Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• Fixing/Aligning GitHub Repo with Its .gitignore

  Updated:Jan 19, 2026 |  at 03:49 AM

  Steps to align your GitHub repository with your `.gitignore` file, removing unwanted files already tracked by Git.

• Setting Up Cron Jobs for MantisBT

  Published:Aug 29, 2025 |  at 06:22 AM

  Learn how to set up and manage cron jobs for MantisBT to automate email dispatch and plugin events.

• Monitor Colour Calibration on Windows

  Published:Aug 28, 2025 |  at 06:00 AM

  Quick tips to calibrate your monitor's color profile on Windows using built-in tools and visual references.

• Overview of 3DS, PSD and SCA in Payment Security

  Published:Jul 26, 2025 |  at 10:04 PM

  A concise overview of 3D Secure (3DS), the Payment Services Directive (PSD), and Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), highlighting their roles in securing electronic payments.

• libcurl: Failed to perform request: [61]

  Published:Jun 28, 2025 |  at 10:03 PM

  This article explains the cause of Error 61 related to HTTP content encoding and how to resolve it by adjusting the Accept-Encoding header.

• Understanding SQL Server ID Jumps

  Published:Jun 20, 2025 |  at 10:00 PM

  This article explains why identity column values in SQL Server may jump by large numbers, especially after restarts, and how to control this behaviour using configuration options introduced in SQL Server 2012 and later.