Fatih Felix Yildiz articles - 20 total
duplicati for backups
I use a few different methods to backup my stuff on my server (and my mac). Duplicati is one of them....
Hosting my hobby projects from cheap HP mini desktop from my closet (Verizon Fios)
Why? For me, self-hosting is like having my own personal playground where I can...
Monitor everything with Healthchecks.io
Why monitor? Monitoring is essential for ensuring the reliability and performance of your...
A quick way to tweak CDN/Edge TTL to radically improve site performance (and SEO)
I want to talk about a quick tweak you can do in your CDN TTL settings to radically improve your...
Portainer + gitops ❤️: A simple way to deploy and manage your self-hosted applications
Self-hosting became a much easier and more viable option using docker. You don’t need to understand...
Animating systems diagrams with draw.io
Diagrams are fantastic tools for explaining complex systems. They act as a visual map, allowing...
WordPress Headless + CPT + ACF: Building a Flexible Content Platform
This article will guide you through creating a flexible and dynamic content platform using WordPress...
Leveling up Data-Driven Product Development game using Posthog
Posthog is an open-source product analytics platform that offers flexibility and control. You can...
Metrics to pay attention to, when optimizing web page performance
In today's lightning-fast digital landscape, website speed is no longer a luxury - it's a fundamental...
Creating sequence diagrams using mermaidjs to map out your user journey
I want to talk about an effective product planning process I've been following recently. ...
Editing and previewing Mermaid diagrams on your docs (markdown, github, notion, confluence)
Mermaid.js is one of my recent favorite tools I've added to my toolbox. Mermaid.js is an...
dotfiles method to sync your command line configurations between machines
I want to talk about a common practice among developers who work on multiple machines or work on...
Simple Gitlab CI/CD Deployment via SSH+RSYNC
Setting up a project that runs in a web server (consider a traditional server like an AWS EC2...
Create quick diagrams and Wireframes using Excalidraw + VSCode
There are probably tons of both diagramming tools as well as wireframing tools out there. And I...
Better CMD+R - Improved command line history using Atuin
Atuin is a command line utility that replaces your existing shell history with a SQLite...
Github page is the most important place as a developer and here is why it is so important
Github is an amazing community and became how we host, share, and showcase our work as developers. It...
How Google had almost 10 years' head start on voice assistants and lost its competition to Amazon
This is one of the areas that I get angry at Google where it used to be leading this category and...
Portable Wordpress with SQLite instead of MySQL
When working with WordPress, there are many occasions you may need a quick spin WordPress environment...
Remove unused CSS with PurgeCSS
When building a web app, we often use our go-to CSS framework (bootstrap, tailwindcss…) that comes...
Optimize your bundle size by eliminating dead code / tree-shaking in Webpack
When building modern javascript apps (regardless of browser or server-side use), it's important to...