https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/ Recent content on Fabio Cicerchia Hugo en-gb Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-proxmox/ Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-proxmox/ There’s a shortage of Raspberry Pi, that’s not news, it’s been a while and people are selling the ones they have at crazy prices. Since I’m not really willing to spend ~150€ for a Pi which usually… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/past-year-review-2022/ Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/past-year-review-2022/ Note:If you’re looking for some ideas for yourself, I suggest having a quick look atthis list, there are quite a lot of varied activities (which I might pick up next year as well). https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-cabling/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-cabling/ After having configured thefirewall, I needed to have one extra cable to plug it to the switch in order to connect my laptop to the network. (Un)fortunately I ran out of spare ethernet cables, so I… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-firewall/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-firewall/ What server rack project would it be without a firewall?! I got myself another bargain deal with aWatchGuard Firebox XTM25. I should have enough fun with some Stateful Packet Inspection and Threat… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-nas/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-nas/ After mounting and finally managing to have a UPS working, I can guarantee that a NAS will “always” be powered on without disrupting the data availability… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-kvm/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-kvm/ It happened already a handful of time that the Raspberry Pi are not reachable in the network, so I need to have a proper way to access them directly. The solution would be a KVM switch, a little… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-ups-part-2/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-ups-part-2/ After quite a lot ofsuffering and sweatingwith my new UPS I managed to finally have it working. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-ups-part-1/ Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-ups-part-1/ Now that I have something that isnetwork-connectedand which I could use finally, it is time to make sure it has continuous electricity to keep things stable. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-switch/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-switch/ After having done alittle tweakto the rack, I started tackling the networking side. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-wheels/ Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-wheels/ Now that I have gotmy cool rack assembledI noticed the mess it made on my floor. Unfortunately, I was so busy cleaning it right away, that I didn’t take any pictures of it. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-initial-assembling/ Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project-initial-assembling/ Today I’ll be covering the first phase of my new pet project: aserver rack. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project/ Mon, 30 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/server-rack-pet-project/ This will be an unusual pet project compared to the one I’ve always done as a programmer. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/past-year-review-2021/ Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/past-year-review-2021/ It’s again that time of the year, the end of it, the moment where we stop, we look back and check how we did. Have we been able to do all the things we wanted to do? Of course not. But what matter… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-10-play-with-providers/ Mon, 24 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-10-play-with-providers/ This is the tenth part of the seriesSave yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-9-disaster-recovery-plan/ Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-9-disaster-recovery-plan/ This is the ninth part of the seriesSave yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-manual-configurations/ Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-manual-configurations/ This is the eighth part of the seriesSave yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-7-billing-impact/ Mon, 03 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-7-billing-impact/ This is the seventh part of the seriesSave yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-6-redundancy-of-dns/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-6-redundancy-of-dns/ This is the sixth part of the seriesSave yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-5-redundancy-of-web-servers/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-5-redundancy-of-web-servers/ This is the fifth part of the seriesSave yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-4-redundancy-of-storage/ Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-4-redundancy-of-storage/ This is the fourth part of the seriesSave yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-3-redundancy-of-database/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-3-redundancy-of-database/ This is the third part of the seriesSave yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-2-secure-the-storage/ Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-2-secure-the-storage/ This is the second part of the seriesSave yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-1-secure-the-database/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-1-secure-the-database/ This is the first part of the seriesSave yourself from a disaster: Redundancy on a budget. