Python is great for many things. One thing, in particular, is hacking together code to develop and deploy simple web apps for particular functions or utilities you may need in your business. In this tutorial, I’ll be going over several how to integrate Twilio’s Programmable SMS systems using their Communications REST API, Python’s Flask micro-framework, […]
Flask is a great Python framework for getting ideas up and running quickly on a lightweight app environment. In this tutorial, we are going to get Python 3.6 configured with development system packages to start a new Flask web application project and run it with Green Unicorn (Gunicorn). But first, what is Green Unicorn? Green Unicorn […]
Welcome to the final installment of this 3 part guide! In the previous section, we went over how to configure server blocks, move our test pages into the proper directories, creating symbolic links, and editing our host file. In part 3, we will be installing MySQL and PHP, configuring security settings, and ensuring Nginx can […]
In the first part of this LEMP installation guide, we went over updating and installing your Linux packages, installing and testing Nginx, configuring network ports, and creating test pages. In part 2, we are going to configure our server blocks, move our test pages, make sure they can be served, and edit our host file. […]
You can find many LAMP/LEMP tutorials online, but I am curating this “How-To” guide for my own benefit so I can come back to this when needed, and also perhaps if anyone needs help, this can serve as a starting point for them. I’m going to be using VirtualBox for this and I highly recommend […]
For those of you comfortable in Terminal or CLI, here is a very good tool to test a users disk speed for reading and writing. I usually use BlackMagic Disk Speed Test which you can download from the app store, but you can run this terminal command on the users computer instead. The test times […]
There seems to be an issue with users experiencing high CPU spikes when running Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, or Illustrator. Adobe put out some instructions on how to resolve it, but it’s a pretty tedious process if you run a design or creative ad agency. You’re going to have to perform these instructions for every application […]
Do you have a cluttered Mac desktop filled up with screenshots you’ve taken? Annoyed at how they litter your wallpaper with their meaningless names? You are not alone! Use this tip to declutter your Desktop of screenshots. Very useful to stay organized. This involves Terminal commands so if you don’t feel comfortable with the scary […]