How to check your PHP version
By Bruno S. Summarize with: To check your PHP version, open your hosting control panel or WordPress Site Health for a live website, or run the php -v command in a terminal on…
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MySQL Monitor: MySQL Monitoring Script
Updated October 2026: MySQL Monitor has had a major update. The single table of counters is now a live dashboard with per-second rates, alerts, health checks and process and top-query views. See What’s…
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How to deploy from GitHub
Oct 21, 2026 / By Ksenija / 8 min Read Summarize with: To deploy from GitHub, prepare your application repository for production, connect it to a hosting platform, select the branch you want…
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Linux perf Command: CPU Profiling and Performance Analysis
If your server feels slow but top and htop show nothing obvious, you need to go deeper. The perf command is the Linux performance analysis tool that most sysadmins never touch, and that’s…
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Linux Bash Scripting: Writing Your First Script
You’ve been using the command line for a while. You know your grep, your awk, your find. But you’re still copy-pasting the same five commands every time you need to do routine work….
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Devin vs. Cursor: Which AI coding tool is better?
Sep 22, 2026 / By Alma F. / 11 min Read Summarize with: Devin Desktop and Cursor are both AI-assisted coding environments, but they organize AI work differently. Devin Desktop centers on an…
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15 best continuous deployment tools in 2026
Sep 18, 2026 / By Alma F. / 22 min Read Summarize with: The best continuous deployment tool is the one that fits your stack, team size, and deployment environment – whether you’re…
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How to deploy an LLM with vLLM on a GPU server
Sep 07, 2026 / By Ariffud M. / 10 min Read Summarize with: Follow: To deploy an LLM with vLLM, prepare your GPU server and install vLLM there, then load your preferred vLLM-compatible…
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Master Linux Bash History with historyctl, HISTFILE, and Shortcuts
DistroWatch ran a poll last month asking readers what the default shell is on their main distro. Bash took 412 votes. zsh got 30, fish 33. The winning answer, with 1,257 votes and…
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Linux swap Commands: Create and Manage Swap Files/Partitions
Swap space is one of those topics that over the years, I’ve been able to understand how to get the best of it slowly over time and mostly by getting it wrong first….
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How to Set Up Hibernation on Linux (Swap Done Right)
I recently reinstalled my main desktop from scratch: Debian testing via Kali underneath (read first before judging) and XFCE on top. One of the reasons I keep coming back to XFCE is its…
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Linux Kernel Parameters Tuning for Better Performance
This morning I sat down to update my Kali workstation running XFCE4, and instead of a quick sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y I ended up reinstalling from scratch. Took about…
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A Guide to Linux /proc Filesystem
Most Linux users know that /proc exists. Fewer actually use it. But /proc is one of the most useful diagnostic tools on your entire system, and it requires zero extra packages. /proc is…
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How to set up OpenClaw with Ollama on a VPS
Aug 07, 2026 / Ariffud M. / 12 min Read Summarize with: To set up OpenClaw with Ollama on a VPS, install Ollama, connect it to OpenClaw as an AI model provider, choose…
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Linux nameservers and DNS Resolution
DNS resolution on Linux is one of those things that works silently until it doesn’t. Then suddenly you’re staring at “Temporary failure in resolving” errors and wondering why a perfectly healthy server can’t…
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netcat (nc) Command in Linux, with Examples
The nc command, short for netcat, is one of those tools that looks simple at first and keeps surprising you the longer you use it. It reads and writes data across network connections…
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ln Command in Linux: Hard Links vs. Symlinks
The ln command in Linux is one of those tools that looks simple on the surface but trips people up constantly. Hard link or symbolic link? What’s the difference? When does it actually…
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What are OpenClaw skills?
Jul 10, 2026 / 9 min Read Summarize with: OpenClaw skills are installable packages that add reusable capabilities to OpenClaw. Each skill contains instructions for a specific tool, workflow, or task, allowing the…