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-redundancy-on-a-budget/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/save-yourself-from-a-disaster-redundancy-on-a-budget/ What can we learn from the latest major cloud incident (ie. burning OVH datacenter)?Do not put all your eggs in one basket!The only certain thing is that it’s not a matter of IF there’ll be a… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/bye-bye-lastpass-welcome-keepassx/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/bye-bye-lastpass-welcome-keepassx/ LastPass has recently decided tolimit their free accountto allow only 1 active device (computer or mobile) per account.In the lights of this debatable decision,many people have decided to move away… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/past-year-review-2020/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/past-year-review-2020/ The end of the year has come, so it’s time to look back and sum up what has happened and what has been achieved. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/learning-touch-typing/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/learning-touch-typing/ I’ve been typing with two fingers for over 20 years and didn’t bother much about my typing skills. In fact, I was a pretty average typist with a rate of ~39wpm with pretty good accuracy of 96%, at… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/why-i-stepped-down-as-cto/ Mon, 06 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/why-i-stepped-down-as-cto/ I leftSkuola.netasCTOto joinRadical(formerly BAGBNB) asEngineer. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/tech-challenge-explained/ Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/tech-challenge-explained/ The tech challenged I’ve used in Skuola.net was designed in order to be submitted by any developer, regardless the experience level or the programming language. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/book-review-domain-driven-design-quickly/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/book-review-domain-driven-design-quickly/ This is my summary of the bookDomain Driven Design Quickly, I’ve highlighted the main concepts as a reference. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/past-year-review-2019/ Mon, 30 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/past-year-review-2019/ It all started as aNew Year’s Resolution. This year I wanted to make it happen for real, and, by knowing myself pretty well, I had to put it to a whole new level in order to make it to the end. Moved… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/practical-estimates/ Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/practical-estimates/ Because… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/what-kind-of-shaped-professional-are-you/ Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/what-kind-of-shaped-professional-are-you/ The most common one is the T-shaped professional or more correctly T-shaped skills since we’re talking about abilities. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/tricky-definition-done/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/tricky-definition-done/ Most of the times the word “done” has a very subjective meaning, especially when we are in a business context. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/practicality-eisenhower-matrix/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/practicality-eisenhower-matrix/ The Eisenhower Matrix helps you decide and prioritise tasks based on urgency and importance. In fact, it is also referred to as the Urgent-Important Matrix. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/performance-optimisation-first-talk-ever/ Sat, 09 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/performance-optimisation-first-talk-ever/ [toc]https://www.slideshare.net/fabiocicerchia/performance-optimisation-69670789 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/being-really-agile-being-really-smart/ Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/being-really-agile-being-really-smart/ TheAgile Manifestohas the following 4 core values: https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/branching-model-clean-up-those-repos/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/branching-model-clean-up-those-repos/ Usually, most rookie developers don’t use a VCS (Versioning Control System), likeSVNorGIT, in this post I won’t talk about the benefits of using one. This post is dedicated to who are already using a… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/versioning-numbers-make-them-meaningful/ Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/versioning-numbers-make-them-meaningful/ The version number itself, and more generally the way you manage it, is most of the timeunderestimatedbecause it’s considered somethingtrivial.It is used to give a chronological order to the software… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/retrieve-js-events-how-to-get-all-of-them/ Tue, 03 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/retrieve-js-events-how-to-get-all-of-them/ I was trying to face an apparently huge problem, collect all the eventsboundto the DOM elements. Then I realised that the mainobstaclewas thebrowser, yes the browser.Because of the way the browser… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/browser-fingerprinting-theres-no-place-where-you-can-hide/ Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/browser-fingerprinting-theres-no-place-where-you-can-hide/ TheEFF, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, did research about theusers’ privacyand how it is possible toidentify the userin a quite unique way.The concept is based ongathering as much information as… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-gli-eventi-onmouseenter-onmouseleave-su-tutti-i-browser/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-gli-eventi-onmouseenter-onmouseleave-su-tutti-i-browser/ Utilizzare gli eventi onMouseEnter & onMouseLeave non solo su Internet Explorer non sarà più un problema! Basta una funzioncina javascript e prototype. