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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

Introduction The RT-AX55 is not on sales in many local computer stores and is only available through one of the local broadband providers (M1), which happens to be my current Internet provider. It has four external antennas - 2.4 GHz 2 x…

Email Verification using Laravel Fortify

By Mike Goh May 18, 2021Developers Technical TutorialsCoding, Web4 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, Web1 Comment

Introduction Overhead vs. Horizontal vs. Video People Counters There are many kinds of people counting solutions in the market now. COVID-19 has accelerated the deployment of these systems like never before. There are a few ways on how these counters…

Budget Gaming PC Build

By Mike Goh January 27, 2021Daily Rants and Excitement BlogFun1 Comment

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…

PNY Elite 480GB USB 3.0 Portable SSD Review

By Mike Goh November 22, 2020Software and Web Services ReviewsFunNo 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…

Config Examples for liximomo SFTP Sync Extension – VS Code

By Mike Goh September 23, 2020Software and Web Services ReviewsBackup, Software1 Comment

Introduction Visual Studio Code is one of the most popular code editors these days. There are many plugins (also known as extensions) developed for Visual Studio Code in the marketplace and I am going to introduce a must-have extension for…

Posts by Mike Goh

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

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

Config Examples for liximomo SFTP Sync Extension – VS Code

Asus Router Setup – Wifi Settings

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

Create Helpdesk Ticketing System with Google Apps Script

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