Add reCAPTCHA to NodeJS and ExpressJS app with AJAX form
Google's reCAPTCHA is great for getting rid of those pesky bots spamming your contact forms. Implementing reCAPTCHA on your site is very easy, albeit somewhat confusing if you try to follow official...
View ArticleCreate NodeJS command line script or app
I wanted to write a simple script that would convert multiple files from one encoding to another. I didn't want anything big or running in the browser. Command line script seemed like the right...
View ArticleUpdate Raspbian on Raspberry Pi
It's highly recommended to update your Raspbian as often as possible to make sure you always have the latest security patches and updates. Manual update Open Pi's console and update package list by...
View ArticleConfigure Mailgun on self hosted Ghost blog
Mailgun is a fantastic, free service which allows you to send, receive and track email effortlessly. It's dead easy to integrate with your self hosted Ghost blog. Mailgun configuration Go to "Domains"...
View ArticleUsing nginx redirect www to non-www domain
Having your site configured on nginx with server_name example.com www.example.com; is a good thing as it'll allow your visitors to access your site on both example.com and www.example.com, but they'll...
View ArticlePrevent image hotlinking / stealing from your site with nginx
Have you noticed other sites hotlinking to your images or other assets? Are they eating up your bandtwitch? Or you just want to proactively prevent that? If so, there's a very easy way to do so with a...
View ArticleCustom linting rules in NuxtJS and eslint
NuxtJS is a fantastic framework for creating VueJS applications. It comes bundled with Vue Router, Vuex, Vue Server Renderer and many more. All configured for you out of the box. The problem I have...
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Check laptop battery health on Windows 10
It's good practice to occasionally check the health of your laptop battery. There's a very easy way to do so on Windows 10. Of course there are lots of programs that will give you detailed information...
View ArticleVueJS pass data and methods to child component
I couldn't find a clear explanation of how to pass both data and methods from parent component to a child component in VueJS. Remember, there's always more that one way of doing almost anything. Below...
View ArticleInstall any version of NodeJS and npm on Raspberry Pi
Or simply put, easily switch between versions of NodeJS on any Linux based system. There are two most popular Node version managers. One, my personal favourite is n package, the other one is nvm. n For...
View ArticleUpgrade Raspbian from Jessie to Stretch
It's recommended to download a fresh image of Raspbian Stretch from official Raspbian website, but if for whatever reason you don't want to do that, you can still upgrade from Jessie to Stretch. 1....
View ArticleConfigure local website on WSL2 with PHP and nginx
I needed to make some changes to an old PHP (Wordpress) site and wanted to quickly run it locally. I don't actively use PHP anymore therefore I didn't want to install XAMPP or anything big like this....
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Install latest Python version on Raspberry Pi
Recently I wanted to install a certain package on my Raspberry Pi that required Python 3.6 or higher. To my surprise the latest available Python version in the official Raspbian repo was 3.5.3 To...
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Network-attached storage (NAS) on local network with Raspberry PI
Do you have a few old external USB drives lying around collecting dust? Well, you could put them to good use with a simple and robust NAS (Network-attached storage) using a Rasberry Pi. Moreover, if...
View ArticleHow to Install the Latest PHP Version on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
I needed to locally run a PHP project that required PHP 8. By default only PHP 7.x is available in WSL repository. To upgrade your PHP installation to the latest PHP 8.x version within Windows...
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