Kevin Woblick articles - 31 total
Easy date and time localization with the time HTML element
Did you know there is quite easy way to show localized dates and times on your website? You can use...
Versionfeeds: Custom RSS feeds for releases of your favorite software
This is my second product launching, and I am quite excited. As with so many useful tools and...
How to get all user sessions in Laravel from Redis
I wanted to access all session data for all users in Laravel while using the Redis cache driver. If...
The Relaunch of my Portfolio for 2021
My old portfolio at Kovah.de has not received any big updates for years. The design was basically the...
Why I have chosen to rewrite one of my Projects from Scratch
Game Quotes is one of my oldest projects. It was launched back in 2013 as a small side project. At th...
7 things to consider before starting to refactor Code
Refactoring code isn't easy. It is probably one of the hardest things to do in programming. Here are...
Using Laravel Scout with global query scopes
I recently implemented Laravel Scout, Laravel's own full text search package, into one of my projects...
LinkAce - Your self-hosted bookmark archive
About one and a half year ago I was deeply dissatisfied with my personal bookmarks collections. The l...
Transactional Emails for Developers: A comparison of 5 services
Email support is one of the most basic things almost any webservice need. It should work, be reliable...
How I built a web tool for gamers
As a passionate gamer I play a lot of different games which involve trading, like No Man's Sky. I oft...
.nvmrc or .node-version - Which one do you prefer?
There are many different version managers out there for always getting the right Node version ready f...
DevLorem: Rewritten from the ground up in Go
About 3 weeks ago my good old DevLorem project was a simple PHP website that generated Lorem Ipsum te...
Static Site Hosting for small Websites: Vercel vs. Netlify
I recently moved my static sites (including my blog) to Netlify. I later found that Vercel offers a very similar hosting so I decided to compare both services.
My favorite Tech RSS Feeds
RSS once was the way to gather all the news you are interested in, in one place. Like a Facebook feed...
What is your most unbelievable software-bug story?
Every once in a while, every programmer discovers weird bugs in the software he uses or creates. Comp...
Which backend programming language should I choose?
PHP and Javascript are my current tools as a web developer. I made some first steps with Python and....
How do you backup your code?
I read a lot about all sorts of backups for various systems, but rarely see articles or advice for ba...
AskDEV: What are your predictions for software development for the 2020 decade?
With the end of 2019 closing the 2010 decade, it's time to think about the future decade: 2020. A lot...
Why and How: Switch from RSA to ECDSA SSH keys
As a developer, the chances are pretty high that you have your own keys to connect to servers, and be...
Ask DEV: What are your favorite Developer Blogs?
Blogs are one of my favorite sources for new and interesting content. They are individual and mostly...
A deeper look into PHP Hash Algorithms
In my first article about PHP Hash Algorithms I explored the current status of the algorithms and how...
Be careful with Docker ports!
Not too long ago I got an email from my hosting provider, actually a forwarding from the BSI (German...
How to get Sizing in CSS right for Accessibility
While developing the frontend for a website or web application, accessibility is an important topic i...
Automatically generating Oh my ZSH theme screenshots
Oh my ZSH is one of the more popular alternatives to the basic Bash shell. It provides a lot of usefu...
Useful Docker shell aliases to speed up Development
I work with Docker all the time. Ditching my MAMP stack for Docker was one of the most convenient and...
Cut your Docker for Mac response times in half with docker-sync
I was able to reduce the response times of my apps running with Docker for Mac up to 80%, by using the docker-sync tool.
HowTo: Publishing a static website to the dat:// network
A detailed tutorial about publishing a static website to the dat:// network, a new P2P internet network.
Rebuilding my blog as a static site with Hugo
I share some insights about rebuilding my personal blog, originally based on Wordpress, as a static site with Hugo.
A drop-in Docker stack for PHP apps
Over the past months I gradually implemented a solid Docker setup for all private projects. As I think that this stack is quite solid I want to share it with you.
Stop stressing yourself to death
Stress leads to burnout. Despite being a wide spread problem in the developer community, you actually don’t have to be stressed.