I've gone through the process of configuring OpenVPN and Tunnelblick at least twice before and I never seem to get it right on the first or second try. This time I'll document a few of the paint points that I experienced even while following the excellent Digital Ocean guide to configuring OpenVPN on CentOS 6.

The only reason I find myself having to update Java is to maintain the Elasticsearch server we have running at WSU. Every time I want to update the provisioning configuration, I end up with 25 tabs open trying to figure out what version is needed and how to get it. This is hopefully a shortcut […]

I decided yesterday that I wanted to break up with MAMP. While it (and XAMPP) have served their purpose well over the last year or so that I’ve been using them on a regular basis, they don’t come close to mirroring some of the most common server setups out there today for the development that […]

So you've done your due diligence and gone to great lengths to make sure that your WordPress server setup is top notch.