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Updated December 11, 2019   Running a small business can leave you feeling like you need superpowers in order to get everything done. Some of those powers probably include: splitting yourself into three people, slowing down time, and never needing sleep. While you probably shouldn’t try exposing yourself to gamma rays in order to get […]

Launching an ecommerce site, while similar in many ways to other web endeavors, brings its own unique challenges and requirements. Your standard informational site has fairly easy content management and website hardware requirements are low in comparison to an ecommerce site which is much more resource hungry.   Depending on your level of expertise, you […]

What is the Best VPS for WordPress?

Last Updated: March 9, 2023

Why a VPS is the right choice to grow your WordPress blog WordPress is the world’s most widely used content management system. The W3Techs market-share portal shows that WordPress is used by 27% of the sites it monitors, representing 59% of the content management system (CMS) market. If you don’t know, W3Techs is legit. “We […]

What is CentOS, and Why Should You Care?

Last Updated: March 9, 2023

Being Linus Torvalds The story of Linux Things you wanted to know about CentOS but were afraid to ask CentOS is a particular distribution (aka distro) of the Linux operating system. Let’s look at Linux first to get a sense of that general technology and community, then take a direct look at this particular variation […]