Blog - Roelof Jan Elsinga

How to host a lightning-fast website on Github Pages

In this post I describe how you can host a lightning fast website on Github Pages for free. There are several ways of approaching this situation. Out of all the great solutions I describe how to do this with Jekyll.

Posted on: November 27th, 2019

github

Creating a documentation website for my open-source package Aloia CMS

Creating a documentation website for my open source package Aloia CMS

Posted on: November 20th, 2019

aloia-cms

Using Netlify to simplify the CI/CD pipeline with Angular

In this post I describe how I transformed a mono repository platform to a platform with two distinct applications and using Netlify to simplify the CI/CD pipeline with Angular.

Posted on: November 13th, 2019

netlify angular

100% test coverage: Why or why not?

100% test coverage: Why or why not? But first, what does 100% test coverage mean? Let's explore the topic in this post and I'll tell you my thoughts about it afterwards.

Posted on: November 6th, 2019

testing

How to write good documentation

In this post, I go through the steps you can take to write good documentation. You can use these in any kind of project and will allow others to help you when you need it.

Posted on: October 30th, 2019

documentation

Creating an efficient CI pipeline with CircleCI, Docker, and Laravel

Find out what I've done to improve the efficiency in the CI pipeline with CircleCI and Docker for a PHP application. You won't even have to install any software yourself.

Posted on: October 23rd, 2019

docker laravel circleci

Why is a simple script often harder to write?

Why is a simple script often harder to write? Find out why it's much more difficult to write a simple script that solves a complicated problem than writing an elaborate solution.

Posted on: October 16th, 2019

development

Portfolio updates for September 2019

Posted on: October 9th, 2019

growth

Struggling with micro-optimizations on large scale data processing

I'm struggling with micro optimizations on large scale data processing. Find out in what way I'm trying to improve the runtime of the calculations by saving processing cycles.

Posted on: October 2nd, 2019

growth

How to fix CORS headers in a single page application

In this post I'll explain how you can fix CORS headers for usage in a single page application. I give code examples with comments for Nginx and Apache.

Posted on: September 27th, 2019

development