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January 8, 2025

Terraform Deploy via Azure DevOps

In this blog post, we’ll walk through an Azure DevOps pipeline designed to deploy Terraform configurations. This pipeline has two

November 17, 2024

Multiple Conditions in NGINX Config Files

In NGINX, the if directive is a powerful yet somewhat limited tool. One of its key limitations is the inability

October 31, 2024

Building Minimal Windows Containers for Python Apps: A DevOps Guide

As DevOps engineers, we’re always looking for ways to optimize our container images. While Linux containers are common, Windows containers

AWS Session Manager (SSM) Tips & Tricks
December 6, 2023

AWS Session Manager (SSM) Tips & Tricks

AWS Session Manager (SSM) is a great AWS tool that can be used to: Connect to EC2 instances: SSM allows

Optimizing BitBucket Pipelines
November 23, 2023

Optimizing BitBucket Pipelines

Installing aws-cli Old method: image: ubuntu:22.04 options: docker: true pipelines: custom: build: – step: name: Build – apt update &&

Mastering the Art of Ubuntu Server Updates
November 13, 2023

How to clean up disk space on Ubuntu

Find largest files du -a /var/ | sort -n -r | head -n 20 Shell commands Collection of commands I

Cloud security checklist
November 11, 2023

Prowler Cloud Audit: A Deep Dive into Cloud Violations

Prowler is an open-source tool for generating audit reports in AWS, GCP, and Azure cloud environments. Check out my guide to learn how to use it and get a special BONUS 😉

Docker Healthcheck Examples
November 9, 2023

Docker Healthcheck Examples

Dockerfile & Docker-compose HEALTHCHECK implementation for popular services such as simple web server, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, Java Actuator, Redis, etc.

Dux-Soup: The #1 LinkedIn Automation Tool
November 1, 2023

Dux-Soup: The #1 LinkedIn Automation Tool

Dux-Soup product review. Dux-Soup is a #1 LinkedIn automation tool for outbound outreach and prospecting. Send LinkedIn connect messages, InMails and more.

Best B2B Marketing Tools for Bargain Hunters
October 21, 2023

Best B2B Marketing Tools for Bargain Hunters

Discover Budget-Friendly B2B Marketing Tools for Solopreneurs, including landing page builders, email automation, and LinkedIn automation tools.

Waalaxy: #1 Lead Gen Tool for LinkedIn & Cold Emails
October 16, 2023

Waalaxy: #1 Lead Gen Tool for LinkedIn & Cold Emails

Waalaxy product review. Waalaxy is a #1 Lead Generation Tool for LinkedIn & Cold Emails. Send LinkedIn connect messages, InMails and more.

LinkedIn B2B Lead Generation with Zero Budget
October 8, 2023

LinkedIn Marketing Strategies without Breaking the Bank

80% of B2B leads are generated through LinkedIn. LinkedIn has created more millionaires than any other social platform. This post

Static Site Generator: Dominating Google's Top Results
September 3, 2023

Static Site Generator: Dominating Google’s Top Results

Dominating Google’s Top Results using Static Site. Use Static Site Generator to create stunning websites in minutes. No coding experience required!

Fastest WordPress Hosting Webmasters Are Talking About
August 28, 2023

Fastest WordPress Hosting Webmasters Are Talking About

Introducing Rocket.net – The Fastest WordPress Hosting to Outpace Your Competitors. 5 compelling reasons to stick with Rocket.net!

LinkedIn B2B Lead Generation with Zero Budget
August 27, 2023

10 Steps to Get LinkedIn Followers on AUTOPILOT

Discover effective ways to get LinkedIn followers: optimize your profile, use automation tools and avoid fake followers.

Google Fonts Optimization: Sub-Second Website Load
August 26, 2023

Google Fonts Optimization: Sub-Second Website Load

Can achieving a sub-second website load time with Google Fonts be possible? Read on to discover how to optimize Google Fonts and leverage static websites.

Mastering the Art of Ubuntu Server Updates
July 9, 2023

Mastering the Art of Ubuntu Server Updates

Updating an Ubuntu server is a trivial task in the hands of an expert. This blog post presents a collection of commands used to upgrade any Ubuntu server.

