A decade of turning "it's broken" into "it's live" — one server at a time.
With over a decade of experience in computers and web design, I've built, broken, and fixed more websites than I can count. Dev Boyd started as a personal knowledge base — a place to document solutions to the problems I kept solving over and over again for clients, colleagues, and myself.
Whether you're a developer staring at a cryptic 500 error at 2 AM, a business owner wondering why your contact form stopped sending emails, or a sysadmin trying to lock down SSH access — these guides are written for you. Real problems, real solutions, no fluff.
I specialize in web hosting environments — cPanel, Plesk, bare-metal Linux, and Windows Server with IIS. I've worked across the stack from frontend JavaScript to backend PHP, Python, and Node.js, with deep experience in VPS and dedicated server management, Docker containerization, SQL Server and MySQL database administration, DNS, email routing, and security hardening.
Custom websites built from scratch or on CMS platforms like WordPress. Responsive design, modern frameworks, clean code.
Debugging server errors, broken sites, email failures, and performance issues. If it's broken on the web, I can fix it.
Triage outages with structured runbooks, layered DNS/TCP/TLS/HTTP diagnostics, log correlation across the stack, and post-incident reviews. Familiar with SLOs, golden signals, and error budgets.
Reading logs from journalctl, Apache, Nginx, cPanel, Plesk, PHP-FPM, Node.js, Python runtimes, MySQL, Postgres, Docker, Kubernetes, and Cloudflare. Identifying root causes from noisy log streams.
VPS and dedicated server setup on Linux and Windows. cPanel, Plesk, WHM, and IIS management with security hardening.
Containerized deployments with Docker and Docker Compose. Multi-stage builds, health checks, networking, and production orchestration.
SQL Server and MySQL/MariaDB administration. Backup strategies, performance tuning, stored procedures, and application connectivity.
Node.js application development with Express, PM2 process management, NVM version control, and Nginx reverse proxy configuration.
AI API integration, prompt engineering, local model deployment with Ollama, RAG pipelines, and securing AI-powered applications.
SSL/TLS configuration, SSH hardening, firewall setup, malware cleanup, and security audits for web applications.
MX records, SPF/DKIM/DMARC setup, Exim queue management, frozen message cleanup, deliverability optimization, and email provider migration.
Speed up slow sites with caching, CDN setup, database optimization, image compression, and code profiling.
A track record of solving real problems across hosting, development, and infrastructure.
Managed hundreds of shared, VPS, and dedicated servers across cPanel, Plesk, and bare-metal Linux. Migrated sites between providers, configured DNS, and resolved hosting escalations for enterprise clients.
Built web applications with PHP, Python, Node.js, and .NET. Frontend experience with React, vanilla JavaScript, and responsive CSS. Database design and optimization with MySQL, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.
SSL/TLS deployment, SSH hardening, firewall configuration, malware remediation, and security audits. Experience with Cloudflare WAF, DDoS mitigation, and zero-trust networking.
Don't waste hours guessing — reach out and let's solve it together.