I came across this collection of “Tips to Speed up Your PHPunit Tests“. Apart from the few usual ones, like disabling XDebug and using groups, I found a couple that linked to handy tools: ParaTest – a PHPUnit extension that runs PHPUnit tests in parallel, significantly minimizing the test run time, and PHPUnit Report – … Continue reading Tips to Speed up Your PHPunit Tests
AWS Blog lets us know that Amazon has finally implemented one of the most useful features ever – descriptions on Security Groups rules. Â Previously, one could provide a description to the Security Group only, for example: “Proxy Server Access”. Â Which wasn’t very useful, as it was almost obvious. Â But now one can add a description … Continue reading AWS Adds Descriptions to Security Group Rules
Jessie Frazelle reiterates her point on containers in the blog post “Setting the Record Straight: containers vs. Zones vs. Jails vs. VMs“: The Design of Solaris Zones, BSD Jails, VMs and containers are very different. Solaris Zones, BSD Jails, and VMs are first class concepts. This is clear from the Solaris Zone Design Spec and the … Continue reading Containers are not a real thing!
CakePHP 3Â has an excellent support for command line Shells, Tasks, and Console Tools. Â There are a few that are bundled with the framework itself, and that come from a variety of plugins. Â And, of course, you can have your own commands, specific to your application. There is one tiny little annoyance though. Â Sometimes, it’s useful … Continue reading CakePHP 3 : Remove Shell Welcome Header
Immutable infrastructure is a very powerful concept that brings stability, efficiency, and fidelity to your applications through automation and the use of successful patterns from programming. Â The general idea is that you never make changes to running infrastructure. Â Instead, you ensure that all infrastructure is created through automation, and to make a change, you simply … Continue reading Immutable Infrastructure with AWS and Ansible