Productivity
Cleaning up merged Git branches
Merged branches that are no longer required can take up valuable space and hinder productivity. In this article, we will explore how to use a command to clean up merged Git branches.
MacOS
Systemstats process causing a high CPU load
I noticed that my MacBook Pro fans kept running all day on full blast. I turned out the MacOS systemstats process was hogging my CPU, so I had to find a fix.
Snippets
Getting more out of your Fail2ban logs
With a recent increase in SSH bruteforce attacks, my Fail2ban service is running overtime. For those of you unfamiliar with Fail2ban: it scans log files and...
Productivity
Tweak your Ubuntu Message of the Day (MOTD)
Tired of seeing the same message over and over again when you log into your server? Well, I was. Tweaking your MOTD is really easy!
Development
Know any well-known URL’s?
I never heard about well-known URL’s (.well-known). So I did a little digging and it turns out there’s a lot more than I thought.
Snippets
Multi-platform shell scripts
I recently had to write a "multi-platform" shell script and came up with a snippet that might be useful for you too.
Productivity
Better dotfiles deployment with Yet Another Dotfiles Manager
Keeping your computer settings and your favorite apps 'n scripts in one place is really easy with your own dotfiles collection.
Development
Clipboard managers save lives
Clipboard managers to the rescue! They are simple tools that store every bit of copied information in a series of predefined slots, ...
Laravel
Setting up Laravel Dusk with CircleCI
Setting up a Continuous Integration pipeline using Dusk is well-documented, including guides for CircleCI, Travis, and a couple of others.
Laravel
Unauthorized access when using policies and authorizeResource helper
In order to protect the resourceful controller, Laravel provides a helper function (authorizeResource) that can be placed in the constructor. However, although I was authenticated, I kept hitting a 403 unauthorized error when attempting to show or edit a post.
Laravel
"Time to read" average for a blog post
When I started building this blogging application, I did some research on existing platforms. One thing I particularly liked was the time to read feature.
