My Five Day Tailwind Project
How a simple CSS framework took me from zero to hero in a week. On a recent project I was told to pick a css framwork as nothing had been defined in the SOW. I could have easily grabbed the… Continue Reading
Create your own “cloud” storage with Syncthing
I have been using Syncing for years now and had assumed eveyone had at least heard of it. Apparently not. When I do mention it people seem to think is is an impossible thing. It isn’t and it is really… Continue Reading
Creating Font Icons
Did you know you can add images to your font libraries without much effort? Icon fonts contain svg images which is different from regular fonts that just use numbers and letters. Web designers use font icons with css to resize,… Continue Reading
Connect to Remote Servers with VSCode
By far one of the coolest VSCode extensios I’ve used in a whole. This saves me so much time when debugging dev /build machines. I also use Nautilus on Linux to browser remote servers but being able to edit code… Continue Reading
Generally Useful Docker Commands
Remove all Docker Containers Stop the container(s): Delete all containers : Delete all volumes: Delete all networks: Kill a specific container : Saving and Restoring Docker Containers In cases where you cannot for whatever reason build docker containers on your… Continue Reading
Automatic AWS EC2 Backups
If you have a lot of developers working on the same server, there is nothing worse than having to fix something that went horribly wrong with it. That is why I wrote a script (see at bottom of this page)… Continue Reading
PHP-FPM Optimization
Out-of-box php fpm is configured for very low server specs such as a 2 core machine. It needs to be configured to match the hardware you are on. You need to factor on the most expensive processes you run. Typically… Continue Reading
Formatting PHP Code in VSCode
PHP Settings Set the executable path on settings.json: “php.validate.executablePath”: “<path>”where <path> is the path to the php executable: /usr/bin/php on linux Install the PHP Intellisense plugin add the following to the settings.json file”php.executablePath”: “<path>”,”php.suggest.basic”: false,”files.eol”: “\n”where <path> is the path… Continue Reading
Install and Configure Memcached
Memcached is a lightweight alternative to Redis for storing short lived cache which would otherwise we written to the local storage folder as files. Installing Memcached on Linux is fast and easy. Follow these steps (5 minute job): 1.) As… Continue Reading
Certbox & NGINX on AWS
Did you know you can use CertBot and NGINX to have a wildcard certificate? Here’s how to do it with an AWS Ubuntu sever. Prerequisites: AWS Route 53 DNS hosted zone Web server using NGINX Website already configured using SSL… Continue Reading