Brian Hogan Author
I manage the Write for DOnations program, write and edit community articles, and make things on the Internet.
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- Ruby
- Linux
- JavaScript
- Elixir
- Ruby on Rails
- Phoenix
- Bash
- Docker
- Ansible
Interested in learning
- Kubernetes
- React
- Vue
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Edited Tutorial
How To Deploy a Next.js App to App Platform
In this tutorial, you will deploy a Next.js application to DigitalOcean's App Platform using a Static Export and a Custom Server. -
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How To Build and Deploy a Hugo Site to DigitalOcean App Platform
In this tutorial you'll use Hugo to build a small static web site and then deploy the site to DigitalOcean App Platform. -
Published Tutorial in Series: How To Code in Ruby
How To Use IRB to Explore Ruby
IRB, short for Interactive Ruby, is a REPL (read-eval-print loop) which serves as a quick way to explore the Ruby programming language and try out code without creating a file. In this tutorial, you'll use IRB to run ... -
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DigitalOcean's Technical Writing Guidelines
DigitalOcean is excited to continue building out its collection of technical articles related to server administration and software engineering. To keep the DigitalOcean community unified and to ensure that articles f... -
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How to Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 20.04
Apache's modrewrite module lets you redirect URLs based on additional conditions, or rewrite URLs in a cleaner fashion, translating human-readable paths into code-friendly query string. In this tutorial, you'll enable... -
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How to Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 18.04
Apache's modrewrite module lets you redirect URLs based on additional conditions, or rewrite URLs in a cleaner fashion, translating human-readable paths into code-friendly query string. In this tutorial, you'll enable... -
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How To Configure Nginx as a Web Server and Reverse Proxy for Apache on One Ubuntu 18.04 Server
In this tutorial you'll configure Nginx as both a web server and as a reverse proxy for Apache to host four domains on a single server. -
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How To Generate Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) with uuidgen
Generate universally unique identifiers from the command-line using the uuidgen command. -
Published Tutorial
How To Install and Use Homebrew on macOS
Homebrew (http://brew.sh) is a package manager for macOS which lets you install free and open-source software using your terminal. In this tutorial you'll install and use Homebrew on your Mac. -
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How To Install MongoDB from the Default APT Repositories on Ubuntu 18.04
The author selected the Creative Commons Corporation to receive a $100 donation as part of the Write for DOnations program. -
Published Tutorial in Series: How To Manage Infrastructure with Terraform
How To Use Terraform with DigitalOcean
Terraform is a tool for building and managing infrastructure in an organized way. In this tutorial, you'll install and use Terraform to create an infrastructure on DigitalOcean that consists of two Nginx servers that ... -
Published Tutorial series
How To Manage Infrastructure with Terraform
Terraform is a popular open source Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tool that automates provisioning of your infrastructure in the cloud and manages the full lifecycle of all deployed resources, which are defined in sourc... -
Published Answer
DigitalOcean Article Payout
Hi @khanhuzaima! Thanks for your interest in our Write for DOnations program. Unfortunately we can only ma… -
Edited Tutorial
How to Download Files with cURL
Download files from a remote server to your local system from the command-line using the curl command. -
Edited Tutorial
How To Time Command Execution with the time Command
Learn how to track how long a command takes to execute from the command-line using the time command. -
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How To Loop Through Files in a Directory
Iterate through the files in a directory and run commands against them using shell scripting loops. -
Edited Tutorial
How To Set Up a Ruby on Rails GraphQL API
In this tutorial, you will build a GraphQL-powered Ruby on Rails API for taking notes. When you are finished, you will be able to create and view notes from the API using GraphQL. -
Published Tutorial
How To Set Up Nginx with HTTP/2 Support on Ubuntu 18.04
HTTP/2 is a new version of the Hypertext Transport Protocol, which is used on the Web to deliver pages from server to browser. This tutorial will help you set up a fast and secure Nginx server with HTTP/2 support. -
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How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 20.04
Docker is an application that simplifies the process of managing application processes in containers. In this tutorial, you'll install and use Docker Community Edition (CE) on Ubuntu 20.04. You'll install Docker itse... -
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Using Grep & Regular Expressions to Search for Text Patterns in Linux
Grep is a tool used to search for specified patterns within text input using regular expressions. Regular expressions are a system for describing complex text patterns. Regular expressions are a powerful tool that c...