Database performance problems are not always caused by slow queries. Sometimes the bigger problem is how the application uses the database. An application might repeatedly fetch data that rarely changes, execute many small queries that could be batched, or hit the database for data that could be cached. These problems can be difficult to spot […]
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After connecting the remote GitHub MCP connector to Claude.ai, it could see exactly one repo in my org — the only public one. Every private repo 404’d. Symptom The repo exists and I own the org. GitHub returns 404 rather than 403 for resources your token can’t see, so “not found” here means “not permitted.”
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If you’re encountering the dreaded [auth/missing-client-identifier] error with Firebase Authentication in your Expo app, here’s the solution that worked for me. The Problem This error typically occurs when there’s a mismatch between your app’s configuration in Firebase and your actual app credentials. In my case, there seemed to be an internal linking issue between Firebase
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I’m currently working on my first React Native (RN) application intended for the public. The app is built using Expo’s Managed Workflow, allowing me to focus almost entirely on React code (which is great). The e-commerce application involves users signing in before they can place orders. If users forget their passwords, which some inevitably will,
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This article isn’t intended as a one-stop set of instructions for getting started with GitHub actions. But instead, this post will summarize what is involved in deploying plugins/themes to multiple sites using GitHub actions. The instructions are loosely based on this extremely helpful step-by-step guide on continuous deployments for WordPress. If the guide I just
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What causes the phpcs fatal execution error? Is there something wrong with how you installed PHP Code Sniffer? Perhaps there is something wrong with VSCode or the coding standard you are trying to implement. Initially, I thought there was something wrong with my VSCode extension, I actually kept searching for things such as “vscode fatal
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Is WordPress telling you that it is not set up to send emails? Read on. This problem took me roughly 20hrs to get to the bottom of (I’m not embarrassed). If that sounds extreme, good! This is the type of problem that keeps you up at night. When you check so many different logs, so
Here’s a problem that is actually super easy to fix! What problem? “mercury error ff servicing queue job.” That’s right the fix might be a lot easier than you think. In my case, the problem was that I was using the wrong connection protocol. So, the solution is to try a different connection type in
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There are many ways to access webmail, one of my favorites is to create a subdomain and install the RoundCube webmail client there. But what do you do if you are unable to log into RoundCube and get the error “Connection to storage server failed”? Resolved: How to fix the connection to storage server failed
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Having trouble getting Google Search Console to give you a green light on your fix for Indexed, though blocked? Read on. When I first attempted to fix the ‘indexed, though blocked by robots.txt’ warning, I thought to myself, “easy! I’ll just add a noindex in my robots.txt and sail off into the sunset”, right? Wrong!
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