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Collin M. Barrett

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

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NGINX

A collection of my blog posts tagged as being related to the NGINX web server including performance tips, implementation examples, security concerns, etc.

Deploying .NET Core via Travis CI from GitHub to Linux

Deploying .NET Core via Travis CI from GitHub to Linux

Published: 6.19.17

A high-level demo of how I configured automated builds and deploys of a .NET Core application using Travis CI from GitHub to a Linux (Ubuntu) server. [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]

NGINX Trailing Slashes for WordPress

NGINX Trailing Slashes for WordPress

Published: 3.2.17

How to configure a NGINX rewrite rule to always include trailing slashes in WordPress while not breaking the REST API. [Read More]

Optimizing Self-Hosted Web Fonts

Optimizing Self-Hosted Web Fonts

Published: 2.23.16

By implementing .woff2 and slimming down my icon font, I reduced the weight of my site’s fonts by about 50KB. [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]

Dynamically Caching WordPress on Cloudflare

Dynamically Caching WordPress on Cloudflare

Published: 1.7.16

A how-to guide to speeding up websites by dynamically caching WordPress on Cloudflare including traditionally non-static content like HTML. [Read More]

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