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Vadim Kononov

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Sharing knowledge and insights on web development, cloud security, DevSecOps, and emerging technologies.

Latest Articles

How I Accidentally Polluted My Production Storage Bucket (And How to Fix It)

How I Accidentally Polluted My Production Storage Bucket (And How to Fix It)

A cautionary tale about Active Storage, environment credentials, and an unexpected Rails gotcha. The Setup Like many ...

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Jan 2026
Stop Bots Without Annoying Your Users: Cloudflare Turnstile for Rails

Stop Bots Without Annoying Your Users: Cloudflare Turnstile for Rails

If you've ever clicked on fire hydrants or traffic lights to prove you're human, you know the frustration of traditio...

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Jan 2026
Bypassing VPN for MegaSync via Secure SSH SOCKS5 Tunnel on macOS

Bypassing VPN for MegaSync via Secure SSH SOCKS5 Tunnel on macOS

This guide shows how to route MegaSync traffic outside your VPN securely using an SSH SOCKS5 tunnel to a remote serve...

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Nov 2025
How to Enable 4K @ 60Hz in LibreELEC on Raspberry Pi or SBC

How to Enable 4K @ 60Hz in LibreELEC on Raspberry Pi or SBC

By default, LibreELEC does not enable 4K at 60Hz out of the box — even on capable displays. This short guide walks yo...

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Jun 2025
Quickly Convert a WordPress Site to Static HTML with HTTrack

Quickly Convert a WordPress Site to Static HTML with HTTrack

HTTrack is an open-source tool that clones a website into static HTML files. Converting WordPress to static HTML impr...

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Jun 2025
How to Secure Your WordPress Admin with Cloudflare Access

How to Secure Your WordPress Admin with Cloudflare Access

Securing the WordPress admin area is a critical step in protecting your site from brute force login attempts, bot sca...

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Apr 2025
Preventing Unsafe Package Upgrades in package.json

Preventing Unsafe Package Upgrades in package.json

Some packages should not be updated past a certain version—whether due to breaking changes, compatibility constraints...

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Apr 2025
How to Secure and Stream Mega.nz WebDAV Content in Kodi via Cloudflare Zero Trust

How to Secure and Stream Mega.nz WebDAV Content in Kodi via Cloudflare Zero Trust

If you want to securely access and stream your Mega.nz cloud storage via WebDAV using Cloudflare Zero Trust, while en...

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Feb 2025
Optimizing DietPi OS Boot Time

Optimizing DietPi OS Boot Time

DietPi is a lightweight Debian-based operating system designed for minimal resource consumption, but its boot time ca...

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Feb 2025
How to Securely Fetch Unpublished CraftCMS Entries with a Custom API Header

How to Securely Fetch Unpublished CraftCMS Entries with a Custom API Header

CraftCMS provides a robust GraphQL API for querying your content, but sometimes you need to tailor the API for differ...

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Dec 2024
How to Calculate the Correct Amount with Stripe Fees Included

How to Calculate the Correct Amount with Stripe Fees Included

When processing payments through Stripe, you need to account for their fees to ensure you receive the exact amount yo...

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Oct 2024
How to Permanently Disable Security Notifications on Windows 10

How to Permanently Disable Security Notifications on Windows 10

Windows is very opinionated about its operating system, and always assumes it knows better than its users, so it does...

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Aug 2024
WebDriverError: You are trying to upload something that isn't a file.

WebDriverError: You are trying to upload something that isn't a file.

Occasionally, when running Ruby on Rails system tests with Selenium WebDriver in Gitlab CI, you will receive an error...

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Jul 2024
Diagnosing "PhaseScriptExecution failed with a nonzero exit code" in Xcode

Diagnosing "PhaseScriptExecution failed with a nonzero exit code" in Xcode

Encountering the error message "PhaseScriptExecution failed with a nonzero exit code" in React Native can be frustrat...

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Jul 2024
Resolving Phusion Passenger Log Location Issues with Nginx

Resolving Phusion Passenger Log Location Issues with Nginx

When deploying Ruby on Rails applications using Phusion Passenger with Nginx, you might encounter an issue where Pass...

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Jul 2024
Deploying Strapi on CentOS Stream 8 with Nginx and Phusion Passenger

Deploying Strapi on CentOS Stream 8 with Nginx and Phusion Passenger

Hey there! If you’re like me, you’ve probably found yourself scratching your head trying to get your Strapi CMS up an...

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Jul 2024
Keeping Your Website Up and Running: A Simple Uptime Monitoring Solution

Keeping Your Website Up and Running: A Simple Uptime Monitoring Solution

Ever had that sinking feeling when you realize your website is down? It's frustrating, potentially costly, and often,...

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Jul 2024
Secure Your DietPi OS with Cloudflare WARP

Secure Your DietPi OS with Cloudflare WARP

If you are looking to enhance your internet security and privacy on your DietPi OS, Cloudflare WARP is a fantastic ch...

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Jun 2024
How to Easily Resend Failed Emails in Postmark

How to Easily Resend Failed Emails in Postmark

If you’ve got some failed emails in Postmark, don’t worry — resending them is easy. Whether it's inbound or outbound ...

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Jun 2024
Make JavaScript Work Seamlessly with or without Turbo in Ruby on Rails

Make JavaScript Work Seamlessly with or without Turbo in Ruby on Rails

If you're working on a Ruby on Rails project, you've likely encountered Turbo — a powerful tool from Hotwire that opt...

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Jun 2024
Set Up macOS to Use Postfix for Sending Automated Emails from CRON

Set Up macOS to Use Postfix for Sending Automated Emails from CRON

Looking to automate email notifications from your macOS using CRON jobs? This guide walks through configuring Postfix...

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Jun 2024
Install MegaCMD on DietPi OS for Orange Pi 5

Install MegaCMD on DietPi OS for Orange Pi 5

This guide provides a step-by-step process for downloading, compiling and installing MegaCMD (the cloud storage solut...

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Jun 2024

Popular Topics & Resources

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Security Fundamentals

Essential security practices for modern web applications, from authentication to data protection.

  • • OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
  • • Secure coding practices
  • • Authentication & authorization
  • • Data encryption strategies
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Ruby on Rails Mastery

Advanced techniques and best practices for building scalable Rails applications.

  • • Performance optimization
  • • API design patterns
  • • Background job processing
  • • Testing strategies
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Cloud Architecture

Design patterns and best practices for building resilient cloud-native applications.

  • • Microservices architecture
  • • Container orchestration
  • • Serverless computing
  • • Infrastructure as code
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DevSecOps Pipeline

Implementing security throughout the development lifecycle with automation.

  • • CI/CD security integration
  • • Automated testing
  • • Compliance monitoring
  • • Incident response

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