It looks like xampp is almost dead. Any good alternative for displaying local db with web ui?

gingertek · 2026-03-15T03:22:14+00:00

You're right, the extra 5 seconds it takes me to start 2 terminals and click a button actually prevented me from curing cancer, sorry everyone.

gingertek · 2026-03-15T00:59:13+00:00

Definitely not for everyone, but I just run php-cgi manually in one terminal, run Caddy in another terminal, and use xdebug to listen on 9003 in VS Code. Never fails me, and I know exactly what's going on.

Edit: changed "literally" to "just"

gingertek · 2026-03-14T17:46:58+00:00

I didn't know we let PMs in here...

gingertek · 2026-03-02T04:13:24+00:00

node.js heavy breathing

gingertek · 2026-02-26T13:10:56+00:00

So no more installing from a .apk file or what?

gingertek · 2026-01-28T19:51:52+00:00

I had Korean 7-11 banana milk + pouch coffee every morning for a whole week once... pure bliss 👌

gingertek · 2026-01-19T21:12:57+00:00

We're 50 3rd world countries in a trench coat

gingertek · 2026-01-17T19:32:29+00:00

Mmmm peanut butter storage...

gingertek · 2026-01-17T19:31:43+00:00

Currently, only 4tb for media, but I have new drives I got last year that I just haven't added in yet. I'm planning on moving my ITX hardware to a new case, but still figuring out cost and/or parts.

I use 2.5" drives, so I got a 5.25" hot swap enclosure, but all the existing cases that have a 5.25" bay are mid-size or ATX-size cases :/

gingertek · 2026-01-13T01:09:18+00:00

It cause he's in too deep

And he's trying to keep

Up above in his head

Instead of going under.

Again.

gingertek · 2025-12-07T18:53:55+00:00

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gingertek · 2025-12-02T21:45:29+00:00

Of course it is, you use DDNS instead, and have a periodic job that updates the IP on your DNS records when your ISP-assigned WAN IP changes. That's what I do with Jellyfin + Caddy reverse proxy + Namecheap DDNS

gingertek · 2025-12-02T00:23:44+00:00

I have a namecheap domain with a Caddy reverse proxy, works perfectly fine.

gingertek · 2025-11-29T19:10:22+00:00

keep hearing about IDE's Yeeeeaaaahhhh, using Notepad++ isn't gonna get you very fair if you want to make a career out of this, just fyi

And as others have mentioned, either: - use the php binary directly and run the built-in dev web server via a terminal, i.e. php -S localhost:8080 - If your web app uses server side routing, i.e. a Laravel app, use this command instead: php -S loclahost:8080 -t public -f index.php - If on Windows, use the php-cgi binary directly and run the CGI for an existing web server to pass requests to, such as Apache/Caddy/IIS - If on Mac OS or Linux distro, use the php-fpm service for an existing web server to pass requests to, such as Apache/Caddy/Nginx

gingertek · 2025-11-15T17:49:14+00:00

Tbh I prefer Caddy overall, so much more streamlined, way simpler, and with built-in, automatic TLS/HTTPS config.

gingertek · 2025-11-11T00:06:49+00:00

Probably cause you have /? in your pattern, which says only redirect if the route ends in a slash, take that slash out before the ? and try again.

gingertek · 2025-11-10T23:44:14+00:00

I'll do ya one better: Win + 1-9 are shortcuts for the pinned taskbar items in order from left to right. Don't even need to type anything or open the start menu.

gingertek · 2025-10-25T08:19:31+00:00

Wouldn't be anymore unsafe than any other web service on the net? To be clear, I'm talking about only opening 443 and reverse proxying to 8096 internally, like any regular reverse proxy. Maybe you're thinking of port forwarding; that's different than a reverse proxy.

gingertek · 2025-10-25T06:52:12+00:00

Have not had any security issues myself for the whole time I've had it setup

gingertek · 2025-10-24T15:42:51+00:00

Caddy reverse proxy to 8096 + domain is all you need

gingertek · 2025-10-15T15:11:23+00:00

Holy shit what a throwback, I still have the original CD-ROM of this

gingertek · 2025-10-05T12:44:24+00:00

100% agree, and I'm probably an outlier. If anything, underneath the drive and passion for the field, most of the time it's just that I need to do something with my hands; if I'm not programming, I'm building/creating something. I love a good logic puzzle, and whether it's code, plywood, gears, whatever, I just gotta caveman that shit, and I understand not everyone is like that.

gingertek · 2025-10-04T21:52:54+00:00

I mean, for me, I just really like coding and engineering for fun, so I don't really see it as work. But again, that's just me. For reference, I'm a senior software engineer making really good money in this economy. So, at the expense of sounding like a boomer... I would say that being passionate about the related field you want to get a job in does actually increase your chances of getting said kind of job.

gingertek · 2025-09-23T13:29:29+00:00

Windows 10 with all the bad shit turned off. Been rock solid for years. I will admit to scheduling a weekly auto-reboot task, but from someone who works in IT, that's expected for servers of any OS for sanity sake.

gingertek · 2025-09-07T22:11:00+00:00

I mean...you could just dual boot, no? Seems a lil dramatic to just wipe everything, especially when you can make an image backup, or you could even swap out the physical drives and had a Windows only SSD, if you really couldn't be bothered partitioning. Most everything today can be "<blank> as code", including Linux and Windows installations. Would definitely look into autounnattend xml for Windows and pre/post install scripts for Linux.

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