The Benefits of Using Open Source Developer Journal Software Compared to Paid Versions Note-taking and journaling are essential practices for developers, providing a means to organize thoughts, code snippets, and project documentation. Open source software offers numerous advantages, such as cost-effectiveness, customization, and community support. This blog post explores the benefits of various open source…
Wait?!? My computer is spying on me? Privacy Concerns with Operating Systems Did you know that most operating systems have built-in features that collect and send user data to tech giants? It’s a concerning issue that affects almost every computer user. Whether it’s Windows, macOS, or even mobile operating systems like iOS and Android, these…
Unlocking the Power of Vagrant in Software Development As a seasoned web developer with a focus on agile development, I’m here to shed light on the indispensable tool known as Vagrant. This software is a game-changer for developers, streamlining the creation and management of virtual development environments. What is Vagrant? Vagrant is an open-source software…
Elevate Your IT Strategy with AI: Summer ’23 Insights Dear Subscribers, First, I’d like to shout out to all of the recent graduates who made the transition to a new chapter of their lives this past week. Some of the new AI tools are becoming more constructive and specific tasks based this week. For example,…
2022 Chocolatey Package Manager for Windows 10 11 Chocolatey provides 1000’s of free, high quality software packages for computer users. Everything from Youtube downloading software to Productivity Office Suite Applications to Remote Control Desktops, even paid products, but with automated installation scripts too. 2022 Chocolatey Package Manager for Windows 10 11 Chocolatey aims to automate…
Proton Has Brought About 6000 Games to Linux So Far A few take-aways from this graph: Proton has done far more for Linux gaming than any porting company out there, by bringing about 6000 games to us in less than 2 years. There are about 100 games every month that get a Platinum rating according…
“For 25 years, the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) was only a de-facto standard. This had frustrating implications sometimes. On one hand, for webmasters, it meant uncertainty in corner cases, like when their text editor included BOM characters in their robots.txt files. On the other hand, for crawler and tool developers, it also brought uncertainty; for example, how should they…
“Google Analytics is a good tool: it’s free, easy to implement, and has served me well over the years. However, partly because I’m not in love with Big Brother Google looking over the shoulder of all my website visitors, and partly because I like experiments in minimalism, I decided to replace Google Analytics on benhoyt.com with…
Cloudberry, AWS, Duplicati – Cloud Drives and Backups [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Cloudberry Labs line of Cloud Drive and Backup software provides a reasonably priced dual set of programs to bring your business into the age of high reliability, security, and low-cost data storage solutions. Cloudberry Drive acts as a local hard drive onto…