LinkedIn B2B Lead Generation with Zero Budget
July 2, 2023

LinkedIn B2B Lead Generation with Zero Budget

How to Get Your First 100 B2B Leads for FREE? LinkedIn is responsible for 80% of B2B leads generated on social media platforms.

Researching competitors without breaking into Google Analytics
January 30, 2023 No comments

Researching competitors without breaking into Google Analytics

Competitor research is a vital part of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) as it allows you to understand the strategies and

AdCreative.AI: #1 AI Banner Generator Tool
January 19, 2023

AdCreative.AI: #1 AI Banner Generator Tool

  Up to 14x Higher Conversion Rates with the AI Generated Creatives & Banners Do you find yourself struggling to

PhantomBuster: The #1 LinkedIn automation tool
December 12, 2022 No comments

PhantomBuster: The #1 LinkedIn automation tool

  80% of B2B leads generated on social media come from LinkedIn Imagine if you could put your LinkedIn leads

Terraform Lambda Hello World
December 12, 2021

Terraform Lambda Hello World

I got a task to create a simple lambda “Hello World” application deployed via Terraform. This is a result of

Payment tech: Building Mobile vs Web wallet
August 2, 2020 No comments

Payment tech: Building Mobile vs Web wallet

Being an ex. founder of a multi-signature Bitcoin mobile wallet both for Android and IOS (at Kesem.io) and a web

Hack to set up SSL certificate in AWS Marketplace CloudFormation template
March 31, 2020 No comments

Hack to set up SSL certificate in AWS Marketplace CloudFormation template

This method can be used to deploy a standard (not a self-signed) certificate for your product web management or for your API service deployed using CloudFormation template.

Privacy Wild West is over, deploy Databunker
December 19, 2019 No comments

Privacy Wild West is over, deploy Databunker

Today, I am excited to announce the availability of a project I have been working on in my spare time.

Backdoor webserver using MySQL SQL Injection
September 18, 2019 No comments

Backdoor webserver using MySQL SQL Injection

MySQL Database is a great product used by thousands of websites. Various web applications use MySQL as their default database.

LinkedIn B2B Lead Generation with Zero Budget
September 10, 2019 No comments

Harvesting LinkedIn data for fun & profit

A few years ago, before the GDPR era, I was involved in a stealth marketing startup. We went out of

Codeseek.com - search engine for developers
August 24, 2019 No comments

Codeseek.com – search engine for developers

Codeseek.com is a specialized search engine for developers designed to filter GitHub and Stackoverflow results.

Fix curl SSL certificate problem
August 22, 2019 No comments

Fix curl SSL certificate problem

When using curl, from PHP, from time to time, I had to use some 3rd party API services. Today I

OWASP Global AppSec DC 2019
August 20, 2019 No comments

OWASP Global AppSec DC 2019

Hello. For all my US readers, I have great news for you. In case you are going to attend OWASP

Step by step Hashicorp Vault CA/PKI deployment
August 16, 2019 No comments

Step by step Hashicorp Vault CA/PKI deployment

I love to work with Hashicorp Vault in the cloud projects. It is a great solution for companies that do

Docker Healthcheck Examples
August 14, 2019 No comments

Secure Docker networking in AWS/AZURE

Today I had to add another security brick to the project I am working on – limit access from Docker

Stellar coin - calculate size of buckets/ directory
August 8, 2019 No comments

Stellar coin – calculate size of buckets/ directory

Stellar digital currency fascinates me a lot. I do not consider it as a true blockchain as Bitcoins, but more

How to do AssumeRole in Azure
August 7, 2019 No comments

How to do AssumeRole in Azure

Today I would like to give you a solution that will allow you to control one Azure account from another.

