Create WordPress Database using MySQL Client

Every now and then I need to create a MySQL or MariaDB database from the command line using the MySQL Client. And I tend to forget exactly what commands to run. Lots of things to remember as a web developer. That is why I created loads of gists at Github. Unfortunately their search is not […]

Setting up a Trellis Server at Digital Ocean including SendGrid and Google Mail

Here is a the story of setting up a Trellis server at Digital Ocean including SendGrid and Google Mail for a client. I took care of this recently to move him from a shared Dreamhost server (testing ground) to a Trellis LEMP with Digital Ocean using the Bedrock Modern WordPress Stack. This post also includes dealing […]

Converting Japanese Character Sets

A client of mine – Kyoko Inatome – who writes both in English and Japanese, had an issue with the Japanese characters (letters). She had saved the database language differently earlier. Now things no longer worked as it should and all the Japanese had become gibberish. The Japanese Character Sets needed to be converted to be […]