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Paul is a freelance PHP developer and Linux system administrator based in Manchester, UK.

Automated WordPress updates for Sympl

Posted by By Paul May 25, 2022Posted inSympl, WordPressNo Comments
Back in 2020, I migrated my personal and business servers to Sympl. Several sites ran WordPress, and I wanted to automate the application of updates to WordPress itself, as well…
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Sorting arrays in Twig

Posted by By Paul May 11, 2022Posted inTwigNo Comments
Several projects I work on use the Twig templating system to separate the look of a site from the backend logic. One change I was asked for recently was to…
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Changing Docker container timezones

Posted by By Paul April 27, 2022Posted inDockerNo Comments
By default, most Docker containers seem to use UTC as the timezone. This is generally sensible for servers, however some of the web applications I maintain assume that the system…
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Force SSH to prompt for password

Posted by By Paul April 13, 2022Posted inSSHNo Comments
I've long used public/private keys as my default way of authenticating via SSH, for the following reasons: I don't need to share my credentials with whoever creates the account.I can…
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Exclude files from searches in Visual Studio Code

Posted by By Paul March 30, 2022Posted inIDEs, Visual Studio CodeNo Comments
For several years now I've been using Visual Studio Code as my main editor, and one bugbear of mine was that by default a search in a project would find…
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Docker helper scripts

Posted by By Paul March 9, 2022Posted inDockerNo Comments
I recently took on some new clients who were already using Docker, and I found it so useful that I now use it in nearly every project. As with any…
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Enabling copy and paste on sites which block it

Posted by By Paul February 23, 2022Posted inJavaScriptNo Comments
If I had to make a list of website habits which annoy me the most, sites which prevent me from pasting values into forms would be high on the list…
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Web application backups

Posted by By Paul February 9, 2022Posted inBackups, SecurityNo Comments
If you have a web application, you need to ensure that every component (code, files, database etc.) is backed up on a regular basis. Backups need to be: Automated: So…
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Split a PDF into one file per page

Posted by By Paul January 26, 2022Posted inPDFNo Comments
Recently I had to upload a PDF via a mobile app which required each page to be uploaded as a separate file - potentially an enormous amount of work. pdftk…
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2021 review of the year

Posted by By Paul December 23, 2021Posted inBusinessNo Comments
2021 has been another year of general chaos, but fortunately my business hasn't been too badly affected. I've also spent some time improving my business, which I think will stand…
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  • Automated WordPress updates for Sympl
  • Sorting arrays in Twig
  • Changing Docker container timezones
  • Force SSH to prompt for password
  • Exclude files from searches in Visual Studio Code
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