To large degree this article is a result of my observations on people's struggles related to compressing files, possibly also directories, with tar command line utility efficiently and safely. Most of the time using tar on its own causes no difficulty. Problems crop up ...

If you are a website admin or owner you probably scan your HTTP server's logs in search of interesting, or perhaps dangerous, entries from time to time. When doing so, you might have come across a GET or POST HTTP request (or some its variation) which looks like the one ...

There are situations where it is handy to speak to WordPress directly from the the command line. For example, imagine that you must regain access to your website's admin panel after you have your website's admin area access locked out because you have forgotten your ...

It is striking how often basic scripting of POST request can cause a real headache to a person who is not somewhat familiar with certain assumptions WordPress makes on how these requests should be handled. Even more confusion can ensue in cases when a feedback has to be given ...