load-balancer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac76bdc60b96c0e26722f76</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:11:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_35b41b43ee544992abbd6753c23bab99~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Ansible?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ansible is an open-source IT automation platform used to configure servers, deploy applications, manage systems and coordinate repeatable operational tasks. It commonly connects from a control node to managed Linux and Unix machines over SSH, while Windows hosts can be managed through WinRM, PSRP or supported SSH configurations. It is often called agentless because it normally does not require a persistent Ansible-specific agent installed on each target.   Ansible playbooks express tasks in...]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-ansible</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac767db454826a9e94e4968</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:56:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_b04581626baa4b9f975886119c8fdbf4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Terraform?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Terraform is HashiCorp's Infrastructure as Code tool for defining, creating and changing infrastructure through version-controlled configuration files. It communicates with cloud platforms and other services through providers, compares the desired configuration with existing managed resources and produces a plan before making changes. Terraform is not a cloud provider, container runtime or automatic guarantee of safe deployments.   Teams use Terraform for cloud networking, virtual machines,...]]></description><link>https://www.techiebroadband.com/post/what-is-terraform</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac762dcf3a88bedaec354ae</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:40:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7cdb9b_2afea486c5174c00b0efb1eb25a4099d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mark Preston</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>