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18th Dec 2018 07:46 PM

Tutorials | Ubuntu | Development

Install Let’s Encrypt Free SSL Wildcard Certificate on ubuntu 18

If you want a quick solution for adding SSL/TLS to your website, then you should definitely go ahead...

Lakin Mohapatra

17th Dec 2018 09:00 AM

Tools | Development

Training resources I've used over the last 12 months

At work we recently created a survey to find out what training staff had received in the last 12 mon...

13th Dec 2018 12:56 PM

Personal | Development

From Cooking to Coding

The alliteration is the only thing these two professions have in common with one another, yet I mana...

7th Dec 2018 10:21 PM

Microsoft Graph API | Packages | Laravel Framework | Public Speaking

Talk: Integrating Microsoft Graph API with Laravel

On the 12th of November 2018, I gave a talk on Microsoft Graph API and integrating it with Laravel&n...

15th Nov 2018 01:42 PM

Microsoft Graph API | Packages | Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL

Laravel package MsGraph

I've released a new Laravel package called MsGraph that's essentially a wrapper fo...

6th Nov 2018 12:58 PM

Fixing ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'

I had a crash after a reboot, then MySQL would not run, the error I was getting was: ERROR 2002...

2nd Nov 2018 03:56 PM

Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Essential Laravel Packages

Laravel comes with a lot out the box, however, you'll often add third-party packages to add extr...

2nd Nov 2018 03:09 PM

Tools | Development

Setting up a new mac checklist

Whenever I get a new Mac or decide to wipe it and start afresh the following are my go-to tools and...

2nd Nov 2018 12:43 PM

Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel accessing auth in Service Providers

There are times being able to use Auth within service providers is really useful such as showing men...

18th Oct 2018 06:11 AM

Ubuntu | Development

Ubuntu switching php versions

Most applications I work with using PHP 7.2 but I also have legacy projects that need PHP 5.6 still,...

7th Oct 2018 11:03 AM

Ubuntu | Development

Setting up development environment on Ubuntu

I've switched to Ubuntu, this post documents the development tools I'm using and how to...

7th Oct 2018 09:36 AM

Ubuntu | Development

Ubuntu Valet command not found

On a new install of Ubuntu installing Valet worked fine at the composer stage but when trying t...

6th Oct 2018 09:30 PM

Tools | Development

Integrated Terminal in Sublime Text with Terminus Package

I adore Sublime Text, I'm often jumping to other editors to use an integrated terminal but not a...

21st Sep 2018 07:47 PM

Laravel Framework | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Laravel import large CSV file

I recently had to import a 30,000 line CSV file, in this post, I document how I tackled this ta...

1st Sep 2018 02:33 PM

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