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MealPay, contactless payment (QR Code) for restaurateurs
MealPay, contactless payment (QR Code) for restaurateurs

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Category: Digitization
Level: Beginner

Hey, hello there ... it's been a long time ... well, a week! How have you been? Sunbathing, sunbathing? Yes, it's important to have a good time! Speaking of good times, have you been sitting on a terrace recently? No, because that's what we're going to talk about today. In fact, we're going to be talking about MealPay, a project that grew out of an adventure that began with my partner Josselin Dionisi. The QR Code as a contactless payment system In fact, the basic idea is simple: we're s...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Jun 2, 2021
How do I use Stimulus with iintl-tel-input?
How do I use Stimulus with iintl-tel-input?

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Category: Web development
Level: Beginner

When I was writing an application using Stimulus and needed to use intl-tel-input, I came across this "Github issue". What's going on between Stimulus and intl-tel-input? In fact, to work, intl-tel-input clones the base element, so if you link this base element to a Stimulus controller, and it's this controller that instantiates intl-tel-input, you'll need to use intl-tel-input.If you link this base element to a Stimulus controller, and it's this controller that instantiates intl-tel-inpu...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
May 19, 2022
How do I use PageSpeed on a local site?
How do I use PageSpeed on a local site?

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Category: Web development
Level: Confirmed beginner

Hello over here 🙂, It's been a while since I took the time to write on the blog, and yes, I had a lot of work 😁. Don't worry I haven't forgotten you, during my big work period I've been using PageSpeed a lot, and that's what we're going to talk about today. Let's get started 😛 What is PageSpeed? PageSpeed is a web application, available to every web developer on the planet. It was introduced at Google's developer conference in 2010, but I've mostly been h...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Feb 19, 2024
How to capture your screen as an animated GIF?
How to capture your screen as an animated GIF?

134 reads
Category: Tech tips
Level: Beginner

Hello, hello?, The last article was about PowerToys and how they improve productivity in Windows. To make this article more fun, I thought it might be a good idea to capture my screen and give it to you as a GIF... So, in this week's article, we're going to look at how to capture your screen in GIF format, on Windows and macOS. Yes, we're doing an "articleCeption" here, having as much fun as we can? Are you ready? Let's get started! Capturing your screen in GIF format, on Windows...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Apr 3, 2023
How to integrate Sign In with Apple with Symfony?
How to integrate Sign In with Apple with Symfony?

132 reads
Category: Web development
Level: Expert

Ahhhh, passwords ... I've already talked about them in a previous article, but in this one we're going to talk about a method for saving our dear little users from having to remember their passwords... Apple now makes it possible to "sign in with Apple", basically the same thing as Google, Facebbok and all the others. But! the Apple way... In this article, we'll look at how to integrate this feature into a Symfony application. You need Apple developer access to access "sign in with Apple...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Apr 22, 2021
How do I create a free restaurant menu QR code?
How do I create a free restaurant menu QR code?

129 reads
Category: Digitization
Level: Beginner

To avoid contacts, restaurants are now using QR Codes to allow their customers to consult the menu. The PDF format To start with, you'll need the menu in PDF format. The "PDF" format is a standard format that can be read on any device, iOS or Android, so using the PDF format means you won't have any compatibility problems with your customers' phones. It's also possible to have a simple web page, but since that's more difficult to achieve, stick to a PDF format, which you should already ha...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Mar 4, 2021
Buying cheese with Bitcoin? It's possible
Buying cheese with Bitcoin? It's possible

128 reads
Category: Web development
Level: intermediate

Hello hello hello, Today, we're going to talk about my latest little adventure: enabling a 142-year-old company to accept cryptocurrencies. Setting the scene I've been working with Les Frères Marchand, for over a year now, at first we made a website together (it was Ludo Dev CMS's second instance), then we got the urge to create an online cheese shop together, which has been online since September 2021. On this cheese shop, everything is automated to simplify life for customers...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Feb 9, 2022
Mailcow, a plug and play e-mail server?
Mailcow, a plug and play e-mail server?

128 reads
Category: System administration
Level: intermediate

Hello, hello 🙂, Thank you for clicking on this article, was it the cow photo that made you click? So, yes... I see what you mean... I let loose on the image and on the title of this page... yes no, but it's summer, we're relaxing here 😛. So, have you ever managed your own e-mail server? I have, several times in the past for different companies I've worked for... Today, we're going to talk about a cow, but, not the one from interville (old man's reference...), but ano...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Jun 27, 2024
Why isn't MYSQL a search engine?
Why isn't MYSQL a search engine?

126 reads
Category: Web development
Level: intermediate

Hey there. How are you? Good, not too cold? so much the better! This week's article is for my fellow developers, and we're going to talk about search ... but real search! I often see MYSQL used as a search engine ... It's a fact! In the projects I've worked on, I've often seen this database management system (or MariaDB or Postgresql) used as a search engine, with things like "where my_attribute LIKES '%blabla%". And this is a very bad practice... What's the real use of a relational...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Nov 8, 2021
How to auto-host Google Fonts in 2025?
How to auto-host Google Fonts in 2025?

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Category: Web development
Level: Confirmed beginner

Hello good morning 🙂, Ah, you're still on vacation? I'll come back later with my article, then? No, it's okay? Can we go now? Top! 😁 Today, we're going to talk about Google Fonts, more specifically: how to "self-host" them ? Let's turn on the fan, warm up our fingers and get started! What are Google Fonts? Google Fonts are a set of fonts created by Google. What's special about these fonts is that they're designed for screens, especially the web. On this site I don't us...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Aug 20, 2022