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- Add two factor auth login protection to WordPress with YubiCo hardware YubiKeys and or 2FA Authenticator App
- Setup two factor authenticator protection at login on Ubuntu or Debian
- Using the Yubico YubiKey NEO hardware-based two-factor authentication device to improve authentication and logins to OSX and software
- I moved my domain to UpCloud (on the other side of the world) from Vultr (Sydney) and could not be happier with the performance.
- How to setup pooled MySQL connections in Node JS that don’t disconnect
- Measuring VM performance (CPU, Disk, Latency, Concurrent Users etc) on Ubuntu and comparing Vultr, Digital Ocean and UpCloud – Part 1 of 4
- Monitor server performance with NixStats and receive alerts by SMS, Push, Email, Telegram etc
- Speeding up WordPress with the ewww.io ExactDN CDN and Image Compression Plugin
- Add Google AdWords to your WordPress blog
Security
- Check the compatibility of your WordPress theme and plugin code with PHP Compatibility Checker
- Add two factor auth login protection to WordPress with YubiCo hardware YubiKeys and or 2FA Authenticator App
- Setup two factor authenticator protection at login on Ubuntu or Debian
- Using the Yubico YubiKey NEO hardware-based two-factor authentication device to improve authentication and logins to OSX and software
- Setting up DNSSEC on a Namecheap domain hosted on UpCloud using CloudFlare
- Set up Feature-Policy, Referrer-Policy and Content Security Policy headers in Nginx
- Securing Google G Suite email by setting up SPF, DKIM and DMARC with Cloudflare
- Enabling TLS 1.3 SSL on a NGINX Website (Ubuntu 16.04 server) that is using Cloudflare
- Using the Qualys FreeScan Scanner to test your website for online vulnerabilities
- Beyond SSL with Content Security Policy, Public Key Pinning etc
- Upgraded to Wordfence Premium to get real-time login defence, malware scanner and two-factor authentication for WordPress logins
- Run an Ubuntu VM system audit with Lynis
- Securing Ubuntu in the cloud
- No matter what server-provider you are using I strongly recommend you have a hot spare ready on a different provider
Code
- Useful Java FX Code I use in a project using IntelliJ IDEA and jdk1.8.0_161.jdk
- No matter what server-provider you are using I strongly recommend you have a hot spare ready on a different provider
- How to setup PHP FPM on demand child workers in PHP 7.x to increase website traffic
- Installing Android Studio 3 and creating your first Kotlin Android App
- PHP 7 code to send object oriented sanitised input data via bound parameters to a MYSQL database
- How to use Sublime Text editor locally to edit code files on a remote server via SSH
- Creating your first Java FX app and using the Gluon Scene Builder in the IntelliJ IDEA IDE
- Deploying nodejs apps in the background and monitoring them with PM2 from keymetrics.io
Tech
- Check the compatibility of your WordPress theme and plugin code with PHP Compatibility Checker
- Is OSX Mojave on a 2014 MacBook Pro slower or faster than High Sierra
- Telstra promised Fibre to the house (FTTP) when I had FTTN and this is what happened..
- The case of the overheating Mac Book Pro and Occam’s Razor
- Useful Linux Terminal Commands
- Useful OSX Terminal Commands
- Useful Linux Terminal Commands
- What is the difference between 2D, 3D, 360 Video, AR, AR2D, AR3D, MR, VR and HR?
- Application scalability on a budget (my journey)
- Monitor server performance with NixStats and receive alerts by SMS, Push, Email, Telegram etc
- Why I will never buy a new Apple Laptop until they fix the hardware cooling issues.
Wordpress
- Telstra promised Fibre to the house (FTTP) when I had FTTN and this is what happened..
- Check the compatibility of your WordPress theme and plugin code with PHP Compatibility Checker
- Add two factor auth login protection to WordPress with YubiCo hardware YubiKeys and or 2FA Authenticator App
- Monitor server performance with NixStats and receive alerts by SMS, Push, Email, Telegram etc
- Upgraded to Wordfence Premium to get real-time login defence, malware scanner and two-factor authentication for WordPress logins
- Wordfence Security Plugin for WordPress
- Speeding up WordPress with the ewww.io ExactDN CDN and Image Compression Plugin
- Installing and managing WordPress with WP-CLI from the command line on Ubuntu
- Moving WordPress to a new self managed server away from CPanel
- Moving WordPress to a new self managed server away from CPanel
General
- Infographic: So you have an idea for an app
- Restoring lost files on a Windows FAT, FAT32, NTFS or Linux EXT, Linux XFS volume with iRecover from diydatarecovery.nl
- Building faster web apps with google tools and exceed user expectations
- Why I will never buy a new Apple Laptop until they fix the hardware cooling issues.
- Telstra promised Fibre to the house (FTTP) when I had FTTN and this is what happened..