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Laravel on Windows Via Frankenphp, and WinSW

Laravel on Windows Via Frankenphp, and WinSW

When limited to deploying on a local network comprised of Windows Machines, Frankenphp is probably the best way to do it. This note assumes some basic knowledge of PowerShell. For ease of installation Composer will be installed via windows installer (msi) and node and git via winget. Requirements: 1. Windows

Git Commands to know

1. Clone repository. git clone <git repo url> <target folder> 2. Clone specific branch, latest commit only git clone -b <branch name> --single-branch --depth 1 <git repo url> <target folder> 3. Adding more depth after #2 git fetch --depth=2

Check/Install Powershell 7

To check: winget search --id Microsoft.PowerShell --exact To install: winget install --id Microsoft.PowerShell --source winget

Preparation for Developing Laravel Apps on WSL2

Preparation for Developing Laravel Apps on WSL2

Website development comes with a complexity cost in setting up the right development environment that it ends up taking much of your time from actual development.

Racknerd Promos

Looking for a stable VPS provider that has a great up time and a budget that is very affordable? Here are some promos from Racknerd that might interest you! Below are 4th of July Promos 2023: 4th of July - 1 GB KVM VPS 1x vCPU Core 14 GB PURE

Why Wage Hike Doesn't Solve Economic Problems

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Why Wage Hike Doesn't Solve Economic Problems

Inflation is a major economic problem that affects everyone, from businesses to consumers. One common solution to inflation is to raise wages. However, there is a growing body of evidence that suggests that wage hikes do not actually solve economic problems. In fact, they can actually make things worse. There

Android Studio Kotlin Issues

Android Studio Kotlin Issues

I've been learning to develop in Kotlin these days. Trying to keep up with the development of App Creation on Android. As I opened my project, I got notified that there is a new Kotlin compiler available and I just clicked on the link to update my project.

WLAMP Installation

WLAMP Installation

WSL2 brought about a new thing. Windows LAMP Stack. As an IT in a company we often times are forced to use what is available and are not allowed to turn a windows box into a linux box. So enters Windows Subsystem for Linux. For awhile now I had no

Choosing the Right Browser

Security seems to be a major issue nowadays that browsers seem to restrict what you can and cannot visit. Gone are the days when it is your prerogative to visit an "insecure" site which actually just means that your traffic is not encrypted. This is all good until

Enable all ports on a PLDT Router

I am a user of PLDT HomeFibr plan after a series of typhoons here in the southern part of the Philippines PLDT had to restore connections to a lot of subscribers. In doing so they had to reset the settings/changes I have done to default. Which means that 3

Headache with SSL and Ghost

As a rule of thumb I always immediately update when there are security patches available. Not so with feature updates. Recently I saw some interesting features that was included with Ghost so I installed the update I realized a lot has changed since I got disappointed with my site'

Fix: This app has been blocked for your protection.

Fix: This app has been blocked for your protection.

Sometimes we want to remove an app we installed on our windows 10 PC for testing for testing but instead of a simple click and wait scenario we get this error. This app has been blocked for your protection. An Administrator has blocked you from running this app. For more

Fix: You need to format this drive before you can use it.

Fix: You need to format this drive before you can use it.

While working with your usb flash drive/pen drive/stick/(whatever you call it) have you ever encountered this error? Well don't format it. There are ways to at least recover your data. One way to recover your files is to use a freeware application called Find and

Install ghost on a Production VPS

Prerequisites: 1. Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04 or Ubuntu 20.04 or Ubuntu 22.04 2. NGINX 3. node version 14 and up 4. MySQL 5.7 or 8.0 5. Systemd 6. A server with at least 1GB memory 7. Domain Name Step 1. Install nginx If you

Replace Apache with NGinx

Assumptions: * This is an existing Apache VPS with live sites. * You want to completely remove Apache and replace with NGinx Optional Step: Add nginx ppa for the latest stable version. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable Let's begin Lets start by upgrading our system, adding nginx ppa repository (optional)

SSH to your Remote Server via RSA Keys

SSH to your Remote Server via RSA Keys

Requirements * Unmanaged Virtual Private Server * A Domain name (Optional) * WSL2 or Git Bash or CygWin or a local install of openssh (Optional) Assumptions * domain name: example.com * user name: webdeveloper * VPS is newly acquired. * We will be using WSL2 for this tutorial If you followed my Notes on Preparing VPS

Preparing VPS for Web Development

Preparing VPS for Web Development

Requirements * Unmanaged Virtual Private Server * A Domain name (Optional) * WSL2 or Git Bash or CygWin or a local install of openssh (Optional) Assumptions * domain name: example.com * user name: webdeveloper * VPS is newly acquired. * We will be using WSL2 for this tutorial It's always nice to start with

sybreghost ghost theme

sybreghost ghost theme

Creating a new theme for ghost isn't as easy as it seems. But it is a lot of fun to do. I will post updates and a github link when I am ready to go live. :D Features * Logo resize on scroll * Uses JQuery and bootstrap 5.15

Install ghost for local development

I used to believe that the fastest way to create content on the web was to use the traditional way. Apache2, PHP, and MySQL for the backend. HTML, CSS, Javascript and a CSS framework like Bootstrap for the frontend. It took me several revisions before I realized that I enjoyed

VPS Hosting

I like to manage my own server but dedicated boxes are way off my budget. So I took the next best thing. VPS It took me awhile to find the right fit for me. My requirements are fairly simple: * Root access * Lots of Distros to choose from * Unlimited OS Reinstalls

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