Useful Git and Docker Aliases for ZSH
Useful Git and Docker aliases for ZSH to help with everyday workflow when using Git, PHP, Docker or system file browsing.
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Creating A Light Dockerized LAMP/LEMP Stack
I’ve created a light Dockerized LAMP/LEMP Stack to share with you. Docker has undoubtably and fundamentally changed the way we think of serving and hosting a website. It’s even had a momentous effect on how we develop websites locally, while keeping how we’re going to ship this once we’re ready. I’ve found it difficult to … Read more
Migration to Amazon Lightsail
Lightsail includes everything you need to launch your project quickly – virtual machines, containers, databases, CDN, load balancers, DNS management etc. – for a low, predictable monthly price.
What Development Language or Framework Should I Learn in 2020?
If you’re asking “What development language or framework should I learn in 2020?”, then this post is for you! I too was intrigued by this question and it got me wondering how I should go about figuring this out. It dawned on me that the best way to figure this out, would be looking at … Read more
PHP in 2019 – PHP 7.3 is the new minimum. Here’s why.
Web server admins. Content Management System users. Anyone who runs a WordPress, Joomla and Drupal website. Laravel users. All take note; it’s time to upgrade your version of PHP. At the very core of most of the usable web, is PHP. An underlying scripting language that powers 79% – 80% of the web. Because of … Read more
Switching to Cloud Hosting
Background Over the course of a long weekend, I attempted to move my standard shared hosting websites over to a cloud hosting solution. Having multiple websites on shared servers, can get quite costly on a monthly basis and I wanted a solution that not only saved me some cash, but gave me some technical flexibility. … Read more
WordPress REST API: Pull Through Posts From Another WordPress Site
I recently needed to pull through 2 or 3 posts (they were recipes in this instance) from another WordPress website into the current WordPress project I was working on. It seemed tricky at first and then I remembered the WordPress Rest API! As of version 4.7, the REST API is included out of the box and … Read more
What Is Web Development?
Over the years, many people have asked me “How did you get started in making websites?”, “I want to get into web development, please help me?” and often it’s followed by a long convoluted explanation. I want to create a basic guide here for people looking for answers and do my best in pointing them in the … Read more