The Definitive Guide to Fast, Free WordPress Hosting (Really!)
A Brief History of Free WordPress Hosting In the past there were arguably only three ways to get free WordPress hosting: Around 2010 a certain host handed out free hosting for life promotional accounts at WordCamps. The only caveat was traffic should s …
Android Devices Can't Connect To The Internet Behind an OpenWRT/FriendlyWrt Router with AdBlock Installed
Do you have Adblock installed on an OpenWRT/FriendlyWrt router and now, after adding a few anti-tracking lists, Android devices no longer connect to the internet? The fix is pretty straightforward: Log into your OpenWrt/FriendlyWrt router. At the top o …
How to Add a Level 4 Operator to a Minecraft Server
In this tutorial I'm going to explain how to add a level 4 operator to your Minecraft server using Minecraft Java Edition and SSH. But first let me unpack four things you're going to see sprinkled throughout: I run a Minecraft Spigot server running on …
How to Create Redis Databases and Use a Different Password For Each
In January I moved between infrastructure companies and, for the first time in ten years, decided to run something other than CentOS for the operating system. As I installed the stack and configured things I discovered the DirectAdmin Redis management …
How to Stay Logged in to WordPress For X Number of Days
If you're like me you've tired logging in to each WordPress site you manage every 2 days (or two weeks if you check off the Remember Me checkbox before clicking Log In) and want a way to extend the the log in period. Enter the following function: /** E …
How to Make Custom VMware ESXi 8.0 / 7.0 ISOs
Lately anytime I've struggled to get something to work I feel like I owe it to the people behind me to document the things I did to get it across the finish line. With that in mind here's the steps I took to remix both the ESXi 7.0U2e and 8.0a archives …
How to Increase Your Maximum File Upload Size On WordPress Multisite
I tried to upload a collection of 3MB images to a site today and every one bombed out with the following error: [filename] exceeds the maximum upload size for this site. I googled around for an answer for a bit and then it hit me: the site's on WordPre …
Every Development Project, Ever
A short story “A new project! I should learn X while I build it because I need to learn it anyway and it'll save me sooooo much time on the next build.” Eight hours later… Next project: “I didn't use X to its fullest so this time I'll try to optimize …