Plume Demo

Lorem Ipsum

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

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Configuration Closures

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

Nearly every application in existence requires some form of configuration. After all, no two instances of the same app are exactly the same. The "tried and true" (read "quick and dirty") way of doing this has conventionally been with arrays. This works well for most basic configuration values of scalar types, however, sometimes it may be necessary to configure complex objects.

Never Gonna Give You Up

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

This is an example of a video embed.

That is all.

Run Composer Binaries From Project Directories

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

As a PHP developer I often find myself having to run executable files installed to a project via Composer (e.g. php-cs-fixer, phpunit, psysh, etc.). These binary files typically reside in vendor/bin relative to the root of a project and in order to run these binary files from the project root I would need to cd into the vendor/bin directory first or type out the relative path (e.g. vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix) every time I wanted to run one of these executables.

Scheduled Tasks with Systemd Timers

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

Use a Linux system long enough and eventually you'll need to schedule a recurring task. Of course the defacto scheduler is cron (and there's nothing inherently wrong with it) but I've grown to like the flexibility and features of systemd timers. Some of the benefits they provide over cron include:

Meow! Cat Ipsum

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

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Embrace the Framework

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

Frameworks are among the most important tools we developers have and yet they are often taken for granted. The way I see it is a framework has two primary benefits: 1) saving individual developers time by providing predefined solutions to common problems and 2) allowing teams to work more efficiently by giving them a common model for coding standards, file organization, design language and more. However, these benefits quickly break down when framework conventions are broken or ignored, intentionally or otherwise.

azPHP Presentation: PsySh

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

My presentation from the June 2019 azPHP meeting on PsySH, the terminal-based interactive PHP debugger and REPL.

Seeding is Hard

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

We've all been there... banging our heads against a wall for 20 minutes wondering why our app isn't working before we realize we forgot to seed our database when running migrations. Okay, easy fix:

$ php artisan migrate --seed
Migration table created successfully.
Migrating: 1996_02_27_123456_create_pokemon_table
Migrated:  1996_02_27_123456_create_pokemon_table
Seeding: PokemonSeederReflectionException : Class PokemonSeeder does not exist

Mmm... Bacon Ipsum

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

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The Witness

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

I'm loving The Witness. It's a beautiful game, and challenges me in a way very different from just about any other puzzle game I can think of. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a brain teaser and something off the beaten path of modern games.

Carl Sagan Ipsum

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

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Setting Up an Ubuntu Web Server

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

Having set up several Debian and Ubuntu web servers in the past I thought it would be a good idea to share my process. The following is a relatively comprehensive guide to installing and configuring an Apache based web server with some optimizations and basic resource monitoring. I primarily work with Ubuntu servers, but most of the commands here should work exactly the same in Debian or Ubuntu. I've tried to note where differences may occur.

Increasing the Size of a Virtual Hard Drive in VirtualBox

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

I work in Linux primarily but run a Windows 7 virtual machine in VirtualBox so I can use Photoshop and do some necessary testing. Today my VM ran out of space. Silly me thought 20GB would be enough, but after installing service pack 1, dozens of Windows updates and a few programs I had less than 1GB of space left. After a little searching I found an easy way to increase the size of a virtual disk.

The 3-2-1 Backup Rule

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

Too many people today don't backup their files. And of those that do, many don't do it well. An easy way to remember a "safe" way to backup your data is with the "3-2-1 Backup Rule" which goes like this:

Keep 3 copies of any important files (your primary/working copy counts as one)
Store your files on 2 different media types (Example: Hard drive and in the Cloud)
Always have 1 copy off site

Yar Pirate Ipsum

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

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Join multiple .avi files in Ubuntu

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:26:51 +0000

I was just in a bit of a pickle and needed to join two .avi files together while in Ubuntu. There are a number of solutions out there, but the most simple solution I could find was via avimerge. Here's how I did it.