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Roelof Jan Elsinga

I'm a developer-turned-business owner who loves to explore the right tools for the job. I enjoy writing and documenting my journey. I use code as one of the tools to solve real problems.

Groningen, The Netherlands Joined on Aug 26, 2019 roelof.jan@hey.com https://roelofjanelsinga.com

Education

Hanzehogeschool Groningen

Work

Owner of Plant care for Beginners

PHP, Laravel, Golang

I'm currently learning SEO, not too many new programming things these days.

I'm working on Plant care for Beginners and ESP for beginners at the moment!

I love talking about the uses of programming to solve business problems! What have you tried that saved you time or money? What has helped you productivity or gotten you more customers?

96 posts published

165 comments written

6 tags followed

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Apr 5

From "The Cloud" to my cloud: I'm back to self-hosting

6 min read

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Roelof Jan Elsinga

Oct 18 '23

How do you choose a database type for a software project?

#database #mongodb #mysql #neo4j

4 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Oct 18 '23

Using Caddy for automatic SSL certificates with Cloudflare

#caddy

5 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Oct 18 '23

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

#php #docker

2 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Oct 18 '23

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

3 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Dec 28 '22

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

6 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Dec 28 '22

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

6 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Dec 28 '22

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

#php

2 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Dec 28 '22

How to migrate from Mailchimp to Postmark + Temporal

#automation #temporal

10 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Dec 28 '22

Neo4j for SEO & UX: Easily create related content

3 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Dec 30 '20

My 2020 in review

#showdev #go #watercooler #laravel

6 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Nov 18 '20

How to create a simple MQTT switch in Home Assistant

#homeassistant #automation #sensor #raspberrypi

4 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Oct 12 '20

Fixing hidden infrastructure issues with Netdata

#devops #linux #networking #docker

5 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Oct 12 '20

Learning Go: What I've learned in 9 months

#go #learning #programming #graphql

6 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Aug 26 '20

GraphQL: Centralize existing REST API endpoints for easier development

#go #graphql #api #devops

5 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Aug 26 '20

Ansible: Easy and Safe SSH deployments from GitHub

#devops #ansible #webdev #github

4 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Aug 11 '20

Boost web performance with Service Workers

#seo #google #performance #webdev

4 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Jul 8 '20

How I automated publishing my content to LinkedIn

#php #webdev #automation #coding

5 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Jul 2 '20

Technical SEO: Improving your page loads with properly sized images

#html #seo #google #webdev

3 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Jun 11 '20

Ansible: Tasks vs Roles vs Handlers

#ansible #devops #deployment #laravel

4 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Jun 9 '20

Automating Laravel deployment using Ansible

#devops #ansible #deployment #laravel

2 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Jun 9 '20

Getting a 73% increase in clicks from Google results

#seo #google #learning #developer

2 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

May 14 '20

Building CLI applications with Go

#go #programming #code #development

6 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

May 7 '20

Technical SEO: How to add structured data to your website

#seo #webdev #tutorial #google

8 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Apr 23 '20

Tutorial: How to set up and automatically deploy your website to GitHub Pages

#tutorial #webdev #git #development

10 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Apr 16 '20

GitHub Pages: Static web hosting made simple

#github #webdev #git #development

4 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Apr 9 '20

How to set a static IP address on a Raspberry Pi

#raspberrypi #linux #network #homeserver

4 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Apr 2 '20

3 things to do to prioritize new features

#development #project #management #software

3 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Mar 25 '20

Aloia CMS: Compatibility with Laravel 6 and 7

#showdev #laravel #php #webdev

1 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Mar 26 '20

How Aloia CMS has made me more productive

#laravel #php #productivity #markdown

4 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Mar 19 '20

How to get the verified flag on your commits in GitHub

#git #github #security #gpg

5 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Mar 12 '20

How I added Elasticsearch to a Laravel application on a server with minimal resources

#elasticsearch #laravel #apache #nginx

4 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Mar 6 '20

My favorite feature in Peppermint OS

#linux #browser #productivity #performance

3 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Feb 27 '20

Why documentation is (almost) more important than code

#documentation #development #software #engineering

5 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Feb 21 '20

What are your favorite bash aliases?

#discuss #bash #linux #terminal

1 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Feb 19 '20

Aloia CMS: Version 1.0.0 has released!

#showdev #opensource #php #laravel

3 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Feb 20 '20

How to set up a personal cloud using a Raspberry Pi and Nextcloud

#raspberrypi #cloud #homeserver #network

7 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Feb 13 '20

Building my personal cloud after 4 years

#raspberrypi #cloud #homeserver #network

4 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Feb 6 '20

Aloia CMS: The road to version 1.0

#cms #php #opensource #announcement

5 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Jan 30 '20

What I learned from publishing my first Golang package

#showdev #go #opensource #programming

5 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Jan 22 '20

The impact of migrating from PHP to Golang

#php #go #performance #webdev

7 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Jan 15 '20

Linux: Rolling releases vs Snapshot releases

#linux #desktop #archlinux #ubuntu

5 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Jan 15 '20

How to optimize your product without blocking progress

#product #development #management #analytics

6 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Jan 3 '20

How to reclaim your privacy on the internet

#anonymous #privacy #vpn #internet

9 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Dec 27 '19

Top 10 reasons to start blogging as a software engineer

#blogging #developer #programming #development

8 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Dec 18 '19

Linux: How it saved my old laptop

#linux #windows #ubuntu #endeavouros

5 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Dec 18 '19

Proxy API calls to your server during Angular development

#angular #development #javascript #typescript

2 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Dec 18 '19

RSS/Atom feed: Why you should have one for your blog

#rss #atom #blog #syndication

6 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Dec 5 '19

Event sourcing: The single source of truth

#database #programming #architecture #webdev

6 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Nov 23 '19

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

#documentation #opensource #github #website

3 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Nov 16 '19

Using Netlify to simplify the CI/CD pipeline with Angular

#angular #netlify #deployment #webdev

6 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Nov 6 '19

100% test coverage: Why or why not?

#testing #webdev #productivity #programming

7 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Nov 1 '19

How to write good documentation

#documentation #communication #development #programming

4 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Oct 21 '19

Why is a simple script often harder to write?

#programming #developer #learning #experience

3 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Oct 11 '19

Portfolio updates for September 2019

#portfolio #php #laravel

3 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Oct 9 '19

Struggling with micro-optimizations on large scale data processing

#programming #development #developer #improvement

4 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Oct 2 '19

How to fix CORS headers in a single page application

#javascript #cors #nginx #apache

3 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Sep 27 '19

Open source contributions (September 2019)

#opensource #developer #github #programming

2 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Sep 22 '19

Why I built my own CMS

#cms #programming #development #developer

6 min read

Roelof Jan Elsinga

Sep 15 '19

What should a good technical CV include?

#help #career #cv #development

1 min read

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