unixsheikh.com

Articles and tutorials about open source, BSD and GNU/Linux system administration, and programming - the pragmatic way.

• Don't be afraid to code it yourself
  Published on 2021-04-02.
• Straight forward problem solving mentality
  Published on 2021-04-01.
• Stop being frantic about code testing
  Published on 2021-03-31. Modified on 2021-04-01.
• How do I know if I really need object oriented programming?
  Published on 2021-03-30.
• Procedural programming in a nutshell
  Published on 2021-03-30. Modified on 2021-04-01.
• How to test procedural functions with PHPUnit
  Published on 2021-03-30. Modified on 2021-03-31.
• No more object oriented programming with PHP
  Published on 2021-03-27.
• JavaScript malware infested nightmare
  Published on 2021-03-01. Modified on 2021-03-02.
• Code has to be simplified until it becomes absolutely correct
  Published on 2021-02-16.
• This is how you keep your dignity and not sell your soul
  Published on 2021-02-11.
• Are you trusting open source blindly? Then you're in for a world of hurt!
  Published on 2021-02-10.
• One sure way to determine if you are stupid
  Published on 2021-02-10.
• Real full disk encryption using GRUB on Artix Linux for BIOS and UEFI
  Published on 2021-02-10. Modified on 2021-02-11.
• The problems with the GPL
  Published on 2021-02-02. Modified on 2021-02-13.
• Future prediction: The so-called modern web will die soon
  Published on 2021-01-24.
• The terminal, the console and the shell - what are they?
  Published on 2021-01-13. Modified on 2021-01-16.
• The Social Dilemma
  Published on 2020-11-08.
• OpenBSD Router Guide
  Published on 2020-11-05.
• Important open source projects should not use GitHub
  Published on 2020-10-23. Modified on 2021-02-04.
• Choose your browser carefully
  Published on 2020-10-20. Modified on 2020-10-26.
• Come full circle - back to HTML
  Published on 2020-10-18.
• No, you cannot have a third of my life!
  Published on 2020-06-08. Modified on 2020-06-29.
• Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux
  Published on 2020-04-11. Modified on 2020-04-13.
• Vim - I hate to love you
  Published on 2020-04-07. Modified on 2021-01-15.
• Turning suckless into suckmore
  Published on 2020-03-23. Modified on 2020-03-25.
• How you can manage the i3 window manager on multiple computers
  Published on 2020-03-21.
• Migrating ZFS from Linux to FreeBSD
  Published on 2020-02-11.
• Some of the great GNU/Linux distributions
  Published on 2020-02-09. Modified on 2021-02-12.
• Choosing between OpenBSD and FreeBSD
  Published on 2020-02-07.
• systemd isn't safe to run anywhere
  Published on 2020-02-07. Modified on 2021-02-10.
• Samba and NFS performance - ZFS on Linux vs ZFS on FreeBSD
  Published on 2020-02-01.
• How to setup FreeBSD with a riced desktop - part 3 - i3
  Published on 2020-01-24.
• How to setup FreeBSD with a riced desktop - part 2 - Xfce
  Published on 2020-01-23.
• How to setup FreeBSD with a riced desktop - part 1 - Basic setup
  Published on 2020-01-22. Modified on 2020-01-23.
• Why you should migrate everything from Linux to BSD - part 2
  Published on 2020-01-21. Modified on 2020-02-02.
• FreeBSD is an amazing operating system
  Published on 2020-01-20. Modified on 2020-01-21.
• Why you should migrate everything from Linux to BSD
  Published on 2020-01-18. Modified on 2021-02-17.
• Job interviews in web development gone haywire
  Published on 2019-12-25. Modified on 2020-04-13.
• When the modern approach is nothing but hype
  Published on 2019-11-07. Modified on 2019-12-22.
• My favorite note-taking method
  Published on 2019-11-03.
• Go (Golang) - understanding the object oriented features with structs, methods, and interfaces
  Published on 2019-11-02.
