Damian Hodgkiss
Damian Hodgkiss
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How to Determine Node.JS Version from Code

With all the new Node.JS features available sometimes you need to check the version being used to ensure that the minimum requirements are met.

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How to use G.suite Calendars on a Google Home

Having been a user of Google G.Suite for my personal domain for a number of years I found it quite disappointing after finally getting a Google Home and finding out that you can’t use it with G.suite calendars.

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Hashtags in PHP

Working on a project today I had a few tasks to accomplish in PHP, specifically WordPress which I love to use for side-project sites due to its flexibility.

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Jaw Surgery at 40: Six Weeks Done

In this final update to my jaw surgery posts, I’ll summarise the last 6 weeks and how things went.

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How to Run Docker as a non-root User

There are times when you would like to run Docker containers as a non-root user without using sudo.

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in Networking

Why You Should Use Alpine Linux for Docker Images

Docker is all the rage right now, used by many container service providers including Amazon ECS.

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How to do the Shorthand Conditional Ternary in PHP

Most programmers are familiar with the ternary operators, and while most languages have their own way of performing shorthand conditional ternaries, however since PHP 5.3 supported was added to do this by leaving out the middle part of the condition.

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in Development

The Most Secure Password Hashing Algorithms

Password hashing algorithms can make or break a database leak.  While every endeavour should be made to protect a site database, unfortunately sometimes this has proven unsuccessful for even the largest of sites.

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Jaw Surgery at 39: Two Weeks Later

It seems like only yesterday I wrote about my experience of jaw surgery 5 days later, yet here we are two weeks later.

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How to Unlock the Speed Limit on a Dillenger Electric Bike Kit (Bafang C965)

The Dillenger Electric Bike (Street Legal) conversion kit is actually just a rebranded Bafang C965 LCD display unit so we can use the same methods to further tweak the behaviour of the speed controller.

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