Sandbox99 Chronicles
From My Sandbox to Yours — Practical IT Insights.
About this site
Welcome to Sandbox99.cc – a space where I share my IT journey, lessons learned, and practical insights. The tagline “Learning IT by Doing, Sharing What I Know” captures the essence of this blog. Every article here is based on my real-world experiences, reflecting what I’ve encountered, solved, and applied in my day-to-day IT work.
Why Sandbox99.cc?
This blog is my digital sandbox – a place to experiment, document, and share the knowledge I’ve gained from hands-on work, training, and personal projects. Unlike traditional resources that might focus on theory, I prefer to write about practical scenarios, offering genuine insights and lessons that others might find useful.
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Recent Blog Post
Mastering Infrastructure: A Senior Linux Engineer’s Guide to Configuration Management Tools
Introduction As IT Professionals, we live in a world where infrastructure is constantly evolving, and the sheer scale of managing servers, applications, and services can quickly become overwhelming. Manual configuration is not only prone to errors but also a colossal...
Nala: A Smarter Frontend for APT on Debian-Based Systems
Introduction For decades, Debian and its derivatives such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Pop!_OS have relied on the tried-and-tested APT (Advanced Package Tool) as their default package manager. While APT is reliable and powerful, its user interface and output formatting...
Essential Virsh Commands: Managing VMs with VNC, SPICE & Remote Viewers
Introduction Virsh (Virtual Shell) is the command-line interface for managing virtual machines and hypervisors through libvirt. This cheatsheet provides essential commands for daily VM management tasks, from basic operations like listing and controlling VMs to...
Building a Custom MCP Server for AI-Assisted Pentesting in VS Code
🔍 Introduction Modern penetration testing demands agility, automation, and contextual intelligence. With the rise of AI-assisted development, GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code now supports Model Context Protocol (MCP)—a powerful bridge between AI and external tools. By...
Prompt Files 101: The Blueprint for Consistent AI Outputs
Introduction In the rapidly evolving world of AI-assisted development, prompt files are becoming the unsung heroes of consistency, reproducibility, and collaboration. Instead of typing lengthy instructions into an AI tool every time, prompt files let you store those...
Samba Server Auto-Setup: Simplify File Sharing on Linux
Setting up a Samba server can be a repetitive and time-consuming task—especially if you manage multiple systems or need to redeploy often. To solve this, I recently published an open-source project on GitHub:👉 samba-server-autosetup 🔧 What is Samba? Samba is a free...