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WordPress.com parent company acquires Atavist
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Longreads, Simplenote and a few other things, is acquiring Brooklyn-based startup Atavist. Atavist has been working on a content management system for independent bloggers and writers. With an Atavist website,...
Migrating to Amazon Linux 2
I run all my EC2 workloads on Amazon Linux. It comes with a superb AWS integration, a secure default configuration, regular security updates, and I can open AWS Support tickets if I run into any problems. In late December 2017, AWS announced the successor of Amazon...
Configuring Atlassian Confluence Backups
Confluence automatically backs up your data daily at 2:00am, by performing a full site export. The zipped xml backup file is stored in the backups directory of your Confluence Home directory. The default naming convention for the backup files is 'backup-yyyy_MM_dd'....
Tutorial: Install a LAMP Web Server on Amazon Linux 2
The following procedures help you install an Apache web server with PHP and MariaDB (a community-developed fork of MySQL) support on your Amazon Linux 2 instance (sometimes called a LAMP web server or LAMP stack). You can use this server to host a static website or...
Work smarter, better, and faster with weekly tips and how-tos
The unfortunate reality about running a web service is that every now and again, you’re going to have downtime. Even the best web companies have the occasional blip in service. If downtime is inevitable, then it’s best to plan ahead so that you can be ready. After...