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TIL BunnyCDN as a passthrough

matt — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:05:00 +0000

Bunny CDN wants to cache all of your things in their edge by default, which makes sense because they're a caching proxy.

Today I wanted to use them as a transparent passthrough proxy for DDoS protection only.

I Suck at Writing To A Schedule (Servd April, May, June, July 2020)

matt — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:51:00 +0100

It turns out that consolidating my thoughts into words RE the primary project in my life is not something that comes naturally to me.

The Hardest Thing Is Knowing What To Do Next

matt — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:08:00 +0100

*An attempt at short form blogging so that I actually do it.*

Emails and Organisation (Servd, March 2020)

matt — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 17:04:00 +0100

The world ended. Nearly.

Content Marketing (Servd, February 2020)

matt — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:30:00 +0000

Trying to grow an audience for a B2B SaaS is difficult. Not only have I been told this by the internet, I have begun to confirm it by trying to do it for a couple of months.

Servd's audience growth strategy for Feb 2020 was to create high ranking content which would drive traffic via organic search. The ultimate aim will be to get Servd in the top spot for the search term 'Craft CMS hosting', but that will take a lot longer than month, and a lot more backlinks than I'm likely to obtain with the limited amount of good content that I can produce over the course of a month. So I settled on trying to get Servd onto the front page of Google's search results.

Build it, and They will come (Servd, January 2020)

matt — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:14:00 +0000

I haven't written much about building Servd up to this point, although I originally intended to.

What's this blog for?

matt — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 17:11:00 +0000

Launching a SaaS product has required me to think (and read) a lot about marketing. Especially with regards to attracting inbound leads via content.

Craft in Docker: Everything I've Learnt

matt — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 23:02:00 +0100

I've written a lot of practical articles on running Craft CMS in Docker and the most common feedback I receive is that, although they help developers to get set up, they don't really explain what's going on in the background.

DotAll 2019

matt — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 23:02:00 +0100

I've given a few talks in and around Manchester over the last couple of years, but nothing further afield. The DotAll 2019 conference in Montreal gave me an opportunity to change that. It also gave me the opportunity to try to find a raccoon to befriend - a life-long ambition.

Does Your Salary Stop You Getting Rich?

matt — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 16:46:00 +0100

I believe that it's important to view your salary as a negotiated transaction between equals, but in the UK it is often treated as more of a favour from employer to employee. So I gave a talk at Manchester BarCamp 2018 on the subject!

Running Background Tasks With Craft CMS in Docker

matt — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:01:00 +0100

Craft CMS has an acceptable method of executing background tasks that works ok in the majority of situations. However there's one significant caveat which I described in Craft in Docker Part 6 - Performance:

Personal Progress Review - April / May 2019

matt — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:07:00 +0100

I missed April's review because I was distracted, so I'm including it here instead.

Cache Busting Craft CMS Static Assets in Docker

matt — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:07:00 +0100

Just a quick one to show you how I perform lovely cache busting of static assets when using Craft CMS in Docker.

A Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker: Part 7 - Multi Developer Workflow

matt — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:20:00 +0100

As part of my Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker series of articles I'll be covering, from start to finish, setting up a development workflow for working with Craft CMS in docker.

Personal Progress Review - March 2019

matt — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 20:06:00 +0100

The lateness of this post is a direct result of the ad hoc and over-stuffed schedule I've been keeping recently. Let's review what I've been up to over the last month (and a bit).

The Anatomy of Recently Viewed (A Craft CMS Plugin)

matt — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 11:45:00 +0000

At the beginning of 2019 I created a few Craft CMS plugins. Here I'll be taking a deep dive into the reason why I created each of them and how they work.

Personal Progress Review - February 2019

matt — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 14:00:00 +0000

A few things happened this month which will hopefully have a significant effect on the progress towards my long term goals - although I'll need a certain level of flexibility with the routes used to get there.

Taming Dexerto.com - One Million Hits At A Time

matt — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 16:19:00 +0000

*** I gave a talk about this project at a Craft CMS Manchester meetup. Slides here ***

Buildchains In Docker: Advanced Setup

matt — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 22:28:00 +0000

Having introduced the basics of running a buildchain in docker and explaining the many merits that such a system provides, I wanted to touch on some more advanced uses. Hopefully this should provide enough practical info to cover the majority of JS based buildchain requirements.

A Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker: Part 6 - Performance

matt — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:37:00 +0000

As part of my Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker series of articles I'll be covering, from start to finish, setting up a development workflow for working with Craft CMS in docker.

Personal Progress Review - January 2019

matt — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 14:00:00 +0000

As mentioned in my 2018 End Of Year Review I'll be reflecting on personal progress monthly this year.

Developing in Docker: HTTPS FTW

matt — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 23:25:00 +0000

I've been writing a lot about using Craft CMS in Docker, but a comment on this article rightly mentioned that I haven't touched on the use of HTTPS at any point. So let's fix that.

The Anatomy of Dark Mode (A Craft CMS plugin)

matt — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:54:00 +0000

I want to write a little about Craft Plugins from a slightly different perspective to what you might have seen previously.

A Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker: Part 5 - Testing

matt — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 22:03:00 +0000

As part of my Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker series of articles I'll be covering, from start to finish, setting up a development workflow for working with Craft CMS in docker.

2018 End Of Year Review

matt — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 18:52:00 +0000

This year I decided to have a go at setting myself some personal goals. Unfortunately I only made this decision in July so I started late, but I've mostly stuck to it so some end of year reflection is in order before the new year.

Craft CMS: Hide Content In Live Preview Mode

matt — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:29:00 +0000

There are some circumstances in which a developer might want to hide certain elements of their Twig templates from appearing in Craft's live preview mode.

A Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker: Part 4 - Docker In Production

matt — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 23:07:00 +0000

As part of my Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker series of articles I'll be covering, from start to finish, setting up a development workflow for working with Craft CMS in docker.

A Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker: Part 3 - Continuous Integration

matt — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:34:00 +0000

As part of my Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker series of articles I'll be covering, from start to finish, setting up a development workflow for working with Craft CMS in docker.

A Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker: Part 2 - Buildchains In Docker

matt — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:49:00 +0000

As part of my Craft CMS Development Workflow With Docker series of articles I'll be covering, from start to finish, setting up a development workflow for working with Craft CMS in docker.

Logging from Craft CMS in Docker

matt — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 22:58:00 +0000

The default logging option for most web frameworks is to write to a file on the local filesystem. Craft is no exception. However when working with Docker, an application's filesystem might not be trivially accessible and worse, is often considered ephemeral 😟