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How can I improve my Windows productivity?
How can I improve my Windows productivity?

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Category: Tech tips

Hello Hello ?, Windows isn't my main operating system, in fact I'm more Linux / macOS, but that doesn't stop me from following what's going on with Windows and using it from time to time. It has to be said that Microsoft's work over the last few years has been quite remarkable; between the terminal, "WSL 2" and "Powershell", there's plenty to do. This week, I'd like to talk a little about "PowerToys", a set of tools made available by Microsoft to enhance the Windows experience. As the...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Mar 15, 2023
How do you back up your data?
How do you back up your data?

136 reads
Category: Computer security
Level: Confirmed beginner

Following the fire in a datacenter in France, I saw reactions on social networks such as "I've got my company in your servers", which gave me the idea of writing this article.Of course, it's not the owner of the data center who's to blame here, but accidents like this do happen, so you need to be prepared. By having a data backup strategy. Can you imagine? Losing your accounting data? I've already touched on this subject in my article "How to protect yourself from ransomware". The disaster r...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Mar 23, 2021
Ideas for improving your Instagram profile
Ideas for improving your Instagram profile

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Category: Social networking
Level: Beginner

Instagram has become a must-have social network, with 18-24 year olds spending an enormous amount of time on it and ... like all social networks its business model is to capture and resell attention. In this article, I propose a non-exhaustive list of ideas for improving your presence on this network. Put keywords in your account name and display name Instagram's search engine doesn't use the data in the "bio" to find a user, it only uses the data in the account name and display name, so...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Mar 9, 2021
How do I manage a workflow with Symfony?
How do I manage a workflow with Symfony?

134 reads
Category: Web development
Level: Confirmed beginner

I think you'll have gathered by now that on this blog we're particularly fond of Symfony. 😛 The robustness and versatility of this framework (I should almost say ecosystem, by the way), we've already talked about here Well, I suppose for this time that the principle I'm going to present also exists in other frameworks, but again, it's really simple to use in Symfony. What's a workflow? This principle is workflow. If you're used to working in an English-speaking context, a workf...

Josselin Dionisi - Freelance developer
Josselin Dionisi
Dec 5, 2022
How much does a web developer cost in 2026?
How much does a web developer cost in 2026?

131 reads
Category: Web development
Level: Beginner

Hello ?, Just as everyone in the world understands why one car can cost up to 50 times more than another, in the web world there's sometimes a lack of understanding of prices, especially since the advent of certain advertisements promising to get everything for nothing. In this article, I'll try to guide you and give you some real figures on pricing in the web and development field. In the first part, we'll cover the basics, and in the second, we'll take a look at some very concrete cases....

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Jun 6, 2022
Which environment for MacOS development?
Which environment for MacOS development?

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Category: Tech tips

Today, we're going to talk about something that's of paramount importance to every developer: his machine! So I see you're coming, we're not going to debate which one is the best or which OS is superior to the others. 😛 Here, we'll simply give you some advice on the best tools on the Mac to get the most out of it. Homebrew, the genius in the Bottle Homebrew is the essential package manager for MacOS. It simplifies the installation, updating and management of software on your...

Josselin Dionisi - Freelance developer
Josselin Dionisi
Nov 6, 2023
How do I implement OAuth2 in Symfony?
How do I implement OAuth2 in Symfony?

129 reads
Category: Web development
Level: intermediate

Hello everyone, thank you for clicking on this article! 😊 Today we're going to talk security and authentication. What is OAuth2? In life, and especially on the web, we generally authenticate ourselves with an email and a password. But this isn't always the case, especially when you need to connect to a third-party service or API. If this is your case, you'll probably come across a type of protocol called OAuth2. "What the hell is this?" If you've ever had to create AP...

Josselin Dionisi - Freelance developer
Josselin Dionisi
Apr 14, 2025
What applications do I use on a daily basis?
What applications do I use on a daily basis?

128 reads
Category: Tech tips

Hello and good morning, This week I'm going to give you a short list of the applications I use on a daily basis, and more importantly ... why? First of all, I'm not talking about licenses here, and even less about commercial practices. Yes, I know that in this article I'm going to talk about companies that have commercial practices that not everyone agrees with, but I'm not going to deal with that, so try to keep that in mind when reading this article. How do I choose my tools? Actual...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Jun 13, 2022
How can I reduce the size of my CSS files?
How can I reduce the size of my CSS files?

128 reads
Category: Web development
Level: Confirmed beginner

Hello there, Today we're going to talk about weight loss, so no, I'm not going to talk to you about exercising (come back soon!?), but about how to reduce the size of your CSS files. In addition to helping the planet, you'll also gain in performance on your websites and web applications. Ready to get started? Let's get started! (What do you mean? You've already left?) CSS resource compression, the basics So, I'll tell you right now, that's not the point of this article. In fact, I'll r...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Sep 12, 2022
How to create a dynamic CSS theme with Symfony?
How to create a dynamic CSS theme with Symfony?

128 reads
Category: Web development
Level: intermediate

Hello over here 🙂, Thank you so much for clicking on this article 😁. On the last post, I told you it smelled like spring, but now it's cooled off severely 😅. Ah yes, it's true we're still not here to talk weather... I'm sorry (well, I think.). This week, we're going to play with CSS and completely break Twig, you'll see it's fun, well, it's a bit "not very clean" as a method, but hey, on this blog, I tell you all about it. Anyway, this week, we're making art...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Mar 25, 2024