Databases
Learn how to install, manage, backup and configure the most important part of your applications.
Server Admin for Programmers
Teaching the server tech you need for development and production. Eliminating the frustration of server configuration.
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Configuration Management
See how you can tear down and rebuild your servers, making recovery and server management easier through automation.
Containers
Learn how to use Docker and integrate it into development, testing, CI, and production!
Proxies
Load balancing, CDN’s and web caches! See how you can start scaling your applications.
Security
Most security is basic! Learn the basics principles and see how to secure your infrastructure.
PHP
Everyone’s favorite language! See how to setup Nginx, PHP-FPM, Apache and tweak for performance!
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Scaling Laravel
Server optimization, horizontal scaling, and Laravel. A course on scaling your applications!
Shipping Docker
A deep dive on how to use Docker in development, testing, continuous integration, and production!
Performant Laravel
A course on quick performance wins you can implement right now.
Dockerizing Your Application
A Docker workflow for your application to make development a breeze.
Latest Series
May 18, 2020
Fresh Server Security Setup
The first steps to take to secure Ubuntu 20.04 Focal, including user setup, ssh configuration, and firewalls.
June 12, 2018
Docker in Development Part I
A course on using Docker in development and learning about Docker.
June 12, 2018
Docker in Development Part II
We continue the Docker in Dev course by using Docker Compose and building a development workflow.
December 22, 2017
Scaling on Forge
See how to use Forge to scale your Laravel application, using server optimzations, load balancing, and more.
Latest Posts
March 05, 2020
5 reasons why we chose serverless for Fathom Analytics
Here's how we left server management behind and now never have to think about servers!
June 25, 2019
Servers for WordPress: Special Considerations
While a traditional LEMP stack will work for hosting WordPress, it won't perform optimally, and it certainly won't be able to handle any significant amount of traffic. However, with a few special considerations, WordPress can be both snappy and scalable.
April 12, 2019
Mysqldump with Modern MySQL
Learn how to best use mysqldump in a modern version of MySQL.
January 26, 2019
Mapping Headers in Nginx
We see how to map Cloudfront's Cloudfront-Forwarded-Proto header to X-Forwarded-Proto.
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