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Oct
12
Build, test, and deploy PHP applications with GitHub Actions

Build, test, and deploy PHP applications with GitHub Actions

I learned about GitHub Actions when it was released last year, although didn't investigate further as I'd already configured my
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Dec
22
Using Toran Proxy to speed up Drupal builds

Using Toran Proxy to speed up Drupal builds

Over the last couple of days an internal thread has been making the rounds at Acquia about speeding up Composer
2 min read
May
09
Migrating into multisite

Migrating into multisite

Quite often in my role as a Solutions Architect at Acquia, I'll see customers looking to bring sites under the
3 min read
Sep
03
Verifying SSL certificates with drupal_http_request

Verifying SSL certificates with drupal_http_request

Recently I was posed with the question about verifying self-signed SSL certificates with drupal_http_request() [https://api.drupal.org/
1 min read
Oct
11
Playing with augeas for fun and profit

Playing with augeas for fun and profit

Contrary to what Wikipedia says [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augeas], the Augeas I'm using isn't at all related to
2 min read
Mar
18
Drupal Distributions: Speeding up site deployment

Drupal Distributions: Speeding up site deployment

Last Thursday I presented Drupal Distributions: Speeding up site deployment for the DrupalACT March [https://groups.drupal.org/node/285823]
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Sep
29
Drupal subsites made simple

Drupal subsites made simple

The short story Rather than trawling through my digressions I'll place the steps for setting up Drupal sub sites at
2 min read
Jan
11
Migrating from multisite to singlesite.

Migrating from multisite to singlesite.

In this blog post [http://post/drupal-subsites-made-simple] I detailed how easy it was to create subsites in Drupal. Subsites have
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