• Go (Golang) - Errors and panics
  Published on 2019-07-16. Modified on 2019-07-17.
• Go (Golang) - Logging that matters
  Published on 2019-07-14.
• Stop pushing JavaScript!
  Published on 2019-07-02. Modified on 2019-09-19.
• When abstraction, design patterns, and principles leads to spaghetti code
  Published on 2019-05-26.
• Battle testing data integrity verification with ZFS, Btrfs and mdadm+dm-integrity
  Published on 2019-05-05. Modified on 2020-01-23.
• Installing Arch Linux with ZFS on a USB stick
  Published on 2019-03-28. Modified on 2019-11-24.
• Remuxing ISO, DVD, or Bluray using cat and ffmpeg on Linux
  Published on 2018-12-05.
• Reviving Cubox with Arch Linux ARM
  Published on 2018-11-11.
• The real motivation behind systemd
  Published on 2018-05-01. Modified on 2021-02-12.
• Void Linux - a great and unique Linux distribution
  Published on 2018-03-30. Modified on 2020-03-02.
• Real full disk encryption using GRUB on Void Linux for BIOS
  Published on 2018-03-30. Modified on 2021-02-11.
• Package management in OpenBSD
  Published on 2018-03-29. Modified on 2021-01-15.
• OpenBSD is fantastic
  Published on 2018-03-13. Modified on 2020-11-20.
• Arch Linux mail server tutorial - part 3 - Get DNS right, it's important!
  Published on 2017-12-29. Modified on 2019-07-06.
• Arch Linux mail server tutorial - part 2 - OpenSMTPD, Dovecot, DKIMproxy, and Let's Encrypt
  Published on 2017-12-28. Modified on 2019-07-06.
• Arch Linux mail server tutorial - part 1 - What is email?
  Published on 2017-12-27. Modified on 2019-07-06.
• Stay away from CloudFlare
  Published on 2017-12-20.
• Is Google evil?
  Published on 2017-12-13. Modified on 2021-02-11.
• Make the current commit the initial commit in a Git repository
  Published on 2017-12-10. Modified on 2018-11-12.
• The typical discussions about BSD vs Linux
  Published on 2017-10-15.
• Real full disk encryption using GRUB on Debian GNU/Linux for BIOS
  Published on 2017-06-23.
• Real full disk encryption using GRUB on Arch Linux for BIOS and UEFI
  Published on 2017-05-30. Modified on 2021-02-09.
• No your PHP framework isn't MVC, but don't worry, it really shouldn't be!
  Published on 2016-12-19.
• How to split your DNS requests when using a VPN
  Published on 2016-11-14. Modified on 2019-04-02.
• Programming languages and programming paradigms
  Published on 2016-01-02. Modified on 2021-01-26.
• Bummer PHP
  Published on 2015-12-20. Modified on 2020-12-12.
• Composer and Packagist - a bad implementation!
  Published on 2015-12-10. Modified on 2016-08-07.
• To framework or not to framework?
  Published on 2015-11-10.
• No your API isn't REST, but don't worry, it really shouldn't be!
  Published on 2015-11-01. Modified on 2016-03-07.
• Design Patterns Can Be Very Evil
  Published on 2015-03-15.
• Procedural Programming vs Object Oriented Programming
  Published on 2015-02-28. Modified on 2021-01-26.
• Web application with a single entry point
  Published on 2015-01-01.
• Keeping your home in Git, the right way
  Published on 2014-12-17. Modified on 2021-04-08.
• Some notes on Arch Linux - 2
  Published on 2013-10-16. Modified on 2019-01-19.
• PSR-0 is not a solution it is a bypass!
  Published on 2013-04-23.
• Most PHP Frameworks are not for programmers
  Published on 2013-04-17.
• When templates gets in the way
  Published on 2013-03-26.
• Be careful when using docking stations
  Published on 2013-02-04.
• An alternative way to play YouTube videos without using Flash
  Published on 2012-12-15. Modified on 2016-07-26.
