./Alex Allen
Alex is an independent developer who is obsessed with both performance and information security. When not writing code, Alex is either playing guitar or working in his garden.
Articles
PostgreSQL: Efficient Queries - Indexing
How to index your tables to make your queries perform far more efficiently.
on 2018-11-05PostgreSQL: Explain
Understand what is going on under the hood of your queries.
on 2018-11-02PostgreSQL: Analyze
How to keep PostgreSQL updated on the status of our tables so it can run queries as efficiently as possible.
on 2018-10-26PostgreSQL: Vacuum / Autovacuum
Eliminate the bloat in your database with vacuum and autovacuum.
on 2018-10-24PostgreSQL: General Configuration 2
Understanding pg_hba.conf, postgresql.conf, and how to use them to tune our systems.
on 2018-10-18PostgreSQL: General Configuration 1
Getting up and running with PostgreSQL.
on 2018-10-16ReasonML Standard Library
Getting comfortable with ReasonML's standard library.
on 2018-08-21ReasonML Fundamentals Part 3
Destructuring, pattern matching, imperative loops, modules
on 2018-08-16ReasonML Fundamentals Part 2
Fundamentals - Record, variant, list, array, function, if/else
on 2018-08-14ReasonML Fundamentals Part 1
Dive into the core fundamentals of ReasonML, including let, type, string, char, and more.
on 2018-08-09Introduction to ReasonML
Installing ReasonML and getting to know its ecosystem, including refmt, Merlin, BuckleScript, and redex.
on 2018-08-07Logging and Monitoring
Configuring and managing basic logging for Nginx.
on 2018-07-06Working With APIs
Load Balancing and Caches
on 2018-07-02Server Rendered Apps
How to make Nginx useful with server rendered apps built using Rails or Express.js.
on 2018-06-27Hosting Static Websites
Use Nginx to host a basic static website.
on 2018-06-22Setup Nginx
Tying it all together with Nginx.
on 2018-06-08Introduction to Nginx
Nginx Fundamentals
on 2018-06-08Launch and enhance our API
Learning To Use PM2 and launching our API
on 2018-06-06Create FreeBSD droplets and configure them to run Nginx and Node.js
Configuring FreeBSD.
on 2018-06-05Build a Node.js API
Building the API defining our CRUD operations.
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