How To: Run multiple commands on Linux; but in parallel!

The Situation In the world of computing being able to execute multiple commands at the same time is a big deal. Even early operating system…

How-to: Easily update MariaDB from 10.0 onward on Cent OS 7

The Situation Recently I had to update the database services in an number of environments. The reasons were the typical ones: performance, bug fixes, keeping-up-with-the-jones,…

Using `shellcheck` to lint your bash/sh scripts.

Being involved in technology, specifically web, it does not take long we have to write a bash (or shell) script.

Parallel bash process execution.

Ever do something in bash and wish you could do it in parallel? Checkout this excellent article by Bash Prompt. One use case I can think…

Out of the box performance: PHP + PDO + MariaDB

Backstory: Another week, another evening at the Pub with some friends and colleges. Somehow or the other we got on the topic of database insert performance…

How I got linux SSH to work on windows 10…

So one of the biggest issues I personally have had with windows is the in-ability to emulate a decent Linux terminal. Sure I could dual…