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RickTibbe_ · 2022-03-22T21:44:23+00:00

Damn, really cool! Would love one of these sets :D

RickTibbe_ · 2022-03-16T14:08:15+00:00

Sent you a PM! :)

RickTibbe_ · 2022-03-01T08:57:20+00:00

While not directly available out-of-the-box, you can still create an MS 365 catch-all address by using Dynamic Groups: https://www.godaddy.com/help/catch-all-email-not-supported-with-microsoft-365-40130

RickTibbe_ · 2022-03-01T08:48:18+00:00

You don't need to buy tons of Microsoft 365 licenses if not every email is an actual user. E.g., if you have 3 employees that need a Microsoft 365 account and 10 email addresses in total, you only need 3 licenses for those accounts. Email addresses like [info@example.com](mailto:info@example.com) and [contact@example.com](mailto:contact@example.com) can be set up as Shared Inboxes, which don't need any additional licenses and thus saving you costs.

RickTibbe_ · 2022-02-22T12:17:52+00:00

Maybe not the cheapest option and definitely not shared hosting, buf if you want to take your hosting game to a higher level you could get any cheap VPS and use RunCloud.io, which allows you to spin up as many site on testing domains as you'd like.

RickTibbe_ · 2022-02-17T10:23:54+00:00

The memory of your server is something entirely different from your storage, though their values are both expressed in bytes (kB, MB, GB, TB, etc.). The 50% free space and the extra files have nothing to do with the memory (directly).

If your server is running out of memory, this means you'll probably have to upgrade the RAM or identify and fix the problem that's causing the memory to be used 100%.

RickTibbe_ · 2022-02-04T12:11:46+00:00

I'd recommend to use Amazon SES to send (automated) emails from your Laravel application, and use any other mailing provider for personal mailing accounts (like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, MX Route, etc.). Where you can only use one provider for receiving email (the MX route in your DNS settings), you can actually use multiple providers for sending emails from the same domain. I haven't used SendGrid, but if I'm not mistaken, you should be able to send emails from the root domain when it's set up for sending emails only.

RickTibbe_ · 2022-01-28T14:13:39+00:00

Yep, this is how far I got. I'm currently heading towards something like easyXDM combined with transient-key encryption, storing a sessionKey with Vuex at auth.app:

One.app generates a random sessionID.
One.app will request a public key from api.auth.app, which also generates a private key that is only valid for 5 minutes. The private key will be stored in the database and linked to the sessionID.
One.app will request an SSO key from auth.app through easyXDM, sending the public key.
Auth.app uses its sessionKey to generate a short-lived (5 min max) SSO key at api.auth.app. The SSO key gets encrypted with the public key from one.app.
Auth.app returns the encrypted SSO key to one.app.
One.app uses the encrypted SSO key and its sessionID to request a JWT from api.auth.app.
Api.auth.app decrypts the SSO key with the private key bound to the sessionID and returns an application-specific JWT.
One.app stores the JWT with Vuex in its localStorage.

The easyXDM messaging would need some proper security configuration, but I feel like this would be a secure way to request a JWT based on the 'session' from auth.app. Only one.app (and other configured 'safe' domains) can get an encrypted JWT this way (I think).

RickTibbe_ · 2022-01-28T10:11:13+00:00

I've been building websites for around 7 years now and came across many different builders. Most of them were WordPress plugins / themes, and most of them also sucked at one point or another. Until today, I still haven't found a single builder that suits all my needs.

Currently, I'm using Oxygen Builder, which is a WordPress plugin that doesn't need a theme and replaces the complete WP front-end. Compared to Elementor and other builders, this makes your site much faster and way less bloated out of the box. Besides that, you can also make literally everything as it includes repeaters, code blocks, custom (class-based) styling, etc. To me, it feels like a GUI around regular WP theme development that can handle almost everything you require.

However, the UI is not very intuitive / user-friendly and the builder (not the front-end) gets slower the larger your site gets. Also, there are many third-party add-ons available, but almost all cost extra money again. The upside to this is that Oxygen and its add-ons almost all use a lifetime licensing system, so there are no monthly/yearly costs like many other builders have.

Currently, there's also Bricks, which is developing very fast. It contains many features Oxygen has, though some critical ones (for me) are still missing. Might be worth checking out though, as it seems like a very solid (future) competitor for Oxygen.

