PHP, Docker, Xdebug and the missing local variables
I've made a switch in the last 12 months to use Docker as my local development environment for my PHP applications. One of the greatest modules… →
Nginx behind Apache reverse proxy with access restrictions
I have a couple of sites that are sitting behind Basic HTTP Authentication restrictions. They're simple applications that don't need full-blown built-in access control and are… →
GitLab CE, Docker, PHP7.1, Laravel 5.5, SQLite CI pipeline
I've been coding in PHP for more than 15 years using a variety of environments; Windows, FreeBSD, Linux, MacOS, VMWare+Vagrant+Linux, but more recently, I've… →
WoSign / StartCom SSL certs soon to be worthless in Google Chrome
As has been announced for a while, Google, Mozilla and Apple have been slowly dropping the trust level on certificates provided by WoSign / StartCom. This was… →
Downgrade Yubioath Desktop from 4.x to 3.1.0 for Linux
I love my Yubikey Neo and use it many, many times daily on all 3 platforms (Linux, Mac and Windows). My primary OSes are Linux for… →
UniFi Video G3 Camera CCTV home setup
Following on from a recent post on my new Ubiquiti UniFi networking setup, I decided to write a separate post about my UniFi G3 CCTV home… →
Blogging with Ghost
After having used Wordpress for some time for Squarecone, I decided to look at alternatives as a basic blogging platform. Wordpress does what it says on… →
Ubiquiti UniFi in the home
Although I hadn’t heard of them before, I’d never thought to use a setup like Ubiquiti UniFi in the home. Initially I thought it… →
Linux mouse speed adjustment
So I’ve recently switched semi-permanently over to using Linux Mint as my OS on my Lenovo W530. Using *nix as a desktop OS isn’t… →
TalkTalk wi-fi router passwords stolen
TalkTalk customers’ wi-fi passwords have been stolen following a malware attack that blocked their internet access last week, an expert has warned. The researcher said other… →