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    Setting up a home server for Wordpress + Cloudflare

    I always like to see if I can stand up free hosting using various services and/or hardware I have laying around. My wife has taken a recent interest in baking bread and has been diligently documenting her progress. I suggested More...
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    SSH to a Raspberry Pi Zero over USB

    This guide will enable you to SSH to a Raspberry Pi over USB. This is useful for Pi Zeros or when you you don't have access to the network router to grab the pi IP address. More...
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    Setting up a Raspberry Pi Kubernetes Cluster

    I've been interested in learning more about Kubernetes and what better way than to build my own cluster! I think using Raspberry Pis to experiment with hardware is a great way to go. They are cheap and fun to work More...
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    Where to start with programming

    Not necessarily. The deep theoretical knowledge you would learn in a comp sci program would be a great foundation for learning practical programming skills. The issue is the amount of time you have to learn the practical skills while learning More...
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    How to backup your MySQL database(s) to S3 using the AWS CLI

    It is good practice to create systematic backups of your databases and store them in a location separate from your server. Using MySQL and Amazon S3 we can set this up effortlessly. We will be preparing the commands needed to More...
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    Testing Internet Explorer on a Mac

    Testing Internet Explorer on a Mac can be tricky. Whats even more tricky is testing code from your local environment in IE on a Mac. Luckily we can do this by using a virtual machine and routing our localhost to More...
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    Full Stack Web Development - Python Resources

    Web development is an exciting space to be in right now. Creating high quality, fully featured web applications is becoming more and more accessible. Understanding how everything works in a web stack is essential for fast and enjoyable development. Even More...