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Set Up PHP With Multithreading on Ubuntu 16.04

This tutorial will show you how to recompile PHP with ZTS enabled, before then adding the pthreads extension in order for us to be able to easily write multithreaded PHP CLI scripts.

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Guetzli - JPEG Image Compression

Install and use Guetzli, the new open source JPEG compression tool from Google.

FFmpeg

FFMPEG - Extract Images

This cheatsheet will show you various ways to extract images from videos using FFmpeg.

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Mapping A Drive

In this tutorial, we will use an app to capture dashcam footage of driving and then put the video and the route on a map.

FFmpeg VP9 video-encoding

VP9 Encoding

How I convert videos to VP9 and an explanation of the parameters.

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Docker Deploy Invoice Ninja

This tutorial will show you how to deploy your own Invoice Ninja server using docker.

Docker

Docker - Enter a Running Container With New TTY

How to enter your docker container with a new TTY.

ZFS

ZFS - Add L2ARC Device

How to add L2ARC to your ZFS array and why you may want to do so.

ZFS

ZFS - Add Intent Log Device

How to add an intent log device to your ZFS array, and why you might want to do so.

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Benchmarking 10G Networking With Iperf

How to use iperf to benchmark your network.

hardware

PCI Express Cheatsheet

A cheatsheet for PCI express speeds

Nextcloud

Add SSL To Nextcloud

Use an Nginx reverse proxy to handle HTTPS requests and redirect to our nextcloud container.

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