In this article I share the results of a lab test in which I tested writing data to the filesystem directly with PHP fopen versus storing data in SQLite, PostgreSQL and MariaDB on different filesystems, mainly FFS2 on OpenBSD, UFS on FreeBSD, ext4 and XFS on Linux and ZFS on both Linux and FreeBSD, while unplugging power to hard drives and to the machines mid-writing. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/battle-testing-php-fopen-sqlite-postgresql-and-mariadb-on-ffs-ufs-ext-xfs-and-zfs.html
A lot of people running ZFS zroot have managed to break their FreeBSD systems upgrading from 13.2 to the new 14.0 release because of a broken BIOS bootcode. In this tutorial I'll show you how you can fix that without having to reinstall. https://unixsheikh.com/tutorials/upgrading-to-freebsd-14-how-to-fix-a-broken-bios-bootcode.html
As of late, Passkeys are promoted as the killer of passwords and a lot of companies are now manically transitioning from passwords to Passkeys. I don't think that is a good idea. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/are-passkeys-really-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-passwords-i-certainly-hope-not.html
Today web developers are told that in order to do so-called modern web development they need to use JavaScript frameworks because they are an essential part of modern front-end web development. What a load of rubbish! https://unixsheikh.com/articles/the-proper-design-process-in-web-development.html
People who consider trying out one of the different BSD variants, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD or DragonFly BSD, often ask about the main differences between the four projects. In this article I am going to address that issue. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/the-main-differences-between-openbsd-freebsd-netbsd-and-dragonflybsd.html
If you are thinking about abstractions, design patterns, and programming principles while you are programming, you are not really programming, rather you are wasting valuable time fantasizing. The end goal is always to have good working readable code, not code that has been bent, twisted, and shoved into formations and structures in order to fulfill the vanity of someone living in a fairy tail. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/when-abstractions-design-patterns-and-design-principles-lead-to-spaghe
I honestly believe that many people who use template engines in PHP use them because it's the hip thing to do. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/when-template-engines-for-php-get-in-the-way.html
Too much commenting makes the code difficult to navigate. Experienced programmers try to create code that is self-explaining. Good code is almost always self-explaining. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/code-comments-are-good-right-well-not-if-there-are-too-many.html
The GNU Public License (GPL) was created to be the antithesis of the standard proprietary license, let's take a look at some of the problems with GPL. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/some-of-the-problems-with-the-gpl.html
I have been using GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD exclusively since about 1999 and I spend time with Linux and BSD every single day both at home and at work. From time to time I still like to test some of the other Linux distributions to see whats new in the world of Linux. This time I decided to test Arch Linux. Arch Linux is really great, but it is not for people wanting a stable desktop or server system. https://unixsheikh.com/articles/trying-out-arch-linux.html
