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Debian 10 is finally here. Time to upgrade all the things!!! The upgrade from Debian 9, code named Stretch to Debian 10, code named Buster is a fairly painless process. First, it’s good practice to make sure you’re completely up…
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VPS Showdown – July 2019 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
Switching it up on y’all this month. By request by one of my dear readers, I’ve included Vultr’s new “high frequency” server in this month’s comparison. Traditionally these posts have been all the same price point to keep things apples…
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Managed WordPress Showdown – June 2019 – Flywheel vs. Kinsta vs. WP Engine
Wow, can’t believe it’s been 4 weeks since I started venturing down the path of reviewing managed WordPress hosting. Since this still a new post series, things are a bit all over the place, and I’m still working out some…
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A guide to working by the pool
Being a Florida Man in a past life, I absolutely crave the water. Not the beach per se, I can do without the sand. I’m talking about that sea breeze, the salt in the air, and of course the angry…
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How to downgrade Terraform to 0.11.x on Arch Linux
The latest minor version of terraform, the 0.12.x series, dropped recently and in true bleeding edge Arch Linux fashion, I’m already running it. Thing is though, the latest release of terraform, even though it’s a minor point release, does include…
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VPS Showdown – June 2019 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
Wow, pretty big news week for DigitalOcean last week, after some strongly worded accusations about ruining somebody’s business. If we learned anything, it’s that off-site backups are an absolute must, especially if you’re serving Fortune 500 companies and/or providing SLAs.…
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Managed WordPress Showdown – May 2019 – Flywheel vs. Kinsta vs. WP Engine
Due to my ongoing efforts on my VPS Showdown series, I’m regularly being asked if I have any recommendations on hosting for WordPress. As it turns out, I don’t. Sure, you could leverage my existing reviews to pick a host…
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Slow and steady doesn’t win the race
The moral of Aesop’s fable, The Tortoise and the Hare isn’t a terrible one, but I’m sick of seeing it cited as a way to justify slow developer output. There’s nothing wrong with being a slow developer, but saying that…
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Explaining vs. Communicating
This isn’t a post about mansplaining or anything like that. I’m simply taking about explaining things instead of communicating them. In regard to project management, explanations tend to be a reactive act. Explanations are a way to justify why a…
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VPS Showdown – May 2019 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
Changing it up a bit this month. No new providers have been added, but by request, I’ve moved the entire operation overseas to test out data centers in London. Incidentally, every provider covered has a data center that’s actually in…