Servers Phusion Passenger: a new web app server With its anime robot-inspired logo and feature rich design, Phusion Passenger is clearly keen to present itself as the newest sleek and innovative tool for web hosting and development. But... read more
Servers Config management: Puppet or Chef? For any organisation bigger than a bedroom start-up, the days of running a couple of servers in a cupboard are long gone. In the era of multi-server, decentralised cloud infrastructures,... read more
Websites React and the virtual DOM The most common architecture considered when implementing user interfaces is MVC (Model-View-Controller). MVC separates an application into three components: Model, View, and Controller. The Controller is what the user interacts... read more
Servers What is blockchain? The idea of cryptocurrency has been around for a while now but gone are the days of Bitcoin being your only crypto investment option. Since Bitcoin came on the scene,... read more
Websites What is GraphQL? We previously discussed the difference between REST and SOAP for building APIs and web services. But there is an alternative solution that is becoming increasingly popular. Better than all the... read more
Websites Moving to a microservices architecture Alongside containerisation, ‘microservices’ is very much a software development buzzword. But just like with containers, the innovative and far-reaching technology behind the buzzword makes the microservices concept far more than... read more
Digital Continuous delivery and continuous deployment Last week we discussed the process of continuous integration (CI) and how it’s becoming increasingly vital for software development. CI is the first half of a development process known... read more
Digital Continuous integration tools: Jenkins vs Travis CI Software development can be complicated, especially when things go wrong. Say two developers are working on a project. They are each coding on separate branches of the master code in... read more
Digital How to protect your domain from typosquatting So, you’ve registered your ideal domain name, and it perfectly sums up what you’re all about. However, when you’re first establishing your online brand, there are a... read more
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Digital Puppet: pulling the strings of your server If you’ve ever had to set up and maintain a server, the list of tasks can seem endless. You’ve got storage configuration, user account creation, and setup of... read more
Servers What is Ceph? You might be asking yourself "what does Ceph mean?" Well, Ceph is an open-source software that provides a scalable and reliable clustered storage solution. In a clustered storage... read more
Servers A guide to XAMPP An important part of web development is in testing. A developer could code what they think is a beautiful and functional web application, but once it gets handed over for... read more
