- 01 · Mar 6, 2025Why Laravel Image Handling Still Sucks and How to Fix ItMany PHP apps still push every image upload through the server, costing you bandwidth, security and scale. Here's a better way to do it in Laravel.Laravel · php · Cloudflare R2 · s3
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- 05 · Jun 5, 2024Microsoft Copilot 365 Copilot Copilot Plus RecallMy take on Microsoft's Copilot+ Recall, a feature that logs what's on your screen in a plain-text database, and on who actually wanted it.cybersecurity · privacy · Microsoft · Windows · dystopian
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- 07 · Jul 12, 2023Fix a Homepod Mini That Wont Turn OnThree dead HomePod minis, and Apple's reset did nothing. Before you throw yours out, try the simple trick that brought all three of mine back to life.homepod · apple · homekit · smart home · tips
- 08 · Feb 3, 2023Fixing Throw in PowershellPowerShell's Throw doesn't always stop your function. It depends on how the caller runs it. I'll show you why, and how to make sure it really stops.powershell · windows · scripting · IT
- 09 · Sep 21, 2014Email Is StupidA 2014 rant about why running your own email server still felt stuck in 1993, and what Google's custom-domain email would have cost me instead.
- 10 · Aug 16, 2014Understanding Googles Page Speed GuidelinesHow I finally beat the 'Prioritize Visible Content' warning in 2014 and got PageSpeed Insights to 98/100 on mobile and desktop, and what I changed.google · pagespeed · speed · performance · old content rescued with the wayback machine
- 11 · Jul 26, 2014How to Run Multiple Dockerized Proxied SPDY'd and Pagespeedified Ghost Blogs with 4 CommandsA 2014 walkthrough for running several Ghost blogs in Docker behind one nginx proxy with PageSpeed and SPDY, set up with just four commands.docker · ghost · pagespeed · spdy · cloudflare · proxy
