Open source status board/app that gives you details on different modules of an API/website/etc. Created by the Twilio guys.
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Optimize Apache for WordPress
Some pretty cool server tips for optimizing a VPS for running pretty much any web system, but specifically WordPress.
MySQLTuner.pl
Perl script that scans a MySQL install and suggests different settings that might be more optimized for its load profile.
LDAP Schema Design
Big intro document on how to design an LDAP schema.
Automating WordPress customizations – the install.php way
Automating WordPress customizations – the install.php way
Good intro on how to modify a WordPress installation (during the install process) to automatically set up default options, pages etc.
Managing multiple /etc/hosts files in Mac OS X
Managing multiple /etc/hosts files in Mac OS X
Post from Sam Bauers including a short script that allows you to manage your /etc/hosts file as a symlink to a collection of variable files.
Maatkit
“A toolkit that provides advanced functionality for MySQL”
Mounting a remote filesystem via SSH on a Mac
The other day, I installed an app to try it out, and noticed that it came packaged with MacFUSE. When I uninstalled the other app, it left MacFUSE behind, and I figured I’d leave it there until I had a reason to remove it. Turns out I have a reason to actually keep it.
On a project I’m working on right now, I wanted quick, “local” access to a remote server. Using MacFUSE, I can mount a directory on a different server on my local machine and access it as if it was just any other local directory. Very cool.
mkdir /Volumes/MOUNTNAME /Users/beau/util/sshfs-static-tiger USER@HOST:/PATH/TO/DIR /Volumes/MOUNTNAME -oauto_cache,reconnect,volname=MOUNTNAME
WPMU Power Tools
A couple of handy tools for managing a WPMU installation such as executing a PHP function (e.g. update_option() ) across all blogs.
Admin Zen
Nice site with simple, clear points/suggestions for being a sysadmin (of any kind really, it’s very “generalized”).