There are plenty of tutorials out there covering the default LetsEncrypt setup for only a few domains running on a single server - but when it comes to more special setups including multiple servers there is not much information. This is my solution for using LetsEncrypt within a multi-server setup.
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In this short article I want to share my experiences with the aerys application framework. I experimentally used the aerys server at my ShinyGeoip instance over at geoip.nekudo.com.
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In this article I will explain how you can use the Angela worker-framework to build a microservice application in just a few simple steps.
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With increasing traffic on my free GeoIp API I decided to take a detailed look onto the application powering the API to check if performance improvements were possible. In the end the application got the whole nekudo performance overhauling. This is a detailed report about what I changed.
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A few days ago I completed my work on a new project and it is now available for download at GitHub. ShinyBlog is a lightweight Blog/CMS application entirely based on markdown files. Of course the software is free and open-source.
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When it comes to (mysql) database optimization the most common practice is to normalize your database structure. In general this is a good idea but when it comes to performance a completely normalized database is not always the best solution.
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In this article I want to introduce "ShinyDeploy" - a project I have been working on during the last month. As many features are already implemented and working I decided that it's time to introduce this application to the community and hopefully find some beta-testers.
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Almost every PHP project these days uses composer to manage its dependencies. One of the advantages is that it manages the class loading for you. You just need to use the correct namespaces in your sourcecode and the classes will be automatically loaded. But what about performance?
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