• GnuPG Tutorial
  Published on 2012-01-18. Modified on 2018-09-27.
• How to Create a New and Empty Branch in Git
  Published on 2012-01-18.
• How to set your hostname and domain name correctly
  Published on 2012-01-18.
• Enforce strong passwords in Debian
  Published on 2011-03-17.
• Unloading of modules at boot time in Debian
  Published on 2011-02-12.
• Benchmark 4 - Notes About Caching and Benchmarking
  Published on 2010-12-17.
• Benchmark 3 - The Alternative PHP Cache (APC)
  Published on 2010-12-16.
• Benchmark 2 - MySQL Cache
  Published on 2010-12-15.
• Benchmark 1 - Dynamic pages vs. static pages vs. Memcached
  Published on 2010-12-14.
• Social Networking Suck
  Published on 2010-11-18. Modified on 2020-11-08.
• The Book "Pro PHP Refactoring"
  Published on 2010-11-05.
• Code comments are good right? Well, not if there are too many!
  Published on 2010-10-21.
• Code Navigation, Design Patterns, and Too Many Functions
  Published on 2010-10-12.
• Git bare vs. non-bare repositories
  Published on 2010-10-09.
• What does GRUB see?
  Published on 2010-09-07.
• Windows XP nv4_disp infinite loop problem
  Published on 2010-01-19.
• umount - device is busy
  Published on 2010-01-12.
• For Debian - what package does that file belong to?
  Published on 2010-01-12.
• Simple CHM to PDF conversion on Linux
  Published on 2010-01-07.
• Resume SFTP transfer with rsync
  Published on 2009-12-15.
• Passwords from the hackers point of view
  Published on 2009-10-21.
• Localized version in the console? No thanks!
  Published on 2009-10-20.
• How to convert a man page into PS, PDF or DVI
  Published on 2009-10-15.
• Mercurial branching, main and stable, a possible workflow
  Published on 2009-10-14.
• Some personal notes on revision control and backup
  Published on 2009-10-12.
• PHP include path problems
  Published on 2009-09-15.
• Why I do not like derived Linux distributions
  Published on 2009-08-13.
• Mount an OpenBSD slice from Linux
  Published on 2009-08-04.
• Finding and removing duplicate files with fdupes
  Published on 2009-08-01.
• Mozilla Firefox Keywords Shortcuts
  Published on 2009-08-01.
• Encrypting and decrypting files using GnuPG, OpenSSL or Mcrypt
  Published on 2009-04-01. Modified on 2016-07-26.
• Cache your DNS requests using Bind
  Published on 2009-03-15.
• CD or DVD Boot problems on MAC
  Published on 2009-03-15.
• Keeping the system time precise using NTP
  Published on 2009-03-15. Modified on 2016-07-26.
• Remove -- MARK -- from the message log
  Published on 2009-03-15.
• Resume SFTP transfer with PuTTY
  Published on 2009-03-14.
• PHP Security
  Published on 2008-11-28. Modified on 2015-04-05.
• Some notes on Arch Linux
  Published on 2008-11-04. Modified on 2009-08-17.
• Ubuntu as in Debian?
  Published on 2008-11-03.
• Using EncFS to encrypt some of your files
  Published on 2008-11-02. Modified on 2016-05-23.
• Choosing a new backup solution, Duplicity, rdiff-backup or Rsnapshot
  Published on 2008-10-30. Modified on 2012-02-10.
• Speed down your CPU
  Published on 2008-08-12.
• Pointers in C
  Published on 2007-12-26.
• Programming in C, Cpp, and Ada
  Published on 2007-12-25.
• Choosing a good book on programming
  Published on 2007-12-14. Modified on 2016-04-02.
• Revision control
  Published on 2007-11-17. Modified on 2010-10-10.
• Wrong default encoding on the Apache webserver
  Published on 2007-08-22.
• Who is listening on my ports
  Published on 2007-01-13. Modified on 2020-01-25.
• diff and patch
  Published on 2006-05-22.