Author: Ethan Caldwell
Ethan Caldwell is GeekBlog's resident Apple specialist, covering the entire Apple ecosystem - iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods and the software that ties them together. A longtime iOS user and gadget collector, Ethan tracks Cupertino's every move, breaking down Apple keynotes, A- and M-series chip benchmarks, iOS feature updates and the rumor mill into clear, practical takes that help readers decide whether the latest Apple hardware is worth the upgrade.
A step by step guide to installing WordPress on XAMPP locally, including htdocs paths, port 80 fixes, permalinks and moving the site to live hosting.
Learn how to compare floats in Jinja2 and Ansible templates, from casting strings with the float filter to tolerance based equality and rounding.
Four working ways to wrap a block in Jinja2, from super() in inherited templates to call blocks, filter blocks and conditional wrappers with block set, plus troubleshooting for the usual errors.
A practical guide to padding numbers with leading zeros in C and C++ using printf, snprintf, iostream manipulators and std::format.
A practical walkthrough of Facebook login integration covering the Meta app dashboard, the JavaScript SDK, server side token validation, App Review, iOS Limited Login and the data deletion callback.
A complete walkthrough of every way to reach a Minikube service from outside the cluster, including LAN access across drivers.
A practical walkthrough of the Messenger Platform, from Page tokens and a Node webhook to templates, m.me links and getting through App Review.
Five working ways to filter WordPress posts by category, from WP_Query and pre_get_posts to the REST API, the Query Loop block and AJAX filter buttons.
A practical guide to running a Node.js Express app on DigitalOcean, covering both a hand configured Droplet and the managed App Platform.
Four reliable ways to restart a pod in minikube, when to use each, and how to diagnose CrashLoopBackOff and stale image problems on a local cluster.