Cloud security checklist
May 5, 2019 No comments

Cloud security checklist

Here is a partial list of security activities to perform to raise your project security level. 1. Basic container –

Copy app binary file using adb shell
December 16, 2018 No comments

Copy app binary file using adb shell

Sometimes it is very useful to copy binary file from Android back to host OS. For example you can copy

Adding custom data to bitcoin transaction
December 9, 2018 No comments

Adding custom data to bitcoin transaction

As you probably know, most of the people talk about Bitcoin blockchain as to distributed ledger, meaning it is a

LinkedIn B2B Lead Generation with Zero Budget
October 8, 2018

8 Best LinkedIn Lead Generation Tools: Jun 2024

Did you know that an astonishing 80% of B2B leads are generated on LinkedIn? Today, smart marketers are using advanced

Modern approach to monolithic software design
April 2, 2018 No comments

Modern approach to monolithic software design

I used to like monolithic software design. I build code that was using in-memory databases and can sustain pretty heavy

Hello World from #NET docker container in Linux
April 1, 2018 No comments

Hello World from #NET docker container in Linux

As developers are moving to containerize software deployment mostly running on Linux servers, Microsoft does not want to stand behind.

Checkpoint R80.10: dump firewall rules from remote
September 18, 2017 No comments

Checkpoint R80.10: dump firewall rules from remote

One of the core concepts of computer and network security is multi-layer security protection. In simple words it means, to

How to Extract Files from an MSI File in Linux Shell
August 15, 2017 No comments

How to Extract Files from an MSI File in Linux Shell

MSI is a file format used for packaging application installations on Windows. Today, I needed to extract the contents of

Using Redis as a queue
August 13, 2017 One comment

Using Redis as a queue

Redis is a great key / value in memory database. It can be used as an efficient queue as well.

Changing number of blog posts in Twenty seventeen Wordpress theme
August 8, 2017 2 comments

Changing number of blog posts in Twenty seventeen WordPress theme

After fresh WordPress installation, I decided to stick with the Twenty Seventeen WordPress theme. I was very impressed by its

15 Reasons Why You Need CDN Service
August 6, 2017 No comments

15 Reasons Why You Need CDN Service

Why I Jumped on the CDN Bandwagon: Surprising Benefits for Regular Websites I used to believe that CDNs were only

Minify css files in linux shell
August 4, 2017 No comments

Minify css files in linux shell

Yesterday morning, I have few hours to work on my blog and I  decided to spend some time optimising my

10 Apache Security and Hardening Tips
August 3, 2017 No comments

10 Apache Security and Hardening Tips

The Apache web server is a crucial part of the website infrastructure. It has a number of built in features

10 Tips for Using Docker Like a Pro
August 2, 2017 No comments

10 Tips for Using Docker Like a Pro

I enjoy working with Docker. I am running Docker in production environment and it gives me great performance. Today I

10 Steps to install TeamCity with Postgresql
August 1, 2017 No comments

10 Steps to install TeamCity with Postgresql

Today, I was working on a new challenge. Setting up TeamCity with official JetBrains docker images. Some background. TeamCity is

Setting up RAID 5 on HP ProLiant DL360 server
July 31, 2017 No comments

Setting up RAID 5 on HP ProLiant DL360 server

A few days ago I got a new toy 😉 It is a brand new HP ProLiant DL360 server with

Changing number of blog posts in Twenty seventeen Wordpress theme
July 29, 2017 No comments

Removing date from WordPress urls

Creating a blog with WordPress has never been easy as before. After setting up the latest WordPress blog I noticed

Speedup MySQL index using SSD disk
April 6, 2013 No comments

Speedup MySQL index using SSD disk

You probably ask yourself sometimes how you can boost MySQL indexes when you are working with BIG databases/tables. The original

Speedup MySQL index using SSD disk
February 25, 2013 No comments

Optimize MySQL COUNT (*) query

There is no magic solution to count table contents especially if you have a client that has a table with

3 times speed increase with static pages
October 4, 2012 No comments

3 times speed increase with static pages

Internet was born from static pages. People were creating websites with emacs and vi. With the increased popularity of scripting

Speedup MySQL index using SSD disk
September 30, 2012 No comments

Speedup MySQL inserts

By default, when connected to a MySQL server, every command is executed as a distinct transaction. As a result, after

Micro optimization or why code runs slower on 64 bit
September 27, 2012 No comments

Micro optimization or why code runs slower on 64 bit

One of my friends works for the company doing video processing. One, he told me that the company code runs

Hello world!
September 25, 2012 No comments

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