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Notes from running EU servers — honest comparisons, real numbers, and what actually works for hosting, web development, SEO and GEO (visibility in AI answers).
Website vulnerabilities of May 2026, layer by layer
A full cross-stack roundup of May 2026: WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Next.js, PHP, PrestaShop, Magento, nginx, Apache, cPanel and the npm supply chain. Every layer had one.
Read articleAnatomy of 2026: four trusted WordPress plugins, four critical holes
In 2026 four of WordPress's most-installed plugins each shipped a critical 9.8 security hole — and none were in WordPress core. Here's the pattern.
Read articleYour host is in the EU. Your CDN, DNS and email aren't.
Hosting in Germany doesn't make your site sovereign. The CDN, DNS, fonts and email behind it are often US-run — and US law reaches them. How to check.
Read articleHe didn't write a line of code. Three days later, his database was wide open.
An AI built the whole app — and left the database open to anyone. The Moltbook leak, and a scan of 380,000 vibe-coded apps, show the real cost.
Read articleThe average web page is heavier than Doom (1993)
The median desktop web page is now 2.86 MB — heavier than the whole 1993 shareware Doom. How the web got this fat, and how to slim yours down.
Read articleWhat are websites built with in 2026? The real numbers
Most of the web runs on WordPress and jQuery — not the frameworks developers argue about. The honest 2026 data on what sites are actually built with, by share.
Read articleSomeone bought 30 WordPress plugins — and put a backdoor in every one
In 2025 someone bought 30+ WordPress plugins on Flippa, then backdoored every one. What the supply-chain attack really means for your site.
Read articleWordPress, Automattic, WP Engine: who's who — and how are they connected?
WordPress, WP Engine and Automattic sound like one thing but are three. A plain map of who owns what — and why people mix up WP Engine with WordPress.
Read articleWordPress is quietly losing ground — does it matter for your site?
WordPress slipped to 41.9% of the web amid a trademark fight with WP Engine. What the slow decline means for your site — and why lock-in is the real risk.
Read articleHalf your website's "visitors" aren't human — and they hit your server too
Bots are about half of all web traffic — Imperva says 53%, Cloudflare independently puts humans at 47%. What that means for your server, and what to do about it.
Read articleYour web developer disappeared — who keeps the site running now?
The site is built, the developer who made it is gone, and nobody installs updates. Here's who keeps a website alive after handover — and the calm option.
Read articleWhy your website is slow and the host won't admit it: how overselling works
Your site crawls but the host says all is fine. The reason is overselling — hundreds of sites on one server, betting most stay idle. Here's how the trick works.
Read articleWhere to check — for free — which security holes threaten your website
Three free public databases that show which vulnerabilities threaten your site — CISA KEV, Patchstack, WPScan — and how to use them without an IT team.
Read articleWhere to host your e-Residency company's website and email
You run an Estonian e-Residency company from anywhere — but where should its website and email live? A practical guide to EU hosting for e-residents.
Read articleYour email lands in spam: the 3 DNS records that fix it (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
Why mail from your own domain goes to spam — and the three DNS records (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) that fix it. What Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook now require.
Read articleAI crawlers and robots.txt: which bots to allow, which to block
A robots.txt cheat sheet for AI crawlers — GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, GoogleOther, Bytespider and more. What each one does, and whether to allow or block it.
Read articleGetting into AI answers: the myths, and what Google and OpenAI actually say
No magic tricks for AI search. Straight from Google and OpenAI docs: llms.txt, content chunking and special schema aren't needed — here's what actually works.
Read articleEU web hosting, compared honestly: 60+ providers tracked, real prices by region, no affiliate links
An independent look at EU web hosting — real prices by region (Nordics, Baltics, Germany, France, Benelux, South & East), no affiliate commissions, from a studio that runs the servers.
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