A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
npm-check-updates is a command-line tool that allows you to upgrade your package.json or bower.json dependencies to the latest versions, regardless of existing version constraints. npm-check-updates maintains your existing semantic versioning policies Install it using npm install -g npm-check-updates Then run ncu to check for updates, and run ncu -u to actually update your package.json / …
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If you’ve ever had to handle certificates, it can sometimes – especially when renewing them – become confusing to know which certificate is which. Enter certdiff, a handy diff tool for certificates, by Mattias Geniar: $ ./certdiff cronweekly.com/cert.pem sysca.st/cert.pem subject= /CN=cronweekly.com | subject= /CN=sysca.st issuer= /C=US/O=Let’s Encrypt/CN=Let’s Encrypt Authority issuer= /C=US/O=Let’s Encrypt/CN=Let’s Encrypt Authority notBefore=Feb …
Turns out it’s possible to style broken images. You know, from this: To this: But just “how”, one might ask? Because the <img> element is a replaced element controlled by an external source, the :before and :after pseudo-elements typically shouldn’t work with it. However, when the image is broken and not loaded, these pseudo-elements can …
If you’re a developer using Laravel I’d strongly recommend “Laravel Backup”, a package developed by the folks over at Spatie. Version 3 just got released: Laraval Backup can backup the files and databases of your application to one or more external filesystems. It uses Laravel’s native cloud filesystem to do this. The package can also …