Twitter’s recent decision to remove blue check marks from accounts it has previously verified causes a number of issues for the platform and its users. One of the most obvious ones is around authentic identity. Without verification, how do I know that a particular account really does belong to the person or organisation who claims …
Recently I’ve been setting up a web application built with Docker. The setup posed a little challenge since it was necessary to run the app on the internet but at the same time I didn’t want it to be directly accessible on the web for anyone to poke around. It’s possible to limit access to …
I have a love/hate relationship with WordPress. It’s the world’s most popular CMS and it makes managing websites very easy. The downside of this widespread popularity is that there is sometimes far too much technical support for WordPress out there. Wading through all the incorrect advice, adverts for more dumpster fires plugins disguised as tech …
Over the weekend my site suffered from a spike in traffic that caused the WordPress interface and then the rest of the site to grind to a halt. This blog runs on a VPS that has about the same computing power as a first generation Raspberry Pi and so it doesn’t take much to exhaust …
Part of the huge upheaval brought about by the Coronavirus outbreak has meant that many of us have suddenly had to work from home. The challenge of staying connected with colleagues and collaborating on work projects has led to a huge growth in users for established services like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Google Docs. …
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