IPtables – How to block and unblock IP Addresses in Linux
Updated 14th December 2023
Not long ago, I noticed some strange activity on a server I manage. The server, running Ubuntu 22.04, was receiving high volumes of traffic from a single IP Address. After some investigation, I decided the activity resembled that of web scrapping, so I decided to block the IP Address. Iptables or ufw I hear you
Create a custom WordPress taxonomy for posts and pages
Updated 16th August 2022
Sometimes when building a website using WordPress, the standard taxonomies Categories and Tags just aren’t enough, and you need to create more. Let’s learn how to create our own custom WordPress taxonomy. WordPress has made creating your own taxonomy easy, and you can even add your custom taxonomies to pages too. To accomplish this we
DRY: What is DRY in Development
Updated 16th August 2022
DRY stands for Don’t Repeat Yourself. It’s a principle in software development that aims to reduce the repetition of code and favor abstraction and avoid redundancy. Let’s learn the meaning of DRY. The DRY principle is stated as “Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system”, but what does
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