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Remove unused plugins original ↗

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Why you should use custom exceptions original ↗

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Why a MacBook might be the perfect development device original ↗

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Cula.io limiting password lengths original ↗

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Disk space is cheap, data breaches are not!original ↗

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User Experience? Consider your users original ↗

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Installing Pi Hole on Ubuntu original ↗

15 Jul 2020

Raspberry Pi for Backups with IDrive original ↗

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Commits are your backup original ↗

1 Jul 2020

How to fix the Symfony web profiler in Apache original ↗

24 Jun 2020

Not all developers need a 4K monitor original ↗

17 Jun 2020

Writing a good technical test original ↗

10 Jun 2020

Why you should use Virtual Machines in development original ↗

3 Jun 2020

Why I use Ubuntu original ↗

27 May 2020

In defence of technical tests original ↗

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Why I use GitLab original ↗

10 May 2020

Symfony unit tests with Redis on GitLab original ↗

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Why should you blog?original ↗

29 Jan 2020

Clear out unused apps for security original ↗

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How to configure your CI pipeline environments original ↗

15 Jan 2020

Test your deployment tasks original ↗

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Doctrine DBAL and the LIKE operator original ↗

18 Nov 2019

Replacing a drive in Buffalo LS441D after a drive failure original ↗

11 Nov 2019

Fixing Magento Invalid attribute name issue after SUPEE-11219 original ↗

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Magento patching frustrations original ↗

29 Oct 2019

HTTP status codes and their uses original ↗

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