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There are lots of tips, tricks, and ideas around for hacking your command-line productivity to make you more efficient. However, in this post, I'm not going to show you something that's super in-depth, ultra-detailed, or talk about an app that you have to install, ctrl+x+e.

Still using var_dump to debug your PHP code? Stop! While var_dump can be convenient, it’s a very blunt approach. In this article, I’ll show you how to set up proper debugging with PhpStorm, Xdebug, and PHPUnit, and give you a modern, sophisticated debugging experience.

Is your website (or web-based application) not performing like you expect it should? Not sure why or what to do about it? Then come learn about some key things you can do to have your website perform properly.

Do you want to check if a file is available on a remote server before attempting to download it - in a short and effective way? If so, and you're not sure how you'll learn how in this post.

Writing code is a very creative endeavour. However, if you're not careful, you may well end up wasting a lot of time writing code that you don't have to.

Writing technical documentation has a lot of similarities to writing software; an important one being content reuse, instead of content duplication. In this post, you’ll learn why and how to use attributes in AsciiDoc and Antora to reuse content as and when needed.

Whenever you create online documentation, eventually, the structure needs to change; such as a name change, content restructure, or old content is removed. When these times come, it's important to create redirects to avoid breaking user expectations. In this post, I'm going to step you through how to do so with Antora.

Git, despite still being a bit terse, is extremely powerful version control software. However, because it's so powerful, it takes time to learn. In this post, I'm going to show you four small techniques to help you use it more effectively.

If you need to convert Markdown content to AsciiDoc, there's a tool specifically designed for the job — it's called Kramdoc. In this post, I'm going to show you how to use it and relate my experience with it.

Markdown is one of the most ubiquitous file formats around at the moment for writing technical documentation — and it's easy to see why! However, it may not be the choice long-term. When it's time to change, you need to be able to migrate to a more feature-rich format. Come learn about the best tool for the job and how to use it.