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last year - Questions about which operating system is more secure or fastest makes no sense

last year - A warning to business owners and managers, you are a big part of the problem!

last year - Is the madness ever going to end?

last year - My 70 year old mother has been using Linux on the desktop for the past 21 years

last year - No, your website is not a web app even if you call it so

last year - So-called modern web developers are the culprits

2 years ago - Using a framework can make you stupid!

2 years ago - How to write software than will keep working for decades without problems

2 years ago - There is no such thing as privacy on the Internet

2 years ago - Use the right tool for the job

2 years ago - A simple Git workflow - using main as the development branch

2 years ago - How I store my files and why you should not rely on fancy tools for backup

2 years ago - How to do encrypted incremental backups and snapshots with GNU Tar and GnuPG

2 years ago - Open source projects need to migrate their code away from github NOW!

2 years ago - Using GitHub Copilot will turn you into a bad programmer

2 years ago - How to stay sane in today's world of tech

2 years ago - Stop submitting to social conformity and use your brain instead

2 years ago - Are you a TLS master?

2 years ago - SQLite the only database you will ever need in most cases

2 years ago - Don't be afraid to code it yourself

2 years ago - Straight forward problem solving mentality

2 years ago - Stop being frantic about code testing

2 years ago - How do I know if I really need object oriented programming?

2 years ago - Procedural programming in a nutshell

2 years ago - How to test procedural functions with PHPUnit

2 years ago - No more object oriented programming with PHP

2 years ago - JavaScript malware infested nightmare

2 years ago - Code has to be simplified until it becomes absolutely correct

2 years ago - This is how you keep your dignity and not sell your soul

2 years ago - One sure way to determine if you are stupid

2 years ago - Are you trusting open source blindly? Then you're in for a world of hurt!

2 years ago - Real full disk encryption using GRUB on Artix Linux for BIOS and UEFI

2 years ago - The problems with the GPL

2 years ago - Future prediction: The so-called modern web will die soon

2 years ago - The terminal, the console and the shell - what are they?

3 years ago - The Social Dilemma

3 years ago - OpenBSD Router Guide

3 years ago - Important open source projects should not use GitHub

3 years ago - Choose your browser carefully

3 years ago - Come full circle - back to HTML

3 years ago - No, you cannot have a third of my life!

3 years ago - Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux

3 years ago - Vim - I hate to love you

3 years ago - Turning suckless into suckmore

3 years ago - How you can manage the i3 window manager on multiple computers

3 years ago - Migrating ZFS from Linux to FreeBSD

3 years ago - Some of the great GNU/Linux distributions

3 years ago - systemd isn't safe to run anywhere

3 years ago - Choosing between OpenBSD and FreeBSD

3 years ago - Samba and NFS performance - ZFS on Linux vs ZFS on FreeBSD

3 years ago - How to setup FreeBSD with a riced desktop - part 3 - i3

3 years ago - How to setup FreeBSD with a riced desktop - part 2 - Xfce

3 years ago - How to setup FreeBSD with a riced desktop - part 1 - Basic setup

3 years ago - Why you should migrate everything from Linux to BSD - part 2

3 years ago - FreeBSD is an amazing operating system

3 years ago - Why you should migrate everything from Linux to BSD

3 years ago - Job interviews in web development gone haywire

4 years ago - When the modern approach is nothing but hype

4 years ago - My favorite note-taking method

4 years ago - Go (Golang) - understanding the object oriented features with structs, methods, and interfaces

4 years ago - Go (Golang) - Errors and panics

4 years ago - Go (Golang) - Logging that matters

4 years ago - Stop pushing JavaScript!

4 years ago - When abstraction, design patterns, and principles leads to spaghetti code

4 years ago - Battle testing ZFS, Btrfs and mdadm+dm-integrity

4 years ago - Installing Arch Linux with ZFS on a USB stick

5 years ago - Remuxing ISO, DVD, or Bluray using cat and ffmpeg on Linux

5 years ago - Reviving Cubox with Arch Linux ARM

5 years ago - The real motivation behind systemd

5 years ago - Void Linux - a great and unique Linux distribution

5 years ago - Real full disk encryption using GRUB on Void Linux for BIOS

5 years ago - Package management in OpenBSD

5 years ago - OpenBSD is fantastic

5 years ago - Arch Linux mail server tutorial - part 3 - Get DNS right, it's important!

