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It’s about that time again! Even though the last week has been pretty hectic with travel, I’m still trying hard to make sure these VPS comparisons are showing up on the first Monday of the month (which lines up with…
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Why would they do it that way?
I’ve been a professional software engineer for just shy of half of my life. Along the way I’ve had the opportunity to work with a ton of different people and personalities. A common theme with most developers is that they…
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Posting code snippets to Slack
A buddy of mine recently asked me how to post code to Slack and make it look good. It wasn’t the first time this has come up either. Different folks have asked, not like the same person keeps bugging me…
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The Good Book
Happy 2019 everyone! It’s thatgirljen, aka the wife, once again with another guest post. It’s a new year, and I don’t really do that whole resolutions thing. I think it’s kinda silly to make a proclamation about how “I’m going…
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How to List Installed Packages on Linux
Originally I was going to talk about how to list installed packages on my desktop distro of choice, Arch Linux. Then I remembered that not everybody is as enlightened as I am, so I should probably cover other distributions as…
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$5 VPS Showdown – January 2019 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. Vultr
New year, new set of benchmarks. Decided to start the year off with a comparison at the 5 dollar tier. Best as I can tell, this price point tends to be a favorite so I’m probably going to stick with…
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2018 Recap, Accomplishments, and Lessons Learned
Because I don’t feel like blogging on New Year’s Day this year, I thought it would be good to knock out a year in review post on this final Monday of the year. Recap 2018 was a transitional year of…
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VPS Support Showdown – December 2018 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. Vultr
Aside from requests to include insert your favorite VPS here, the top request I receive about these VPS Showdowns is to compare the support of each provider. I’ve always hated this idea for a few reasons. First, I think it’s…
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S.O.S.
“S.O.S. It’s going down, she’s asking questions, HELP!” This was pretty much the text I sent to Josh on the 6th of January 2017. Hello again, it’s thatgirljen, aka the wife, with another guest post. This post is about one…
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How to install the latest nginx on Debian and Ubuntu
It’s been a minute since I’ve built out a new server, specifically a web server. As I ventured down the path of installing the latest version of nginx recently, I found the official documentation to be a touch lacking. The…