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 long.
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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 do nowadays. It is also true about content I have created a…
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 hosting for it, with minimal costs.
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 make very good friends with Windows Home, which was the OEM operating…
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 not used, it changes into a “suspended” state.
Building your `programming helper` pet server with docker, on ubuntu
Nowadays there are quite many tools out there to help the process of developing apps. To easily manage them, I decided to go with a docker-compose approach on a VPS running ubuntu.
rbenv for ruby versions on macOS
It appears that though very popular, RVM overrides the cd shell command, which could lead to unexpected behavior.
Setting `docker-compose` on fresh Ubuntu 18.04 install
In an effort for setting development tools in the most economical way (and also learn stuff about as much as possible), I am now trying to install docker-compose on a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 instance. At the end, an nginx is…
Steps towards automated development: Jenkins on Digitalocean
Recently – rather recently, as it has been happening around me for a few years now 🙂 – I have felt the benefits of automating repetitive tasks, build processes, using CI/CD pipelines. Even if not necessarily in my field of…
Taking the development of a Github hosted WordPress plugin from “old” to automatic
This article is about cristidraghici The content is about taking it from the form of a basic git project with many manual actions – yes, old is not a good word, maybe classic is a better one – to one…
Remove unwanted apps from older Android OS
Some time ago, after an (un ?) fortunate chain of events, I got my hands on an Alcatel Pixi 8079 – which has really-really low performance. This is why some of the preinstalled apps need to go. The problem is…
Backup Webmin/Virtualmin servers on Amazon S3
Any server should have backup setup – first obvious statement. Backups should be located outside the server being backed up – second obvious question.