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Set up Swift Performance Cache with Optimus Prime in Local Mode

Swift Performance Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime is a cache warmer to load web pages faster on initial load by querying all pages on a websites sitemap via the sitemap URL, it works in harmony with a cache plugin preloading tool. Optimus Prime also has…

Installing & Configuring Apache on macOS using Homebrew and use Sites folder

Apache Homebrew Macos

Eventhough Apache ships with macOS, a better maintained version would be coming from Homebrew, also Apple is making noises about not supporting legacy software like PHP so in the future this may be more of a compulsory option.macOS use to…

Installing MariaDB Database Server on macOS

Mariadb Install Macos

MariaDB is an alternative to MySQL database which is more performant with a full open license, you can install it easily on macOS via Homebrew. The first step is to install Homebrew on your computer and possibly to remove any…

Remove MySQL database server from macOS or OSX via the command line

Remove Mysql Databse Macos

To remove an instance of MySQL Database Server from your macOS or OSX installation you need to delete a number of files via the command line, but first ensure that you have database dumps of your databases and that then…

Updating to PHP versions 7.4 and 8 on macOS 11 Big Sur and Catalina

Php8 Macos Update

The latest macOS versions of Big Sur and Catalina currently ship with PHP 7.3 and have a deprecation notice that they intend to drop support for PHP altogether in a future upgrade.You can see this by running a <? phpinfo();…

Set up WP Fastest Cache with Optimus Prime in Local Mode

Wp Fastest Cache Optimus Prime Local Mode

Optimus Prime is a cache warmer to load web pages faster on initial load by querying all pages on a websites sitemap via the sitemap URL, it works in harmony with a cache plugin preloading tool. Optimus Prime also has…

Finding the Large Files on a Linux/Ubuntu Server

Remove Large Files Webserver

Reducing space on a server is a never ending task, taking out the big unnecessary large files will speed up the process. A bloated log is an example of files that may be building up on your limited disk space.…

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