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Building a Pastebin in Go for Fun and Profit

Building a Pastebin in Go for Fun and Profit

Most people probably don't think about pastebins anymore. They came into existence long ago, when the internet was young as a way of sharing code snippets and other long form text in places like Usenet, IRC, and forums. That being said, those of us...

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Meet PostPilot

Meet PostPilot

Making email testing for developers just a little bit easier, and a whole lot prettier

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Rediscovering PHP: A Modern Alternative to JavaScript Fatigue

Rediscovering PHP: A Modern Alternative to JavaScript Fatigue

Analyzing the evolution of PHP, its impact on modern web development, and a comparison with JavaScript

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Rolling my own pastebin

Rolling my own pastebin

A look at the code for my own pastebin project, and why I'm not using 0x0.st

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Using n8n to create a simple Mastodon bot

Using n8n to create a simple Mastodon bot

How to use n8n to create a simple Mastodon bot

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Facilitating Postgres database migration

Facilitating Postgres database migration

How to migrate your Postgres database to another server

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Migrating your Redis database to another server

Migrating your Redis database to another server

How to migrate your Redis database to another server

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An introduction to the Crystal standard library and its core modules

An introduction to the Crystal standard library and its core modules

A brief introduction to the Crystal standard library and its core modules for those new to the language

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Run GitHub Actions locally and never have a failed deploy again

Run GitHub Actions locally and never have a failed deploy again

How to run GitHub Actions locally and never have a failed deploy again