Celestine Omin
On Software, life and everything in-between
Fixing the server_names_hash_bucket_size problem in Nginx
Today I ran into an issue with Nginx. Nginx shuts down on me when I added a new virtual host. Upon checking the error log, I found this error: could not build the server_names_hash, you should increase server_names_hash_bucket_size: 32 This means there was an issue with the nginx server name...
Vagrant and Jekyll, a match made in heaven.
If you have been following my Twitter timeline for a while now, you will notice my unwavering love for Vagrant. To think that this technology has existed for almost 5yrs now and I’m only getting to use it is beyond me. Context A little bit of background knowledge, Vagrant is...
Priorities: What matters most
Credit: Startup Vitamins First make it work, then make it right, then make it fast. Kent Beck Last week, I had a rather interesting and illuminating discussion with someone. Our discussion bothered on some core concepts that almost every startup will deal with at some point; over engineering and time...
Technical job descriptions and movie hacking scenes
"Knowledge of database tools like(MySQL, PHP, Java and C#)" "8yrs experience building iOS apps using the Swift programming language" How often do you see job descriptions like these? I stumble on these things like every other day. What’s annoying about these job descriptions for technical roles is that there are...
Communities, the bedrock of marketplaces
com·mu·ni·ty /kəˈmyo͞onədē/ noun noun: community; plural noun: communities A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. “Konga has a healthy community” Before I begin, I’ll like to state that communities are the bedrock of marketplaces. Simple. December last year, I took up...