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I mostly work with WordPress, React, NodeJS, and sometimes dabble a little in AWS and DevOps.

Unleash Your Inner Avenger: A Beginner's Guide to Unix Shells

Let's talk about shells. If you're new to Unix or Linux systems, you've probably heard the term "shell" tossed around like it's common knowledge. But what exactly is a shell? Why are there so many different ones? And what does Iron Man have to do with this? Let's break it down together. We'll dive into the basics of Unix shells, explore the most common ones, and I'll show you how to customize them to make your workflow smoother—just like Tony Stark fine-tuning his armor.

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Published 24th Sep 2024

What Did I Do? A Time-Tracking Problem

Like many other developers I work for a software agency. We sell development hours for money. Pretty straightforward. To know how much we have to bill to which one of our customers we use time-tracking software. And let's be honest—keeping track of time can sometimes feel like the hardest part of the job. So, I built a little tool to make this chore a bit easier.

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Published 18th Sep 2024

Linking Private GitHub Repositories as Composer Dependencies

When you work with multiple Composer-based repositories, you might find the need to share some PHP code between them. If these were public repositories, this article would be a lot shorter. However, since they're private, you can't just add them to the composer.json and expect it to work. But don't worry—it's not that difficult to set up either.

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Published 17th Sep 2024

Optimizing and Cleaning Up Your WordPress Database: A DIY Guide

As your WordPress project grows, you may begin to notice performance issues, often caused by a bloated database. While there are many plugins available to help clean up your database, sometimes it's good to know how to do it yourself. This guide will walk you through manually cleaning and optimizing your WordPress database.

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Published 10th Sep 2024

Enhance Your SEO with JSON-LD: A Practical Guide

JSON-LD is a critical piece of the SEO puzzle, especially when you want to enrich your search results with valuable information such as the opening hours of your hair salon, the menu items of your restaurant, or the venue details of your event. In short: you need this to stand out in search results.

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Published 3rd Sep 2024

RSS Feed with Next.js 14 and App Router

Creating an RSS feed for your NextJS applications is easy peasy lemon-squeezy. 🍋

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Published 28th Aug 2024

Self-Hosted WordPress Plugin Updates

Thinking of monetizing your WordPress plugin? You'll need to take care of version updates and it's simpler than you think.

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Published 27th May 2024

PHP Code Sniffer with WordPress Coding Standard

Tired of WordPress core nagging you about coding style inconsistencies in your plugins or themes? Fear not!

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Published 13th May 2024

Using WordPress Nonces

A comprehensive guide on what nonces are, how to use them, and what they taste like when stir-fried.

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Published 29th Feb 2024