I am Blake Nichols

Husband, Father, Developer, Coach, and Ultimate Encourager

I started this website as a way to organize my projects/ideas and share our experiences after moving.

Recent Blog Posts

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Creating an Apple Push Notification Certificate
By Blake Nichols |
Apple requires signed certificates to send notifications through apns (apple push notification service). Thankfully it's pretty easy to generate them and get
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MySQL Tips
By Blake Nichols |
Looking after your MySQL database is important as it's usually the bottleneck for most applications. Here are some tips to keep your database server running
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Setting up Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates
By Blake Nichols |
Setting up SSLs with Let's Encrypt is an easy (and free) way to secure the connections between your users and your web server. Setting it up takes less than 10