Command Line

2026-10-27T00:00:00.000Z 27th October 2026

Rolling out a self-hosted Infisical

A couple of months on from comparing Bitwarden Secrets Manager with Infisical, here's how the rollout actually went

2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z 19th October 2026

An unexpected hostname and how I checked before I panicked

I noticed my computer had an unusual hostname - how to check before you worry about being hacked

2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z 28th July 2026

Comparing Bitwarden Secrets Manager to Infisical

Looking at secrets managers, this compares Bitwarden to Infisical

2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z 18th July 2026

Setting up a central bastion/jump server

Having a central host your team uses for SSH connections centralises configuration

2026-07-17T00:00:00.000Z 17th July 2026

Notify Slack when an SSH connection is made with sshpiper

For transparency and audits, send Slack notifications when someone connects to a live server

2026-05-27T00:00:00.000Z 27th May 2026

Set up a private packagist using a server and open source

Packeton is an open source clone of Packagist you can run yourself

2026-02-06T00:00:00.000Z 6th February 2026

Completely remove DDEV from your computer

Remove DDEV, it's images and all config files

2025-12-28T00:00:00.000Z 28th December 2025

Makefile includes and other Makefile tips and tricks

How to include other Makefiles along with other Makefile tips I've picked up

2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z 6th November 2025

Keeping RustFS clear of old assets

How to delete old files to save server space

2025-10-12T00:00:00.000Z 12th October 2025

Setting up RustFS as an Amazon S3 replacement

Replacing Amazon S3 and/or MinIO with RustFS

2025-07-11T00:00:00.000Z 11th July 2025

Syntax Highlighting and other enhancements for Vim

How to enable syntax highlighting and other useful features in Vim

2024-03-28T00:00:00.000Z 28th March 2024

How to install only NPM dev dependencies

There may be times where you only want to install the devDependencies listed in your package.json file

2021-08-09T00:00:00.000Z 9th August 2021

Quickly clone a git repository without the history

Sometimes you want to git clone a repository without needing the full log. Not only does this save space it speeds up the clone too

2020-10-05T00:00:00.000Z 5th October 2020

Setting up Homebrew, NPM and Eleventy on a fresh mac

Walking through setting up Homebrew on your Mac, so you can install NPM and Eleventy.

2020-07-05T00:00:00.000Z 5th July 2020

Useful command line MySQL commands

It seems I have been doing a lot of command line work on Debian with MySQL recently and have been having to search the internet (or my bash history) every time I need to do something. Here is a collection of commands I have been using

2020-04-16T00:00:00.000Z 16th April 2020

Setting up Tiny Tiny RSS to collate feeds

I set up Tiny Tiny RSS as a self-hosted feed reader, but it wasn't clear how get the application to fetch RSS feeds in the background. This blog post gives a walkthrough

2019-06-20T00:00:00.000Z 20th June 2019

Linux Debian user commands

To save me Googling, I have collated all the user-related commands I often use - particularly useful when setting up a new VM!

2019-06-20T00:00:00.000Z 20th June 2019

Getting started with Xen - setting up virtual machines

Xen is a basic but powerful package for linux which allows you to create virtual machines, A rival to Vagrant, Xen has less configuration (but is potentially less "agile")

2019-02-14T00:00:00.000Z 14th February 2019

Developing websites locally with Docker

Docker allows you to host websites locally, which allows you can develop them within an environment which can be an exact replica of the live one. This blog post explores my first experience with Docker.

2017-09-05T00:00:00.000Z 5th September 2017

Change ownership of all folders and subfolders or files

Changing permissions on files and folders can be tedious, so why not do it in one fell swoop?

2017-07-23T00:00:00.000Z 23rd July 2017

Don't require password for sudo commands as non-root user

Sometimes you don't want to have to enter your password every time you run a sudo command - this blog post walks you through disabling that.

2017-05-19T00:00:00.000Z 19th May 2017

Find folders on a linux server that do not have a file

I needed to locate any folder following a particular pattern that did not have a particular file. The command allows you to locate the folders and perform actions on them.

2017-05-15T00:00:00.000Z 15th May 2017

Rarely handy Git commands

There are rare times when you need a slightly obscure git command. You spent several minutes googling, crafting and constructing your command only to run it once and not need it again for a while. This blog post will serve as my dumping ground for those odd commands I seldom need, but when I do I can then copy and paste. Feel free to get in touch with your favourite curve-ball command and I'll do my best to add it to the list!

2016-10-23T00:00:00.000Z 23rd October 2016

Set up a new Virtual Private Server (VPS)

How to set up a new VPS with all the expected features and functionality

2016-03-06T00:00:00.000Z 6th March 2016

Download files via command line

I recently purchased a Western Digital EX2 NAS box for my home storage. This device is a low powered file server which is on all the time - perfect for taking care of those hefty downloads and long running tasks so I don't need to keep my laptop on.

2015-03-10T00:00:00.000Z 10th March 2015

Git for Beginners: An Overview and Basic Workflow

Liquid Light

Git is a tricky subject to get your head around. Knowing the commands is one thing, but knowing how to use them is another. This article will walk you through a simple, single developer Git workflow - covering the commands that you would use at each stage.

2014-05-13T00:00:00.000Z 13th May 2014

Ignoring libraries in git

Far too often recently I've noticed people committing libraries and packages to their main application (website) repository.

2014-05-08T00:00:00.000Z 8th May 2014

Bower

I have recently discovered the power of Bower - a front end package manager. Rather than having to go and find the hosted jquery link, or download the files for fancybox and copy them into my application (website), I can download them off bower.

2013-10-19T00:00:00.000Z 19th October 2013

Git tab autocomplete

A quick tip on how to enable git autocompletion on the command line

2013-10-19T00:00:00.000Z 19th October 2013

Compiling Less on the Command Line

We have been using LESS for a while now, but our process involved including the less.js in the header during development, compiling the LESS using an app before launch and then maintaining the site using the css.

2013-01-03T00:00:00.000Z 3rd January 2013

Setting up a local development server

12 Devs of Christmas

There are plenty of articles on the web about how to become a web designer, how to build sites and how to sell them. What this article opens up, is ...