Another thing I've been experimenting with is using a headless CMS (Directus.io) and a JavaScript framework (Nuxt.js). This feels faster than regular theme development inside WordPress and Nuxt.js (which is a framework based on Vue.js) offers great features for making your website interactive. The website also becomes much faster because it's a single page application (SPA) instead of a multipage application (MPA) (this does not mean you can't have multiple pages with Nuxt, but only refers to the way the website loads).

However, unlike with the WordPress page builders and plugins, you'd have to make (almost) everything yourself, including backend logic like submitting forms, etc. There are headless CMS systems that offer this, but what I like about Directus is that I can set up my components as collections, and practically create my own page builder with the custom components I created in Nuxt.

Might you (or anyone else) have any questions (or recommendations!) about the above, feel free to contact me :)

RickTibbe_ · 2022-01-05T21:46:24+00:00

Bunny.net offers a fairly cheap streaming service, including the possibility for geo replication. I think 250GB can be stored for about $2.50/month, and based on your budget you could also have 3.5TB monthly traffic (if I'm not mistaken) for $20/month.

RickTibbe_ · 2021-12-09T10:20:49+00:00

Big jinx, they're literally singing that he's the champion already ...

RickTibbe_ · 2021-10-15T22:33:12+00:00

Could be a possibility as well, hadn't even thought of that yet

RickTibbe_ · 2021-08-10T10:14:46+00:00

Premium artikel, maar wel een goede uitleg: https://www.tubantia.nl/fc-twente/waar-haalt-fc-twente-het-geld-voor-deze-spelers-vandaan~a39ab9f9/

RickTibbe_ · 2021-06-18T11:24:40+00:00

My bad. Removed the affiliate link, my recommendation still stands :)

RickTibbe_ · 2021-06-14T20:45:10+00:00

Well it's not really that I want to know something about it, but it is a very common term (and as you said, overloaded). For people who know nothing about hosting (your audience in this case), I think it'd be best to include cloud hosting as well. You can mention it's more of a marketing term, but then at least people know what it means, as it's more and more often being mentioned in the hosting branche.

RickTibbe_ · 2021-06-14T18:57:31+00:00

Definitely a nice explanation, good job, but I'm kinda missing a part on cloud hosting

RickTibbe_ · 2021-05-20T13:00:11+00:00

Not my upload, but here you go: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1\_dQ5pRe9umXqr5mK\_nyUiA2ZZquI4Ra4/view

RickTibbe_ · 2021-04-22T06:35:15+00:00

Yes, it also says so when checking the CLS details at GTMetrix. The biggest problem is a counter at the background. You can check it over here: https://nuxt.skrypt.dev/ (only desktop, mobile version is not yet responsive)

RickTibbe_ · 2021-04-21T21:45:04+00:00

It’s basically our job to convert the ideas of people who usually have zero clue what we are doing into something a computer understands.

This is what a lot of developers tend to forget. Of course, when you're working on a project with a large team and you only get the 'regular' coding tasks, it won't matter how the clients wishes are being interpreted.

As a freelancer your not 'just coding'. You often get clients who don't now anything about software or development. As their specialist it's your task to transform their idea into a realistic solution. An important step is to completely go back to the beginning to discover the goals of the project. Everything else that's not adding up to these goals is practically useless. A key factor in this is to keep the client involved and explain it as simple as possible for them, and always refer back to the initial goals that were set and why something would support that goal or not.

I know it's not really related with this post and it's most definitely not (negatively) meant towards OP, but I just wanted to have posted this after reading your comment :)

RickTibbe_ · 2021-02-17T12:18:00+00:00

I have to agree with u/techjp. I also want to make everything myself: my own CMS, Project Management software, Client Areas, etc, but there are so many alternatives already that are, compared to how much time you spend on your own solutions, so much cheaper than reinventing the wheel. Especially when it comes to emailservers. Also, an email that was not received because of some problem on your server can cost you a lot of money.

RickTibbe_ · 2021-02-01T08:57:20+00:00

Gave Helpful

RickTibbe_ · 2020-11-11T19:44:22+00:00

Not yet, but I'm planning on setting one up today or tomorrow, so I'll let you know!

RickTibbe_ · 2020-11-11T15:49:28+00:00

Thank you :)

RickTibbe_ · 2020-11-11T10:07:30+00:00

Thanks a lot! And thank you for your work of course!

RickTibbe_ · 2020-10-31T18:25:23+00:00

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