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Monitor OVHcloud VPS Plans Availability with Python and Telegram on Raspberry Pi
The VPS plans of OVHcloud are often out of stock, especially the Ubuntu versions. Some people get lucky by relentlessly refreshing the configuration page to grab one, but this approach isn’t ideal. To automate the process, you can use the official OVHcloud API and a small Python script to check the availability of a specific…
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Blocking OPML links in WordPress
WordPress exposes an OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) file at: /wp-links-opml.php. This file lists blogroll links (a legacy WordPress feature) in a machine-readable format. OPML was designed to share link lists between feed readers and blogging tools. It’s a relic from early blogging workflows.
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Disabling Concatenated Script Loading in WordPress
Disabling Concatenated Script Loading in WordPress to gain practical benefits.
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Design For (And With) Deaf People
Smashing Magazine has just published a useful article on practical UX guidelines for 466 million people who experience hearing loss.
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WordPress Security in Good Hands
This handbook guides you through WordPress security by covering its foundations, current threats, practical hardening techniques, and real-world examples.
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New HTML Block Brings CodePen Experience to Gutenberg
The latest version of the Gutenberg plugin (v22.1) brings a major upgrade to the HTML block. It now has separate tabs for HTML, CSS, JS, and a preview area—much like CodePen.
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Lightbox in Gutenberg
How to enable lightbox effect in Gutenberg.
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Google Search Console Now Supports Custom Annotations
Google has just released a new quality-of-life update to Search Console, allowing you to add custom annotations to specific data points in the Performance chart.
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When a star explodes
About 22 million light-years away the supernova, SN 2024ggi, exploded in the galaxy NGC 3621. Using the ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers managed to capture the very early stage of the supernova when the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.