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.
Website Development
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.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – Now is the time
Linux and Ubuntu, in particular, have been on the up and up these past few years. Today marks the release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, a major milestone in the releases for this massively favoured Linux distribution. LTS? LTS stands for Long Term Support in the release cycle world of software development. It marks a version … Read more
My list of trusted WordPress plugins for 2020 and beyond
Ask various developers what their preferred list of WordPress plugins is and you’ll get a varied and subjective list. The immense repository of WordPress plugins available to users is so overwhelmingly vast, it’s likely that nobodies two lists will look the same. With that being said, I’ve decided to write my list of trusted WordPress … Read more
Laragon: The fastest way to setup WordPress locally
Usually, when it comes to setting up a local dev environment you have a few options. I’m here today to share with you, the joy that is Laragon. The fastest way to set up WordPress (or any other PHP CMS really) on a local machine. Depending on your operating system, most people would opt for … Read more
Batch delete all local Git branches
If you’re tired of having tons of local branches and need a quick way to batch delete all local unused git branches, then this is for you. Make sure you switch to develop or master before running this: Once run, your local branches will look a lot cleaner and you should see a summary of … Read more
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
Drupal: 2019, the year of Twigging
Having worked with WordPress and Joomla over the years, one CMS always eluded me; Drupal. It wasn’t that I never wanted to work with Drupal, to be honest with you, the opportunity to learn while working with it just never happened. I initially stumbled upon Drupal 6 many years ago – but I never fully … Read more