Creating a Lumen API with OAuth for Google Authentication
Lumen is the younger brother of Laravel. It is supposed to be faster and it is especially designed for building APIs. With this project, we aim to create…
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Password managers
Online security should be a constant concern for all internet users. One important rule is to use different passwords with each of your online accounts. Other rules could…
Virtualmin on Ubuntu – add support for newer php versions
The latest versions of php come with big performance improvements. However, a downside is that older code might have unexpected behaviour – as the improvement list is quite…
WordPress – hide posts with a certain tag
I have recently taken a look through the portfolio projects on my website. It is a nice walk down memory lane, but also a misrepresentation of what I…
The ABC of getting your own website up and running
Even as a developer, from time to time you might get confused about the exact steps to take when you what to register a domain and create some…
Kanext – a theme for kanboard and some usage tips
A while back, I have started using kanboard as a personal task manager. It was a close call between it and other open source solutions and it won…
A tale about custom WhatsApp stickers
There are a lot of applications out there which help you create your own WhatsApp, both for Android and iOS. Today we will take a look at one…
From Windows Home to Ubuntu Desktop
For a couple of years now, I have been using Docker for development. It is an amazing tool which highly improves the developer’s job. However, it does not…
Saving your Windows 10 license
For quite some time now, I have been postponing the switch to some flavour of Linux on my laptop, due the the fact that it came with an…
Windows 10, but with package managers
The command line is a wonderful tool, but I admit I haven’t paid too much attention to it in Windows. However, things are about to change.
The Great Suspender – a productivity extension for Chrome
The Great Suspender is a plugin which promises to lower the memory usage for the chrome browser, when many tabs are open. In short, whenever a tab is…
Trying the Brave browser
I have been trying the Brave browser for the two following reasons: People say it uses less resources than Chrome; It has some builtin protection against tracking; The…