Checklist Linux Web Server Issues
Is your Linux web server having (performance) issues? Follow my simple checklist to find the cause so you can start fixing it.
(more…)No Space Left on Device Error on Linux When There is Space Available
On Linux, the error “No space left on device” can be encountered while an application writes data when the disk is full. There are times this may confuse you, because it can happen that your disk shows it is not full and has plenty of space available. How can this happen? It’s called inodes.
(more…)OpenCart: Review of What You Should Know Before Using It
OpenCart, a free e-commerce solution, has quite an interesting reputation on the internet. Experienced developers are generally avoiding it, but it has a large user base.
For me it has always been a no-go. But having my work requiring me to develop in it for a project, I now acquired hands-on experience. Did I change my thoughts?
(more…)How to Become a Better Developer and Bring Out The Best in Yourself
I love my work! Striving to improve and being the best version of myself is something I am very passionate about. In this article I will guide you how to be too!
During the 12,5 years of being a PHP developer there are powerful tools and habits that will always stick with me to be the best possible programmer, professional and person in general.
(more…)Magento admin grid filter values
Getting the filter values from an grid within the Magento admin can be a tricky task and is not very straight forward. In my case I required these values for a custom order export type to build a proper file name. After digging around in the code I found a way.
(more…)Moved from Wordpress to Jekyll
I have converted this website from Wordpress to Jekyll. I thought it was time for a change and bring the site back alive in a modern way.
(more…)PHP-Minesweeper
Recently I’ve finished a project called PHP-Minesweeper. It’s an object-oriented PHP implementation of the game Minesweeper I’ve created to practice test-driven development. It was a success as it’s my first hobby project I actually bothered completing due to the fun with this way of developing. There were only minor bugs down the road and I implemented the front-end (HTML) within 30 minutes.
(more…)Explorer: No cookies using underscores
Recently at work we came across, yet another new frustrating microsoft thing. Cookies don’t work on explorer 7 when you use an underscore within your domain. For us this was the case for some local develop address “domain_php5.local”. It only took my colleague a day to figure it out…
(more…)Work faster and be more productive on Linux with Compiz and Gnome-do
I’ve been using gnome for a long time. Lately the interface started to work on my nerves, this is mainly because of the gnome-panels functionality with running programs.
(more…)Running Debian Linux on Toshiba Satellite R850
Recently I bought a Toshiba Satellite R850-153. I decided to install my favorite Linux distro Debian (wheezy/testing amd64). Things went well (wifi works out of the box), but also things went very wrong immediately after installation.Below I’ll describe the problems I came across after installing Debian. I think this will be useful for Ubuntu users too!
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