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Ragnarok X: Next Generation

By Mike Goh July 15, 2021Daily Rants and Excitement BlogFunNo Comments

Background Heck, I think I can write a few background paragraphs on Ragnarok! I played the original Ragnarok (SG/MY) with my brother back in 2000. Back in those days, I used OpenKore bot to level 99 Whitesmith, and we asked…

Bash Script Backup MySQL Databases

By Mike Goh June 10, 2021Developers Technical TutorialsBackup, Command LineNo Comments

Introduction Back in the good old days, when Git was not invented, database administrators will use a bash script to backup their MySQL databases periodically. This method is not true anymore because GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket provide free plans and…

Asus Router Setup – Wifi Settings

By Mike Goh June 1, 2021Software and Web Services ReviewsNetworkNo Comments

Background I am not a fan of any router manufacturer, but most of my local broadband providers always provide bundled options for D-Link and Asus routers while minority for Linksys. Over the past two years, Asus gained much popularity and…

Email Verification using Laravel Fortify

By Mike Goh May 18, 2021Developers Technical TutorialsCoding, Email2 Comments

Introduction It was my first attempt to use Laravel email verification to build an online web application and I shortlisted Fortify for account authentication as it provides register new and login pages out of the box. These two pages were…

CountClicker – Free Online People Counting Tool

By Mike Goh April 8, 2021Software and Web Services ReviewsSoftware, WebNo Comments

Background Social distancing is a common terminology that is now practiced by many countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Just last year, many countries went into lockdown to prevent further transmission of the virus. As countries ease the restrictions to…

Budget Gaming PC Build

By Mike Goh January 27, 2021Daily Rants and Excitement BlogFunNo Comments

Introduction I'm not someone who will build a new rig every year or an overclocking enthusiast who plays with liquid CPU coolers. I'm also not someone who is into building a supercool looking rig with all the RGB lighting. It…

Disable Cache to Reflect New CSS Changes

By Mike Goh January 9, 2021Developers Technical TutorialsNGINX, WebNo Comments

Introduction You made some changes to your CSS style sheet and upload it to the web server but the browser did not reflect the new look after you hit refresh (F5) or even forced update, disregarding cache (Ctrl + F5).…

PNY Elite 480GB USB 3.0 Portable SSD Review

By Mike Goh November 22, 2020Software and Web Services ReviewsSoftwareNo Comments

Introduction Whatever you call it - thumb drive, flash drive or just plain USB, is a wonderful little gadget that had since made CD obsolete. Gone are the days when we are required to boot up Windows CD to install…

Set Up Prometheus for Systems Monitoring, Alertmanager to Send Alerts and Node Exporter as Machine Metrics Collector

By Mike Goh October 30, 2020Developers Technical TutorialsDevOps, NetworkNo Comments

Introduction Previously, we discovered how to deploy Terraform as infrastructure provisioning tool. Today we will learn about infrastructure monitoring. While old-time favorites Zabbix and Nagios are still under active development, Prometheus integrated with Grafana has become a common monitoring stack…

Host Multiple Websites with jwilder nginx-proxy and letsencrypt-companion

Create Helpdesk Ticketing System with Google Apps Script

How to Resolve iptables: No chain/target/match by that name

Change Domain for WordPress Docker Container with phpMyAdmin

Config Examples for liximomo SFTP Sync Extension – VS Code

Email Verification using Laravel Fortify

Asus Router Setup – Wifi Settings

How to Backup WordPress Database and Directory Docker Containers

Ragnarok X: Next Generation

PNY Elite 480GB USB 3.0 Portable SSD Review

Ragnarok X: Next Generation

Bash Script Backup MySQL Databases

Asus Router Setup – Wifi Settings

Email Verification using Laravel Fortify

CountClicker – Free Online People Counting Tool

Budget Gaming PC Build

Disable Cache to Reflect New CSS Changes

PNY Elite 480GB USB 3.0 Portable SSD Review

Set Up Prometheus for Systems Monitoring, Alertmanager to Send Alerts and Node Exporter as Machine Metrics Collector

Host Multiple Websites with jwilder nginx-proxy and letsencrypt-companion

Create Helpdesk Ticketing System with Google Apps Script

How to Resolve iptables: No chain/target/match by that name

Change Domain for WordPress Docker Container with phpMyAdmin