git Case Sensitive Git on a Mac like a Boss The Problem By default, MacOs uses a filesystem format that is not case sensitive Mac OS Extended (Journaled). That means that the directories a and A are essentially the same. This is a problem when working collaboratively with people using Linux or another case sensitive file system. Real world Example
ubuntu Free SSL Encryption using Certbot and LetsEncrypt Lets be honest folks. If SSL encryption is available free of charge and was easy to implement, wouldn't it be foolish not to use it? Here are some snippets to get you started using letsencrypt on your Ubuntu 16 LTS machine running Apache2. 1. Remove Letsencrypt (If previously installed)###### sudo
ubuntu Ubuntu - Preload Answers to Apt Install Whenever I install a package on a server I always create a bash provisioning script of the process so I can easily reproduce the installation in the future. One of the roadblocks you may run into while attempting to script an install is answering prompted questions for the install. Luckily
osx OS X Sceenshot Directory Tired of a cluttered desktop? Yeah me too. Execute the following command in your terminal and your screenshots will be stored out of the way in your Documents/Screenshots directory. mkdir -p ~/Documents/Screenshots && defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Documents/Screenshots && killall SystemUIServer Command Breakdown
coding Delete LetsEncrypt Certificate from chain Ok, so LetsEncrypt is awesome but it has one MAJOR pitfall as of version 0.4.1-1 on Ubuntu, there is no delete option for the cli. There is however a workaround that will allow you to remove the domain from the cert renewal process and the chain. sudo rm
coding jQuery animated skill bars for your web resume To see a working example of the skill bars. Go to Example The HTML Use the following html where you would like to have a skill bar section added. <!-- Use a heading to reveal the skills section --> <a href="javascript:void(0)" class=
coding Search for files using google Searching the Internet for downloadable content is pretty easy since there are a lot of people out there hosting "files" for their personal use. What they don't know/don't care about is that google is indexing their public apache or nginx webroot. We can easily search for the
coding Help me \Rhonda Let's face it. We can all use a little help sometimes. Rhonda Helper was born out of a desire to write less code when developing with PHP. It addresses some common issues and tasks that need to be accomplished when developing in PHP. Check out the Rhonda Helper documentation for
coding Google places jQuery plugin Getting reviews onto your website shouldn't be difficult. I made the Google places jQuery plugin to give a quick path to showing some reviews on a website based on the google place ID. Install it with bower $ bower install google-places Check out the documentation for more details google places plugin
coding Website benchmarking with ApacheBench I was recently introduced to a tool to help with my web development by giving me some benchmark results. This will allow you to emulate multiple users accessing your site and to verify that the load times are acceptable. ApacheBench, which is bundled with the standard distribution of Apache will
PHP geocode an address using Google In order to calculate distance between two points on a map you first need to have the Latitude and Longitude of your two locations. This snippet of code is one that I am using when a user registers their address in the sign up process. It seemed much more efficient
