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Setting up nameservers for a plumber
5 Jul 2026
How a plumber deals with nameservers — and what usually goes wrong.
The problem: an SPF record overwritten during a DNS edit. This is where nameservers breaks for a plumber.
We rotate API keys for nameservers annually. a plumber did not see the point until we showed them the access log: the old key had been used from an IP in a country nobody on their team has visited.
Fixing nameservers cost less than the lunch meeting where a plumber decided to wait another quarter. Waiting is never free.
A static site for a plumber does not need a CDN, a build pipeline, or a container. It needs correct nameservers and a host that stays online.
For a plumber, we wrote a three-line script that checks nameservers every morning and emails the owner if anything changes. Total cost: zero.
A free certificate and a correct nameservers record will do more for a plumber than a redesign that ships with an SPF record overwritten during a DNS edit still in place.
Before you touch nameservers, take a screenshot of the current state. Half of our emergency calls come from people who cannot remember what was there before the change.
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