Blog - Roelof Jan Elsinga

Quick tip: Reduce your Docker Image size when using the League Flysystem s3 adapter

Flysystem is a fantastic library to interact with the filesystem and adding support for interacting with an S3 bucket is very easy, but it comes with the downside of having to include the massive AWS PHP SDK. Let's fix that!

Posted on: January 22nd, 2023

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How to enable step debugging in PHP with Xdebug 3 and PHPStorm

Learn how to configure Xdebug and PHPStorm to use step debugging with breakpoints in PHPStorm to improve your debugging capabilities. Optimize your development time by following this simple tutorial!

Posted on: December 29th, 2022

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Why you should (still) add an RSS feed to your content website in 2023

Add an RSS feed to your website in 2023 to increase visibility, discoverability, and engagement. Automate content publishing across different platforms with no need for API access. Get the most out of your content today!

Posted on: December 23rd, 2022

automation marketing

Why Caddy might be the best start for your next software project

Do you dread setting up a webserver for your project(s) and do you wish you could skip this altogether and it'll still magically work? Then Caddy might be the perfect webserver for your next project!

Posted on: October 22nd, 2022

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5x performance increase: A simple trick to speed up your PHP application

Have you tried optimizing your PHP application but hit a wall and can't get any more improvements? I've got a little (known) trick you can try! This simple addition made my website 5 times faster and even works in a Docker container!

Posted on: June 30th, 2022

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How to migrate from Mailchimp to Postmark + Temporal

Mailchimp is a great SaaS platform for sending e-mails to your subscribers, but sometimes you want to have more control over your emails and not spend 100+ per month on your emails.

Posted on: March 4th, 2022

automation marketing

How to use copywriting to sell online

Copywriting is an art AND marketing strategy, but it's often overlooked as an opportunity to sell a story, sell a product, or sell a service. Copywriting is essential for SEO and to give context to what you're selling. So how do you do it effectively? Let's find out!

Posted on: February 18th, 2022

seo marketing

Play the SEO long game

Quick SEO hacks are very popular, but don't benefit you or your business long-term. SEO hacks are expensive and often get punished by Google. Terrific SEO comes from being helpful and being crystal clear in your messaging. Play the SEO long game!

Posted on: December 31st, 2021

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MQTT Discovery with a NodeMCU and Home Assistant

MQTT Discovery is a wonderful feature of Home Assistant which helps you connect new MQTT devices to your smart home with ease. MQTT Discovery saves me a lot of time when I connect new NodeMCU powered devices to my smart home and let's me spend more time enjoying the device and less time configuring it.

Posted on: July 11th, 2021

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Neo4j for SEO & UX: Easily create related content

Improving your UX and SEO for your website takes time and effort. In this post, I'm going to highlight how Neo4j has large improvements on UX and SEO, without putting any extra effort into writing my content. The same amount of effort is now getting better results.

Posted on: April 18th, 2021

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