MySQL and MariaDb has a cool feature called master-slave replication by log shipping. This is where you can always keep a near identical copy of a live database, on another. The master ships all changes to the slave server. And…
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Did you ever want to keep a copy of your WordPress.com in your own site? Did you want a copy of your WordPress site, just so you can customize it for your own purposes? Do you have a little experience…
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Most Internet browsers such as Chrome, Edge, and Firefox have network profilers where you get to view how fast your application serves files. This might give you insight on how your application works, and any bottlenecks that are available. However,…
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This should’ve been the first of the series “Fantastic Failures”, b/c it feels this way. But the only failure is me unable to Google and filter for the Hunt-McIlroy algorithm, before I got frustrated and tried to free-lance write the…
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Using data from the Internet is easier than ever, if you’re an aspiring, amateur, or professional programmer. Open standards such as XML, JSON, Webservices, and REST, allow common tools in a programmer’s platform to access data. The trade off is…
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Aka. When going too far, means supporting groups. A moment to give Dr. Jekyll a voice… To distribute Wifi, to wired devices, or to re-broadcast it to other Wi-fi devices with weak Wi-fi capabilities, all you really need, is a…
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Aka. Sometimes borrowing has to go a little far. Literally here. I gave a quick primer of how to borrow Wifi from a neighbor, but few places are as densely populated as NYC. Therefore in other residential neighbohoods, borrowing wifi…
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Alternate title is “How to Borrow Wi-fi (in case of shifty neighbors)” A Moment of Sanity… If you are looking to create a network bridge between long distances(depicted in diagram above), and don’t want to bother laying cable down (I…
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I’m not condoning stealing your neighbors wifi. This is for entertainment only. It isn’t smart either, as it is unreliable, and it might get you in big big trouble, with the first ambitious prosecutor who wants to make his name…
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As a former programmer, using Active Directory for permissions, it’s greatest asset is it’s greatest detraction: you’re trapped into the Microsoft ecosystem for system credentials. The assets were that Microsoft’s Windows platform provided a way to store the credentials that…
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