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WHMCS is an acronym for Web Host Manager Complete Solution, which is a common automation and billing tool that’s used by digital agencies to manage hosting solutions for their clients. This tool lets agencies set up a range of automated actions, allowing them to manage their hosting needs, automate billing, or send regular invoices.  WHMCS …

Amazon Simple Email Service, also known as AWS SES, is an email marketing platform that you can use to send and receive emails through your own addresses and domains.  AWS SES can be used to send transactional emails, including any personalized emails or for newsletter campaigns. It’s a highly modular platform that you can use …

Teamwork is an important part of software development. In most cases, teams often work together and use the code written by their colleagues to incrementally improve and build new software. But with constant changes, it can be difficult to know how the code has evolved over time. That’s where version control systems come into play. …

DigitalOcean is a cloud IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) provider that offers affordable cloud hosting solutions. It uses Droplets, which are essentially Linux-based VMs (virtual machines) that are layered atop virtualized hardware.  Think of each Droplet as a new server, which can work discretely, or as part of a larger infrastructure. Creating backups on DigitalOcean is very important …

Cron jobs are a type of scheduling system that can be used to automate your business processes. A cron job is a command or program that runs at a specified time or period. The purpose of these jobs is to run tasks automatically, meaning you don’t need to log into the system every time you …

Docker has quickly become one of the most popular platforms for software developers and teams that wish to streamline software development, shipping, and execution. However, most developers don’t secure their containers properly. According to security analysis by Prevasio, of around 4 million Docker images, more than 2 million had critical vulnerabilities. That’s a damning statistic, …

When Solomon Hykes founded dotCloud in 2008, his ambitions were quite different. The company, a Y Combinator Summer 2010 graduate, eventually pivoted in 2013, relaunching as Docker.  Hykes took to the stage at PyCon in 2013, releasing the first demo for Docker. During that first talk, Hykes explained that Docker was simply the underlying technology …

Docker is commonly used by software developers and engineers to develop, test, and control the conditions in which they test their software. It allows software developers to create portable containers, making it easy to collaborate with others remotely.  If you’re new to Docker, learning all of the commands may seem a bit daunting at first. …

Laravel Octane is the latest Laravel open-source package, introduced by Taylor Otwell during his Laracon Online Talk last May 12th, 2021.  The new Laravel package is a bigger and better version of Laravel. It’s powered by Roadrunner and Swoole, where you can store your Laravel server and website to let it handle all requests and …