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Making my own Blog Post System

I built my blog system from scratch with JSON and Markdown—no database—just for the challenge and speed.

Richard Bowey

Saturday 9th November 2024 9 min read

Automating my website with Docker and Watchtower

I decided to streamline my website’s deployment process using Docker and Watchtower. This post covers building a custom Docker image for Laravel and setting up automated deployments.

Richard Bowey

Saturday 28th September 2024 8 min read

Upgrading to Laravel 11

The joys of upgrading to a release that is less than 12 hours old, and all the fun that it caused!

Richard Bowey

Wednesday 13th March 2024 3 min read

You wouldn't federate with a Nintendo Switch!

Explore the fun and impractical journey of running a fediverse instance from a Nintendo Switch.

Richard Bowey

Friday 4th August 2023 4 min read

Link Shorteners, File Uploaders, and my goal to make a single system to do both!

Unifying Link Shortening and File Uploading: Streamlined, User-Friendly, and Open Source!

Richard Bowey

Saturday 13th May 2023 9 min read

What I've learned from hosting federated services for the last three years.

In this blog post, I'm going to be focusing a lot on ActivityPub-related federation.

Richard Bowey

Tuesday 21st March 2023 9 min read

Welcome to the new look!

A new website, new stack and loads of new ideas.

Richard Bowey

Tuesday 31st May 2022 2 min read

Contact me!

Short Ramblings about tech and programming!