Quick housekeeping: the comments section is working again on every post.
If you tried to leave a comment in the last few weeks and got nothing — no form, no error, no list of existing comments — that wasn’t your browser. When I switched the site over to the new TurboGeek block theme, the new single.html template didn’t include a comments block, and block themes don’t fall back to a default the way the old classic themes did. So the comments quietly disappeared from the page, even though every comment was still safely sitting in the database.
I’ve now added the comments block to the post template, along with a bit of CSS to match the rest of the editorial layout. Existing comments (all of them, going back years) are back on the posts they belong to. The form at the bottom of every post is live again.
Try it out
Scroll to the bottom of any post, and the comment form is there. A few things I’d genuinely like to hear:
- Corrections. If a command in one of the Linux or AWS guides doesn’t work on your distro/version, let me know. I’d rather know.
- Gotchas I missed. Most of these guides come from things I hit at work or at home. If you ran into a sharper edge than I documented, that’s the comment that helps the next reader.
- What to write next. If there’s a topic you keep wanting and can’t find a decent guide for — on Linux, AWS, Windows, AI tooling, anything sysadmin-shaped — drop it in a comment. I keep a running list.
- Gaming review feedback. If your kids’ verdict on a game I reviewed lines up with mine (or doesn’t), I’d like to know that too.
Moderation, briefly
First-time commenters are held for moderation — that’s standard WordPress, and it filters out most spam. After your first approved comment, you should be able to post freely.
Thanks for reading, and apologies if you tried to leave a comment in the gap. The site is better for the conversations — that’s why the section is there.
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