If you're a Linux/macOS user familiar with OpenSSH that is working on a Windows machine, or a Windows PuTTY user wondering why the rest of the world uses OpenSSH, read this quick guide to get you up and running in less than 10 minutes. Having recently switched my development environment…

If you have even just a toe dipped in the swirling tech ocean of today, you’ve probably heard of blockchain, or at the very least you know Bitcoin exists. Much like our planet’s ocean, tech is a deep, vast and complex entity. Blockchain is just one small and relatively new…

Build your next Node.js API with Express and TypeScript If you’ve been developing a website for weeks or years, you’ve likely built a few applications that serve your standard CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) functions for the backend of your site. …

Security needs to be an essential tenet of your software development lifecycle from the outset. — Criminal organisations small and large see the benefit in hacking not only enterprise-scale applications and services but small business and single users. This is partly due to how difficult it can be to investigate and prosecute, but also due to the common assumption of “who would attack me?” …

Some tips and tricks for beginners — If you are new to Linux this series of articles can give you some quick tips to get up and running in no time. Ranging from navigating directories, editing files and some other useful system management skills. Everything introduced will be command-line based. If you don’t have a Linux machine…

Start to leverage the power of cloud computing in minutes for free with AWS — If you’re involved in the tech industry, you're likely to come across Linux, and will probably need to use it at some point. Get started now by following this simple guide to launching a Linux instance in the cloud. From hosting web apps, databases, application testing or integration builds, cloud…

Bit is an immensely productive tool to have in your development process and works well with Angular to create reusable code. It is also simple to set up and supports a variety of javascript frameworks. The following is a quick walkthrough to set up an Angular library to develop components…

Being able to harness the power of a tool like CloudFormation can save you time, reduce errors and make managing your resources incredibly easy. — Infrastructure as code allows you to handle the set up of your infrastructure in the same way you would handle the development of your code: pick the right language or tool to do the job and start developing a solution that suits your needs, making it an executable specification that…

Combining AWS CLI and AWS CodeDeploy for a free, simple, quick CI/CD. — This article is intended for use as an introduction to deployment using AWS infrastructure. The focus will be on getting a working app deployed to a server, so you should have something ready to go. The example used is an Express app written in Typescript, so there will be a…