PHP 5 End of Life is upon us; why you should care.
PHP 5 is reaching end of life. Find out what this means to you and your organization if you rely on a PHP 5 application and what can be done about it.
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Disable location requests from websites in Chrome 68+
These days it seems that every other website wants to send you desktop notifications or know your location. Well, I got tired of clicking ‘block’ for these two annoyances. Here… Read More »Disable location requests from websites in Chrome 68+
Migrating from AWS EC2 to AWS Lightsail.
Migrating a Wordpress App from EC2 to Lightsail for cost savings.
Web Application Security
Recently found an excellent series on web application security (WASec) from odino.org. The series covers topics from DNS resolution and http exchange to CSP header and X-XSS-Protection. Very detailed and… Read More »Web Application Security
Achievement Unlocked: AWS Certified Developer Assoc. (DA)
After many months of delay and procrastination I finally scheduled to sit the AWS Developer Assoc. exam. I was passing the practice exams from acloud.guru with > 90 repeatably and… Read More »Achievement Unlocked: AWS Certified Developer Assoc. (DA)
PI Hole, when you’re tired of being the product; block the requests.
The web in 2018 is a mess. Sites wanting to send you desktop alerts, know your location, advert after advert, live chat on every site, GDPR inspired cookie notifications, ad block… Read More »PI Hole, when you’re tired of being the product; block the requests.
Sam Kyle’s “No Matter What You Work For Yourself “
I wish I was a good of a writer as Sam Kyle. Short, to the point, opinionated, driven. The link goes to his there most recent article. The article puts… Read More »Sam Kyle’s “No Matter What You Work For Yourself “
Ethernet, 30 years old and still rockin’.
Can you name a peice of computer hardware with a 30 year history in computing? I can: Ethernet. ILJITSCH VAN BEIJNUM over at Ars Technica published a detailed article on… Read More »Ethernet, 30 years old and still rockin’.
Added Disqus commenting ability.
After the success of the Gatling article, and the understandable dislike of the default comment system, I decided to give Disqus a try. Please leave a comment / opinion below… Read More »Added Disqus commenting ability.
Great article on Pull Requests
`Anatomy of a perfect pull request` over at opensource.com is a great article that touches on what it is that makes a PR a good PR, or a pile of… Read More »Great article on Pull Requests