Mattias Geniar: Increase the number of open files for jobs managed by...
The post Increase the number of open files for jobs managed by supervisord appeared first on ma.ttias.be.In Linux, a non-privileged user by default can only open 1024 files on a machine. This includes...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Exit Inventive Designers
Congratulations to two of my best friends, Klaas and Joke, for selling their company, Inventive Designers. The sale is a great outcome for Inventive Designer's customers, partners and employees. This...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: How NBC Sports supports the biggest media events online
Many of Acquia's customers have hundreds or even thousands of sites, which vary in terms of scale, functionality, longevity and complexity.One thing that is very unique about Acquia is that we can help...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: DeepSec 2018 Wrap-Up
I’m writing this quick wrap-up in Vienna, Austria where I attended my first DeepSec conference. This event was already on my schedule for a while but I never had a chance to come. This year, I...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: I'm not selling my Apple stock
Apple had a rough year; its stock price has fallen 25% since the beginning of the year. Apple also reported a weaker than expected outlook and shared that it will no longer report individual unit...
View ArticleFrank Goossens: (When) Should you update to WordPress 5.0?
Concerning the very short-notice release-announcement of WordPress 5.0 with Gutenberg for Dec 6th: I’m with Yoast;He has a great “should I update”-checklist and conclusion in this blogpost;Is now the...
View ArticlePhilip Van Hoof: Beste NV-A,
Beste NV-A,Als je uw propaganda honden niet in de hand hebt, ben je ongeschikt als regeringspartij. Als je die campagne bewust lanceerde, ben je racistisch en onbeschoft. Die is gericht tegen mensen....
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Benchmarking websocket server performance with Artillery
The post Benchmarking websocket server performance with Artillery appeared first on ma.ttias.be.We recently deployed a custom websocket server for Oh Dear! and wanted to test its ability to handle...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Deploying laravel-websockets with Nginx reverse proxy and...
The post Deploying laravel-websockets with Nginx reverse proxy and supervisord appeared first on ma.ttias.be.There is a new PHP package available for Laravel users called laravel-websockets that allows...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Drupal's commitment to accessibility
Last week, WordPress Tavern picked up my blog post about Drupal 8's upcoming Layout Builder.While I'm grateful that WordPress Tavern covered Drupal's Layout Builder, it is not surprising that the...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: Botconf 2018 Wrap-Up Day #1
Here is my first wrap-up for the 6th edition of the Botconf security conference. Like the previous editions, the event is organized in a different location in France. This year, the beautiful city of...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: PHP 7.3.0 Release Announcement
The post PHP 7.3.0 Release Announcement appeared first on ma.ttias.be.A new PHP release is born: 7.3!The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.3.0. This release marks the...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: Botconf 2018 Wrap-Up Day #2
I’m just back from the reception that was held at the Cité de l’Espace, such a great place with animations and exhibitions of space related devices. It’s tie for my wrap-up of the second day. This...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: Botconf 2018 Wrap-Up Day #3
And the conference is over! I’m flying back to home by tomorrow morning so I’ve time to write my third wrap-up. The last day of the conference is always harder for many attendees due to the late...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: The ebbs and flows of software organizations
This week I was in New York for a day. At lunch, Sir Martin Sorrell pointed out that Microsoft overtook Apple as the most valuable software company as measured by market capitalization. It's a close...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: Nominated for the IT Blog Awards
This morning, I received a mail from Cisco to tell me that I’ve been nominated as finalist for their IT Blog Awards (Category: “Most Inspirational”). I’m maintaining this blog just for the fun and to...
View ArticleFrank Goossens: Async Javascript plugin birthday update
Maybe not as exciting as WordPress 5 or even Autoptimize, but for my birthday I released a new version of Async Javascript which can now be configured to not Async for logged on users or shop cart/...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Plan for Drupal 9
At Drupal Europe, I announced that Drupal 9 will be released in 2020. Although I explained why we plan to release in 2020, I wasn't very specific about when we plan to release Drupal 9 in 2020. Given...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Our Gitlab CI pipeline for Laravel applications – Oh Dear! blog
The post Our Gitlab CI pipeline for Laravel applications – Oh Dear! blog appeared first on ma.ttias.be.We've built an extensive Gitlab CI Pipeline for our testing at Oh Dear! and we're open sourcing...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Acquia highway billboards
If you're driving into Boston, you might notice something new on I-90. Acquia has placed ads on two local billboards; more than 120,000 cars drive past these billboards everyday. This is the first time...
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