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Collin M. Barrett

Collin M. Barrett is a staff software engineer in Memphis, TN.

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Domain Name System (DNS)

A collection of my blog posts tagged as being related to the domain name system (DNS) and related providers, security, and performance.

DD-WRT: Connecting to the Optimal ProtonVPN Server with OpenVPN

DD-WRT: Connecting to the Optimal ProtonVPN Server with OpenVPN

Published: 6.6.20

I wrote a shell script triggered by cron on my DD-WRT router to automatically connect to the optimal ProtonVPN server via the OpenVPN Client [Read More]

Optimizing ProtonVPN Server Selection by DD-WRT with DNS

Optimizing ProtonVPN Server Selection by DD-WRT with DNS

Published: 2.27.20

I created a custom URL to connect to ProtonVPN from DD-WRT that selects from a pool of premium servers in the nearest city. [Read More]

Optimizing Self-Hosted Web Fonts

Optimizing Self-Hosted Web Fonts

Published: 2.23.16

By implementing .woff2 and slimming down my icon font, I reduced the weight of my site’s fonts by about 50KB. [Read More]

Example of Dynamically Caching WordPress on Cloudflare

Example of Dynamically Caching WordPress on Cloudflare

Published: 1.16.16

The performance improvements speak for themselves in this example of dynamically caching WordPress on CloudFlare from a traditional shared hosting server. [Read More]

Dynamically Caching WordPress on Cloudflare

Dynamically Caching WordPress on Cloudflare

Published: 1.7.16

A how-to guide to speeding up websites by dynamically caching WordPress on Cloudflare including traditionally non-static content like HTML. [Read More]

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