Blog - Page 2

As you might have seen from my last few posts I have quite a lot running on my Raspberry Pi. I am currently using a Raspberry Pi 2 B which is a great device but only has 1GB of RAM and 900 MHz CPU. So I am a little worried sometimes that I am going t...

I wanted to put together my home build server using my Raspberry Pi. After looking at the options I picked Drone CI, it has a nice interface, simple to use and has loads of plugins available. In my last post, I showed you how to set up Traefik as a r...

I use my Raspberry Pi as my own personal home server. Up until recently, I have been using nginx as a reverse proxy for my docker containers. However, recently I have switched to Traefik and I have found it is much easier to maintain. I am going to g...

By the time you finish reading this article, you will know how to get your static websites up and running securely on AWS using Terraform. This can be a very cost-effective way of hosting a website. I have 3 websites set up on AWS and in total, they ...

I have been getting into Instagram a bit more recently and as many other users have discovered, one of the big limitations is not being able to have more than one link in your profile. Links in posts don’t work either unless it is a promoted post. To...

As I mentioned in my previous posts there are quite a few ways to create components in React.js. As it happens there are also quite a few ways to style components as well. The great thing about React is you can create components in isolation. However...

As they say, there is more than one way to skin a cat. As it happens there is also more than one way to create a React component, which is much more animal friendly! I keep coming back to React for my projects, especially now I am using Gatsby for my...

At the start of 2018, I made the bold (or stupid) move to quit my job and try my hand at building a startup. Before making this somewhat reckless move, I did my best to minimise risk. I cut my expenses as much as possible and did a lot of market rese...

I recently switched my website over from a standard Wordpress installation to a static site built with Gatsby.js and React. With Gatsby.js you get a blazingly fast website but you do miss out on some of the features that come as standard with Wordpre...

Most web applications at some point need a way to send emails. Whether it is just a welcome email, password reset email or emails for exceptions. There are a number of email providers out there you can use to send transactional emails. When I set up ...