5 years ago - Arch Linux mail server tutorial - part 2 - OpenSMTPD, Dovecot, DKIMproxy, and Let's Encrypt

5 years ago - Arch Linux mail server tutorial - part 1 - What is email?

5 years ago - Stay away from CloudFlare

5 years ago - Is Google evil?

6 years ago - Make the current commit the initial commit in a Git repository

6 years ago - The typical discussions about BSD vs Linux

6 years ago - Real full disk encryption using GRUB on Debian GNU/Linux for BIOS

6 years ago - Real full disk encryption using GRUB on Arch Linux for BIOS and UEFI

6 years ago - No your PHP framework isn't MVC, but don't worry, it really shouldn't be!

7 years ago - How to split your DNS requests when using a VPN

7 years ago - Programming languages and programming paradigms

7 years ago - Bummer PHP

8 years ago - Composer and Packagist - a bad implementation!

8 years ago - To framework or not to framework?

8 years ago - No your API isn't REST, but don't worry, it really shouldn't be!

8 years ago - Design Patterns Can Be Very Evil

8 years ago - Procedural Programming vs Object Oriented Programming

8 years ago - Web application with a single entry point

8 years ago - Keeping your home in Git, the right way

10 years ago - Some notes on Arch Linux - 2

10 years ago - PSR-0 is not a solution it is a bypass!

10 years ago - Most PHP Frameworks are not for programmers

10 years ago - When templates gets in the way

10 years ago - Be careful when using docking stations

10 years ago - An alternative way to play YouTube videos without using Flash

11 years ago - How to Create a New and Empty Branch in Git

11 years ago - How to set your hostname and domain name correctly

11 years ago - GnuPG Tutorial

12 years ago - Enforce strong passwords in Debian

12 years ago - Unloading of modules at boot time in Debian

12 years ago - Benchmark 4 - Notes About Caching and Benchmarking

12 years ago - Benchmark 3 - The Alternative PHP Cache (APC)

12 years ago - Benchmark 2 - MySQL Cache

12 years ago - Benchmark 1 - Dynamic pages vs. static pages vs. Memcached

13 years ago - Social Networking Suck

13 years ago - The Book "Pro PHP Refactoring"

13 years ago - Code comments are good right? Well, not if there are too many!

13 years ago - Code Navigation, Design Patterns, and Too Many Functions

13 years ago - Git bare vs. non-bare repositories

13 years ago - What does GRUB see?

13 years ago - Windows XP nv4_disp infinite loop problem

13 years ago - umount - device is busy

13 years ago - For Debian - what package does that file belong to?

13 years ago - Simple CHM to PDF conversion on Linux

13 years ago - Resume SFTP transfer with rsync

14 years ago - Passwords from the hackers point of view

14 years ago - Localized version in the console? No thanks!

14 years ago - How to convert a man page into PS, PDF or DVI

14 years ago - Mercurial branching, main and stable, a possible workflow

14 years ago - Some personal notes on revision control and backup

14 years ago - PHP include path problems

14 years ago - Why I do not like derived Linux distributions

14 years ago - Mount an OpenBSD slice from Linux

14 years ago - Mozilla Firefox Keywords Shortcuts

14 years ago - Finding and removing duplicate files with fdupes

14 years ago - Encrypting and decrypting files using GnuPG, OpenSSL or Mcrypt

14 years ago - Keeping the system time precise using NTP

14 years ago - Remove -- MARK -- from the message log

14 years ago - CD or DVD Boot problems on MAC

14 years ago - Cache your DNS requests using Bind

14 years ago - Resume SFTP transfer with PuTTY

15 years ago - PHP Security

15 years ago - Some notes on Arch Linux

15 years ago - Ubuntu as in Debian?

15 years ago - Using EncFS to encrypt some of your files

15 years ago - Choosing a new backup solution, Duplicity, rdiff-backup or Rsnapshot

15 years ago - Speed down your CPU

15 years ago - Pointers in C

15 years ago - Programming in C, Cpp, and Ada

16 years ago - Choosing a good book on programming

16 years ago - Revision control

16 years ago - Wrong default encoding on the Apache webserver

16 years ago - Who is listening on my ports

17 years ago - diff and patch

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