Tutorials for Developers & Sysadmins
Step-by-step guides for the work we actually do — Laravel, PHP, WordPress, MySQL, Linux servers, and the occasional rabbit hole. Every command has been run on a real machine; nothing is theoretical.
Change Welcome Message on Ubuntu VPS (MOTD + SSH Banner)
When I first logged into my Ubuntu VPS, the server greeted me with a big text “logo” and a welcome…
Automatic Logout Timeout for Command Line in Ubuntu (TMOUT 300s)
A while ago I left an SSH session open on my Ubuntu VPS while I went to do something “for…
Create a Directory in Ubuntu (mkdir Command + Examples)
I still remember the first time I tried to “organize my files properly” on an Ubuntu server. I SSH’d into…
Update Ubuntu to the Latest Kernel Version (Safe Server Steps)
I ran into this problem on a server where aapanel kept showing a security warning: “your current kernel has a…
How to Check if GD Library Is Installed in PHP (3 Easy Methods)
I ran into this when I was working on a PHP project that generates thumbnails. Everything looked fine… until I…
How to Show Only Hours and Minutes in Laravel Blade (HH:MM)
I hit this while building a simple schedule page in Laravel. My database time was coming through as something like…
How to Display Only the Current Date in Laravel (Carbon Examples)
I ran into a small but annoying issue while building a Laravel page that shows “today’s date” at the top…
How to Send a Simple Email in Laravel (Fast SMTP + Mail::raw)
I needed to send a “quick test email” from a Laravel project the other day. Nothing fancy—no templates, no queues,…
Force Close an App in Ubuntu (xkill, System Monitor, kill -9)
I had this happen on Ubuntu more times than I’d like to admit: an app freezes, the window won’t close,…
How to Debug in PHP Like console.log (echo, error_log, WordPress debug.log)
I was working on a PHP project (and a bit of WordPress code) and I kept missing my favorite JavaScript…