Kev Quirk

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How Much Does It Cost To Run This Blog?

My wife recently asked me how much it costs me to run this blog. I wasn't really sure to be honest, so I looked into it and the results were surprising. So I thought I would share the details to give you guys a general idea how much it costs to run a blog.

Blogging

How Does Mastodon Work?

I’ve spoken about Mastodon numerous times on this blog. It is the social media platform I use more than any other, but for a new user it can be confusing because it doesn’t work like other social media sites.

Technology

Centralisation and Mastodon

The founder of Mastodon recently announced that he has started a second flagship instance. Is it a good thing to have flagship instances, or does the centralisation of Mastodon do more harm than good?

Opinion, Technology

My History With Blogging

Blogging takes tenacity, commitment and experience. I thought I'd write a post about my blogging history to show that none of us get it right at first.

Blogging

How To Start A Blog If You're Not A Nerd

So you want to start a blog, but you don't have a masters degree in computing? I think that everyone should be able to blog, regardless of their technical ability. This post will give you everything you need to get going.

Blogging

Git Lecture [video]

Someone on Twitter shared this video with me. It's an MIT lecture from February 2020 that details the fundamentals of Git. The nice thing about this lecture, is that it doesn't just talk about useful...

Notes

I Now Know How To use Git

A few days ago I wrote about how I have no idea how Git works. Since then, things have changed and I'm now basking in the warm orange glow of Git repositories.

Notes

Keybase, Zoom and Me

Zoom have acquired Keybase. This has sparked a lot of consternation within the open source community and a lot of people have decided to delete their Keybase accounts.

Opinion

Which WordPress Plugins I Use

WordPress is a fantastic ecosystem with hundreds of thousands of plugins available. I wanted to talk about the plugins I use and why.

Web