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The new Cowshed Works Studio is taking shape

The new Cowshed Works Studio is taking shape

3 years ago

Laravel's Higher Order Messaging

Laravel's Higher Order Messaging

3 years ago

PHP OPCache production optimisation on Laravel Forge

PHP OPCache production optimisation on Laravel Forge

3 years ago

'Do It Right' - Why Fergus the traction engine is my hero

'Do It Right' - Why Fergus the traction engine is my hero

3 years ago

What does 'Website as a Service' mean?

Everything is offered 'as a service' these days, we offer a 'website as a service', but what does that mean?

3 years ago

Useful find and grep command line snippets

Useful find and grep command line snippets

3 years ago

Some ls commands

Some ls commands

3 years ago

Some useful netstat commands

Some useful netstat commands

3 years ago

Cloudfare bug led to sensitive data being leaked and indexed by search engines

A simple missing piece of a C routine led to a buffer overflow and what's techincally known as 'a total disaster'

3 years ago

Apache HTTP to HTTPS redirects don't need to be painful!

A lot of information out there on the web suggests using mod_rewrite but an easier way exists

3 years ago

Recent posts

Migrating a PHP website with hundreds of thousands of urls and 17 years worth of data
Migrating a PHP website with hundreds of thousands of urls and 17 years worth of data
PHP 7.4 is out and PHP 7.1 is reaching end of life, are you up to date?
PHP 7.4 is out and PHP 7.1 is reaching end of life, are you up to date?
Creating multi-player, multi-team, real-time games with PHP and Vue JS
Creating multi-player, multi-team, real-time games with PHP and Vue JS
PHP 7.4 is released soon - a quick new feature round up
Managing SEO when moving and updating applications and websites
Upgrading and Updating Older PHP Applications to new versions
The Cowshed Works studio is ready
Laravel storage directory file permissions
Floor is down and the walls are going up
Git commands I use a lot but can't remember!

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