Websites How to make your side hustle work Side hustle. You may have heard this phrase making the rounds lately, unsurprisingly, as more and more people are starting 'side hustles'. If so, you’d be forgiven... read more
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Security That escalated quickly: how to prevent privilege escalation Late last year, a major vulnerability was uncovered in the Kubernetes [https://www.fasthosts.co.uk/blog/container-orchestration-kubernetes/] container orchestration system. It was a severe threat, not just because of... read more
Security Malvertising: when ads attack Like it or not, advertising is a fact of life on the internet. As the primary source of income for huge publishers and social media platforms, it can be tough... read more
Websites Single-page applications: are they worth it? As web developers look for new ways to deliver fast and beautiful web projects, an ever-growing trend has been the implementation of a single-page application framework. But what is a... read more
Digital What is multiple domain hosting? Your domain says a lot about you. It’s your address on the internet, the place people go to find you, and a name intrinsically associated with your brand. But... read more
Digital What is web accessibility? Undeniably, the web has revolutionised our society. One of the most powerful tools ever created, the internet has helped improve people’s lives in countless ways. Since the birth of... read more
Digital What is DevOps? If you asked the average person in the street ‘what does DevOps mean to you?’ or even 'what is DevOps?', you’d probably get a blank stare. But... read more
Servers MongoDB vs PostgreSQL databases In one of our previous articles, we compared and discussed the differences and similarities between the database management systems MariaDB and MySQL. These database management systems are two of the... read more
Digital Using GitHub for version control Source code is the basis of all those thousands of applications we’ve come to rely on every day. Developers make use of a huge range of programming languages to... read more
Digital Waterfall vs Agile development Waterfall and Agile software are two different types of development methodology. Each method has its pros and cons, but what is the difference between Waterfall and Agile? What is Waterfall... read more
Digital Kubernetes vs Docker Swarm vs Apache Mesos When it comes to container orchestration, the three big names out there are Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Apache Mesos. As explained in our overview of Kubernetes, an orchestration tool is... read more
Digital POP3 vs IMAP What is email protocol? It’s an everyday routine: you open up your email and watch the messages pop into your inbox. But behind the scenes, complex email protocols are... read more
