PHP  LAMP  web development  Apache  MariaDB  Ubuntu 

Checklist of steps to configure a LAMP web server stack on Ubuntu 16.04 using Apache 2.4, MariaDB, and PHP 7 on a Digital Ocean VPS.

linux  Apache  SSL  TLS  HTTPS  Ubuntu  Lets Encrypt 

How to install and setup HTTPS (SSL/TLS) using Let's Encrypt and Apache 2.4 on Ubuntu 14.04

PHP  web development  Mac  WordPress  Apache  MariaDB  WP-CLI 

This post covers the installation and configuration of a local development environment for WordPress (and other projects) on Mac OSX 10.11 using Apache 2.4, PHP, MariaDB, and the WP CLI command line utility

Laravel 5  Eloquent  Database 

How to find the count of records in a pivot table for a many-to-many relationship between models in Laravel 5 using Eloquent ORM.

linux  git 

How to convert a separate (non-master) branch to the master branch in git while retaining history.

SSH  linux utilities 

Information and quick-use guide for the linux utility 'ssh_copy_id'

git  version control 

How to discard local changes in a git repository and sync local branch with HEAD (overwriting all local changes).

linux utilities 

Short post about the pwck Linux utility used to validate /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Linux password configuration files.

PHP  PHP Snippets 

A short snippet of PHP to remove duplicate values from a comma delimited string.

Configs  Vim 

Current .vimrc configuration file for Vim and gVim.

RDBMS  SQL 

Short post about the definition of referential integrity in relational database management systems

linux  Freeswitch  Voip  Ntpd  CentOS 

Short article on how to use ntpd to handle system time, as well as syncing the freeswitch process with system time in centos.

Windows  Diskpart 

Error message encountered while using the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool to create a bootable Windows 7 USB drive, and using diskpart to format the USB drive and resolve the error.

linux  PXE  NAS  DD-WRT  Arch Linux 

How to boot and install (Arch) linux distro over a network using the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)

SSH  linux  Putty  .ppk  OpenSSH 

How to convert a putty private key file (.ppk) to openssh format on Mac operating system.