Anthony Heddings
Contributing since June, 2015
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About Anthony Heddings
Anthony Heddings is a tech writer and freelance React developer. He enjoys spending most of his time debugging JavaScript and yelling at his terminal.
Latest Articles
Electron Can Bring Your Web App to the Desktop. Here's How to Get Started
Electron is a framework that packages your web application with a copy of Chrome, allowing it to run on a user's desktop alongside native applications.
How to Assign a Static IP Address to Your Google Cloud Platform Instances
If you're hosting web services on a cloud server, such as GCP's Compute Engine, you probably want to use a static public IP address, as the default dynamic one is subject to change whenever the server is restarted.
Should You Be Using Google Cloud Platform's Premium Network Tier?
Google Cloud Platform is the first major cloud provider to offer two different network service tiers.
How to Create and Use Self-Signed SSL in Nginx
If you just need encryption for internal server connections or non-user facing sites, signing your own SSL certificates is an easy way to avoid dealing with an external certificate authority.
How to Get the Size of an Amazon S3 Bucket
AWS makes finding the size of an S3 bucket fairly unintuitive and hidden in the menus.
How to Enable Two Factor for SSH Logins
If you really want to lock down your cloud server, you can enable two-factor authentication for SSH in the same way you would add it to your Gmail account, preventing anyone from gaining access if they've stolen your SSH private key.
How Do You Protect Your Website Against DDoS Attacks?
DDoS attacks, or Distributed Denial of Service, can threaten to take your website offline, preventing it from doing its job.
How to Convert XML to JSON on the Command Line
XML is complicated, and parsing it natively is fairly hard, even with scripting languages.
Sick of Managing Servers? Here's How to Get Started with Containers on AWS
Containers package up all of your app's code, dependencies, and configuration into a single image that you can run on Amazon's Elastic Container Service without configuring or managing a single EC2 instance.
Why You Should Use AWS Route 53 Over a "Dumb" DNS
Your DNS is the service that translates your domain name into an IP address.
Use a Gmail Account for Business Services? Why You Need Google's Advanced Protection
If you're using a Gmail account for your business, that account is the key to your entire life.
How to Automate Creating AWS Virtual Machines from the Command Line
It's easy to launch new instances from the EC2 Console, but sometimes you need to automate the task from a shell script.
Where to Find Servers with Fast CPUs (for Hosting Games)
Game servers are very resource-hungry; if you're planning on seriously hosting one, you'll want to find a server with the fastest CPU possible, so your game can run smoothly and handle the load of many people connected at the same time.
How to Host a High-Performance Static Website from a GCP Cloud Storage Bucket
If you don't need any server-side HTML processing, you might not even need a "real" web server like NGINX---static websites can be hosted and served from GCP Cloud Storage buckets, a high performance and scalable alternative to traditional web hosting.
How to Host a Static Website for Free on Google's Firebase Hosting Platform
If you're looking to host a simple website for free, you aren't limited to free website makers like Google Sites or Wix.
How to Redirect IP Address to Domain Name in NGINX or Apache
It's an edge case, but if someone types in your IP address instead of your domain name, you'll want your server to handle that request properly, and redirect them to the actual site.
The Best Tools for Coding in Teams
When working with a team of programmers, anything that can help the process run smoothly and on track is worth a lot of time and money.
Understanding Amazon EBS Volume Pricing: The Hidden Cost of EC2
Every AWS EC2 instance you provision needs storage to serve as the primary drive.
How to Set the Social Image That Expands from Your Website Link
If you've just shared your website with someone else, or on a social media platform, and been disappointed that the link didn't expand, it's an easy fix to make your links more appealing and improve SEO.
How to Package Your Application's Infrastructure with Docker
Docker is a way of packaging applications and all of their required dependencies and configuration into a single image.