Putting an Astro site on a plain Nginx server
A static Astro site doesn't need PHP, Node or anything clever on the server. Here's the Nginx config I use, and the mistake I nearly shipped.
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Making Stripe fees land in the right place
Passing Stripe's fees on to customers sounds like simple maths, until you notice Stripe charges its percentage on the fee you've just added. Here's the formula I use for WeRunTickets.
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Plex DVR & the Microsoft Xbox TV Tuner
How a £5 CEX find replaced an HDHomeRun, plus the Ubuntu tweaks that make the Xbox One Digital TV Tuner actually work with Plex.
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Building a small site, the right way
Example content — why a personal site does not need a CMS, a database, or twelve microservices.
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