Databases
Install Redis 8.0 on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Ubuntu 26.04 ships Redis 8.0 straight from the official repos, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds.…
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Install MySQL 8.4 on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ships with both MySQL 8.4 and MariaDB 11.8 in its default repositories. If you need…
Databases
Install MariaDB on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
MariaDB 11.8.6 now ships in Ubuntu 26.04’s main archive. That’s a first. Previous Ubuntu releases kept MariaDB in…
Databases
Install PostgreSQL 18 on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon)
Ubuntu 26.04 ships PostgreSQL 18 in its default repositories. No third-party repos, no manual compilation. A single apt…
AlmaLinux
Install XAMPP on Rocky Linux 10/9 and AlmaLinux 10/9
XAMPP bundles Apache, MariaDB, PHP, and Perl into a single installer, which makes it the fastest way to…
Databases
PostgreSQL and MariaDB Backup with Point-in-Time Recovery
File-level backups are useless for databases. If you tar a running PostgreSQL data directory, you get a corrupted…
Databases
Install PostgreSQL on Void Linux
Void Linux is one of those distributions that rewards you for understanding how your system works. No systemd,…
Databases
Install Apache, MariaDB, and PHP (LAMP) on Void Linux
Void Linux handles services differently from most distros. There’s no systemd here. Runit manages everything, and the package…
Books
Best MongoDB Books for 2026
MongoDB is the default choice when a project needs a document database, but the gap between “it works…
Books
Best MySQL and MariaDB Books for 2026
MySQL and MariaDB handle more production workloads than any other open-source database, yet most developers never read a…
Books
Best Elasticsearch and ELK Stack Books for 2026
Elasticsearch 8 changed the security model significantly (security is now enabled by default), introduced native vector search for…
Books
Best Redis Books for 2026
Redis has evolved well beyond a simple key-value cache. Redis Stack adds full-text search (RediSearch), JSON document storage,…