Binary search is an algorithm to find the position of a target value within a sorted array by recursively halving the number of candidates. Assuming we have a sorted array with n elements, we can binary search a target element Read more…
Example of using Docker compose to run nginx reverse proxy with SSL to expose different WordPress web apps on multiple domains. This content can be easily generalized to serve multiple websites with other kinds of web applications. Prerequisites Before starting, Read more…
Java type erasure You can work with java generics, but still, don’t understand type erasure? Let’s look at this example: The generic T is to perform type check at compile-time. To implement this generic, the compiler will: replace the T parameter Read more…
Here is a set of Linux commands used when operating as remote server admin: i.e. find and modify multiple files, sync local and remote files, generate keys, etc. SSH and keygen The first operation for working on a remote server Read more…
In my local development environment, I have a running database that I want to backup. Find container First, list containers with docker ps, identify the database you want to backup and note down the CONTAINER ID. In my case, the Read more…
This article shows how to perform a secure Linux server setup by creating a VPS, adding a sudo user, enabling public key access, activating the firewall, and disabling root access. Linux server Here we consider a few different VPS (Virtual Read more…
Here is a quick introduction on how to create a Spring Boot web app. For this tutorial, I use Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse. Spring Boot Spring is a flexible framework with a lot of components that can be configured Read more…
This article shows how to quickly build a web application using the Spring Tools Suite. For this tutorial, I use Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse, where I initialize projects using Eclipse wizards. Spring Boot Web Application Spring has a lot Read more…
This article describes how to search for files in bash, and shows a few examples of using find, grep, and ag (the silver searcher). Search for files in bash People using bash on a daily basis know at least two Read more…
To back up a WordPress website, you need to backup two components: database: posts, pages, categories, comments, users, plugin data, etc. filesystem: media, plugins, files, etc. Here we see how to backup and restore a WordPress instance via command line Read more…