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-rimuovere-le-entita-html-unhtmlentities/ Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-rimuovere-le-entita-html-unhtmlentities/ Ecco un modo veloce per rimuovere tutte le entità html da una stringa: https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-lhistory-di-linux-e-troppo-corta-allungala/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-lhistory-di-linux-e-troppo-corta-allungala/ Come aumentare la lista dei comandi eseguiti nella shell è un’operazione rapida e indolore, basta aggiungere 2 righe al vostro file~/.bashrc. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-convertire-un-database-sqlite-2-a-sqlite3/ Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-convertire-un-database-sqlite-2-a-sqlite3/ Ecco a voi un piccolo comando da lanciare nella vostra linux shell per convertire un database SQLite 2 alla versione più recente ovvero la 3: https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-ripristinare-aptitude-fixando-il-lock-di-var-lib-dpkg/ Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-ripristinare-aptitude-fixando-il-lock-di-var-lib-dpkg/ Vi è mai capitato che quando digitate il vostro bel comando “apt-get …” la shell vi risponda “picche” dandovi questo messaggio: https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-come-aggiungere-www-allurl-del-vostro-dominio/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-come-aggiungere-www-allurl-del-vostro-dominio/ Nelpost precedenteabbiamo visto come rimuovere il www dall’url, ora invece vediamo come aggiungerlo https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-come-rimuovere-www-dallurl-del-vostro-dominio/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-come-rimuovere-www-dallurl-del-vostro-dominio/ Volete utilizzare il vostro dominio senza che vi sia il “www” davanti? Allora create un file “.htaccess” nella root del vostro web server se non lo avete gia, e aggiungete il codice riportato qui… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-crontab-e-la-magia-dellesecuzione-automatica/ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-crontab-e-la-magia-dellesecuzione-automatica/ Se mai avete sentito parlare di crontab, cron o cronjobs e non siete mai riusciti a capire di cosa si stava parlando: questo tutorial è per voi! https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-come-recuperare-tutte-le-variabili-e-le-costanti-dichiarate/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-come-recuperare-tutte-le-variabili-e-le-costanti-dichiarate/ Oggi vi darò un’altro piccolo snippet per PHP, ovvero come recuperare tutte le variabili e le costanti dichiarate… Potete parsarvi i due array e applicare un filtro oppure utilizzarli per il debug.… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-validazione-chiamata-ajax/ Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-validazione-chiamata-ajax/ Validare una chiamata AJAX o presunta tale si può fare tramite un HTTP Header particolare: HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH. Il browser che effettua una chiamata AJAX imposta sempre questo header e lo valorizza… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-dns-cache-hack-per-firefox/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-dns-cache-hack-per-firefox/ Volete evitare di chiudere Firefox ogni volta che modificate il vostro file hosts? Qui troverete la soluzione! 😉Allora per chi non sa cosa sia un file hosts vi do una piccola definizione (anche se… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-creare-plugin-motore-di-ricerca-per-firefox-e-internet-explorer/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-creare-plugin-motore-di-ricerca-per-firefox-e-internet-explorer/ Oggi vi mostrerò come creare facilmente e in poco tempo un plugin motore di ricerca, per Firefox e Internet Explorer 7, utilizzando il formato OpenSearch. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-risolvere-il-problema-delle-png-trasparenti-su-internet-explorer/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-risolvere-il-problema-delle-png-trasparenti-su-internet-explorer/ Come risolvere il problema della trasparenza delle immagine PNG su Internet Explorer 6? https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-xdebug-il-debug-di-php/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-xdebug-il-debug-di-php/ XDebug ci aiuta nel debugging dei nostri script, permettendoci anche di migliorare le prestazioni. https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-i-namespaces-in-javascript/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-i-namespaces-in-javascript/ Come creare script in javascript mantenendo la compatibilità con gli altri framework utilizzati all’interno di un sito (es: prototype, jquery, mootools, ecc)? Un bel namespace sarebbe perfetto https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-intercettare-la-chiusura-del-browser/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-intercettare-la-chiusura-del-browser/ Avete la necessità di dover intercettare quella fase precedente alla chiusura del brower o del tab contenuto in esso?Eccovi qui la soluzione: https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-htaccess-e-hotlinking/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-htaccess-e-hotlinking/ In questo post vi mostrerò un metodo efficace per prevenire il consumo illecito della vostra banda e la violazione dei diritti di copyright. L’hot-linking è una tecnica alquanto fastidiosa,… https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-xhtml-strict-e-lattributo-target-workaround/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.fabiocicerchia.it/posts/ita-xhtml-strict-e-lattributo-target-workaround/ Sicuramente chiunque di voi si sia imbattuto nella creazione di siti web che rispettino gli standard XHTML 1.1 del W3C e ha voluto mantenere la compatibilità con HTML 4 ha avuto dei problemi di…