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Here, you'll find articles to help you improve your web development skills, regardless of whether you're building them with PHP or Go, or need to grow your DevOps skills.
There are also articles about creating technical content too.

Avoid Being Tracked Online? Ditch Google For DuckDuckGo
Sat, Dec 30, 2017

Avoid Being Tracked Online? Ditch Google For DuckDuckGo

Do you ever wonder just how much information Google is storing and sharing about you, all so that they can give you those search results? Ever felt like you were being tracked online, all so that you could do some simple searches? Well, it’s time to consider alternatives to Google, ones that give you great search results, but that don’t invade your privacy.

First Experiences with Symfony 4 & the Symfony Community
Sat, Dec 30, 2017

First Experiences with Symfony 4 & the Symfony Community

Recently, I decided to learn the basics of the Symfony (4) framework, so that I could better understand one of my client’s applications, and provide better support to it. I never expected to use such a well-rounded framework. Nor did I expect to encounter such an engaged and supportive community. Here’s the story.

Use Audacity's Noise Gate To Improve the Audio Quality of your Podcast or Online Course
Sat, Dec 30, 2017

Use Audacity's Noise Gate To Improve the Audio Quality of your Podcast or Online Course

If you want to create a great quality podcast, you need to have great audio. And to have great audio, you need to remove all the things that distract your listener, and make your audio sound less than professional; such as breaths and lip smacking. One of the easiest ways to do this is to use Audacity’s Noise Gate functionality. Come learn what it is and how to use it.

Where Did My Day Go? Or How To Stop Wasting Time and Get Work Done!
Sat, Dec 30, 2017

Where Did My Day Go? Or How To Stop Wasting Time and Get Work Done!

I’ve worked in many roles in my career to date, but whenever I was in a position of management, whether as a project manager or team lead, being distracted (or interrupted) was the norm. There was always a steady stream of people inside the company coming to me with questions or seeking guidance.

How To Protect Against Brute Force Logins With Fail2Ban
Wed, Dec 6, 2017

How To Protect Against Brute Force Logins With Fail2Ban

One of the most common attack vectors against servers is bruteforce login attempts. This is where attackers attempt to access your server, by trying endless combinations of usernames and passwords. So how do you defend yourself against this kind of attack?

Mon, Nov 20, 2017

What Does It Take To Start Using Zend Expressive?

Ever thought that it’s hard to get started with Zend Expressive? Ever think you need to know Vagrant, Ansible, Docker, Puppet, Linux, and more? Nope, you don’t! In this post, I’m going to show you that, while these tools can help, if you’re just getting started with the framework (such as learning about it), you don’t need them.

Mon, Oct 16, 2017

Easy Git Interaction with OhMyZsh and Git Extras

Git is known to be incredibly terse, though it has improved in recent years. What’s more, there’s a plethora of commands that you need to remember. So, why not learn about OhMyZsh and Git Extras and make your life with Git easier!


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