Yes… I still prefer WordPress! Just like how I prefer running MacOS these days for its relative simplicity and minimal operating overheads, so to have I come to the realisation that WordPress is still the best choice of platform for this blog. I have toyed with Ghost and in fact I am running a few […] Read More
Real World Kubernetes – Working with .htaccess files for WordPress
Real word Kubernetes… that is a slightly tongue in cheek title however in reading through a lot of blogs and how-to’s around Kubernetes, I never get a sense of real world application for Infrastructure and Platform Ops who are trying to get their hands dirty or even just understand what it is to run production […] Read More
Quick and Easy Hosting with Amazon Lightsail
I’ve written before about how AWS offers complex simplicity when it comes to its plethora of service offerings. Without some education, the average user isn’t going to be able to login, create an instance and have an application configured without some prior knowledge. There is a lot of implied learning of AWS’s console and service […] Read More
Quick Fix: Unable to Login to WordPress Site
I’ve just had a mild scare in that I was unable to log into this WordPress site even after trying a number of different ways to gain access by resetting the password via the methods listed on a number of WordPress help sites. The standard reset my password via email option was also not working. […] Read More
The Anatomy of a vBlog Part 2: Plugins, Site Optimizations and Analytics
Part 1 – Building a Blogging Platform Having looked at hosting platform and operating system suggestions in Part 1, to conclude this two part series I’ll talk about how to make WordPress work harder for you through its plugin ecosystem as well as go through the site optimizations and caching improvements offered by CloudFlare. To finish off […] Read More