Why Mozilla’s DNS over HTTPS proposal is a bad idea
A couple of months ago, Mozilla posted A cartoon intro to DNS over HTTPS, which outlines their plans to enable support routing DNS queries over a secure connection. Initially this…
Co-working spaces in Manchester
Recently I was asked for suggestions of co-working spaces in Manchester city centre. Rather than email the person directly, I figured it was easier to add a blog post and…
Should government mandate IPv6 rollout?
IPv6 rollout in the UK has been rather slow. Despite being standardised around 20 years ago, some major ISPs have still not completed the rollout of IPv6 to their customer…
Why PHP is great (and all other languages suck)
Several years ago I wrote a lightning talk entitled Why PHP is great (and all other languages suck) for the UKUUG Spring conference. It was intended as a tongue-in-check tour…
Pensions for the self-employed
Disclaimer: This post is intended to give you information about the pensions options for the self-employed. It is not advice on whether you should save into a pension, and if…
Freelance resolutions for 2018
One of my fellow freelancers, Katy at The Wheel Exists, has posted a freelance manifesto for 2018, and I thought I would do the same. Expansion plans Unlike Katy, I…
Checking SPF on incoming mail with Postfix
Something I've been wanting to add to my mail server for a while is Sender Policy Framework (SPF) checking on incoming mail. For anyone who isn't familiar with SPF, it…
Taking over maintenance of canidepend.com
I've recently taken over the maintenance of canidepend.com following a request from the previous maintainer. The site lists the current, next and two previous versions of popular packages such as…
Copying a file from another branch in Git
Copying a file from another branch into my current branch is something I do every so often in Git, e.g. when I want to reset a file in staging to…
Wrapper scripts for backup systems
As part of my exploration of Linux backup options, I've written some wrapper scripts around various backup systems, which can be found on GitHub under the unimaginatively named backup-scripts repository.…