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Collin M. Barrett

Collin M. Barrett is a staff software engineer in Memphis, TN.

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS)

A collection of my blog posts tagged as being related to the secured Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) including its performance, implementations, etc.

Hardening Firefox. Replacing Chrome.

Hardening Firefox. Replacing Chrome.

Published: 8.7.17

Using Firefox instead of Chrome on the desktop, and how I am hardening Firefox to increase security and privacy. [Read More]

Activating HTTP/2 Server Push with WordPress

Activating HTTP/2 Server Push with WordPress

Published: 6.15.17

A quick and dirty test of HTTP/2 Server Push on WordPress. [Read More]

Sending the Referrer Policy Header with NGINX

Sending the Referrer Policy Header with NGINX

Published: 6.13.17

A brief overview of the Referrer Policy header and how to send it with NGINX. [Read More]

Blocking Web Fonts for Speed and Privacy

Blocking Web Fonts for Speed and Privacy

Published: 4.11.16

How to configure your browser to block web fonts to speed up your web browsing and protect your privacy. [Read More]

DIY VPS Build Guide for Fast and Cheap WordPress Hosting

DIY VPS Build Guide for Fast and Cheap WordPress Hosting

Published: 1.23.16

A verbose build guide for a modern, high-performance production WordPress VPS. Stack: Ubuntu, NGINX, MariaDB, HHVM, Redis, Let’s Encrypt. [Read More]

Example of Dynamically Caching WordPress on Cloudflare

Example of Dynamically Caching WordPress on Cloudflare

Published: 1.16.16

The performance improvements speak for themselves in this example of dynamically caching WordPress on CloudFlare from a traditional shared hosting server. [Read More]

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