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Disable location requests from websites in Chrome 68+

General, Programs / Software
2018-10-07

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 »

Migrating from AWS EC2 to AWS Lightsail.

AWS, Cloud Computing, DevOps, General, Lightsail
2018-10-042018-10-07

Migrating a Wordpress App from EC2 to Lightsail for cost savings.

Web Application Security

General, Programs / Software
2018-10-012018-10-01

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 »

The case against Terraform to prevent vendor lock-in.

AWS, Cloud Computing, Terraform
2018-09-262018-10-07

While I like Terraform, using it to prevent vendor lock in is bul***it; The belief of preventing vendor lock in is a false promise of freedom framed by a non-issue.

Achievement Unlocked: AWS Certified Developer Assoc. (DA)

AWS, Certification, General
2018-09-192018-09-28

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 »

`git push` configurable default behavior.

Git
2018-09-122018-09-29

`git push origin` behavior is configurable. Check out the options and see what is possible.

The only constant is change.

Europe, Rotterdam, NL, Travel, Weekly Update
2018-09-062018-09-06

A Little History Almost a year and a half ago I was tasked to a project Sourcetoad for one of the larger clients. For this project we decided to leverage… Read More »

Package Release Announcement: Normie

Community, Composer, PHP, Programs / Software
2018-08-182018-12-26

Announcing the immediate beta release of my most recent PHP package: Normie.

Thanks for the Swag Cypress.io

Uncategorized
2018-08-15

The kind people over at Cypress.io saw my post a couple weeks back and hooked me up with some sweet swag. Thank you! Checkout the project over on GitHub if… Read More »

PI Hole, when you’re tired of being the product; block the requests.

Community, General, Random Thoughts
2018-08-15

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 »

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