<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:21:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@joepferguson/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Building Homestead in 2022]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post has previously been published at There are two parts to the Homestead product: a base box named Laravel Settler and a run time Laravel Homestead. From the Settler repo, we’re able to build base]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tech/@joepferguson/building-homestead-in-2022</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tech/@joepferguson/building-homestead-in-2022</guid><category><![CDATA[tech]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joepferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 00:48:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQ9XYaE1UGiQX5TLZvKFX3tbYnmvtD7pnFnfAKFYBgGitUAZ7dfxmPaR9hGLp1JGNQiHb5AkZZZThbnnEHhkeU7tp1PNE81vaRkZXRY9WJawjciasjPSicn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exporting and Importing WSL Linux Distributions on Windows 10]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've recently spent a lot of dedicated time exploring Windows 10 as a development environment. The best part of this process has been becoming familiar with Windows Subsystem for Linux, or WSL. With WSL]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/linux/@joepferguson/exporting-and-importing-wsl-linux-distributions-on-windows-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/linux/@joepferguson/exporting-and-importing-wsl-linux-distributions-on-windows-10</guid><category><![CDATA[linux]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joepferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 18:29:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6gUbcKN7UxenBhgb84VgwC6NW8DfrzFxosm54Rx3VMXFe816maDuadsJKMQb6aN9tvMKA6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down the rabbot hole]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been thinking a lot about the neighborhood cryptocurrency post by Luke Stokes. Reading about the ideas of decentralized organizations and self-governance has been pretty eye-opening. 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I’ve dabbled in Bitcoin and altcoins a bit and tried to follow the progress]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fio/@joepferguson/getting-connected-to-fio-testnet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fio/@joepferguson/getting-connected-to-fio-testnet</guid><category><![CDATA[fio]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joepferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 14:11:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fixed Docs JS error for Search on non-docs URLS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bug Fixes JavaScript errors from embedded Algolia search JS was looking for a #docsearch element that was only on pages using the docs template. Any page being loaded was using the search JavaScript code]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/utopian-io/@joepferguson/fixed-docs-js-error-for-search-on-non-docs-urls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/utopian-io/@joepferguson/fixed-docs-js-error-for-search-on-non-docs-urls</guid><category><![CDATA[utopian-io]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joepferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:32:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Add Golang 1.10]]></title><description><![CDATA[New Features Add Golang 1.10 support to Homestead base box. Implemented in provision script which configures the local development virtual machine Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/utopian-io/@joepferguson/add-golang-1-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/utopian-io/@joepferguson/add-golang-1-10</guid><category><![CDATA[utopian-io]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joepferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:17:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slim PHP when you don't need the kitchen sink - SunshinePHP 2018 Conference]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year a SunshinePHP I debuted a brand new talk "Slim PHP when you don't need the kitchen sink" Description: Full stack frameworks can often be too much for an application. What if you have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@joepferguson/slim-php-when-you-don-t-need-the-kitchen-sink-sunshinephp-2018-conference</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@joepferguson/slim-php-when-you-don-t-need-the-kitchen-sink-sunshinephp-2018-conference</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joepferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:55:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homestead Welcomes Z-Ray by Zend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since the release of Homestead version 7.1.0 and base box version 5.1.0 Homestead now supports the Zend Z-Ray plugin for PHP 7.2. You can start leveraging the power of Z-Ray in your application with a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@joepferguson/homestead-welcomes-z-ray-by-zend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@joepferguson/homestead-welcomes-z-ray-by-zend</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joepferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:34:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKae8Zaj594qUJafNyNSBw9svATPAkZ7zMtur5csaELSVkTBjRTaYy4G8jcmDDnwXjBX9S1FEP7rzv5ph1wZdFxENJ97G7uR7YfBcQkXJ58WzNzcLBP5ygj35ACzqRnsLddHep8kbP5XgcSdL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Only Way Out is Through]]></title><description><![CDATA[On my deathbed I will pray To the gods and the angels Like a pagan to anyone Who will take me to heaven To a place I recall I was there so long ago The sky was bruised The wine was bled And there you led]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/newyear/@joepferguson/the-only-way-out-is-through</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/newyear/@joepferguson/the-only-way-out-is-through</guid><category><![CDATA[newyear]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joepferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:53:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to move a dependency to Composer while requiring an old version]]></title><description><![CDATA[A common problem I run into with older applications are dependencies that have been added and loaded from the application’s repository. You would often see a “libraries” folder with a “className.php” type]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/composer/@joepferguson/how-to-move-a-dependency-to-composer-while-requiring-an-old-version</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/composer/@joepferguson/how-to-move-a-dependency-to-composer-while-requiring-an-old-version</guid><category><![CDATA[composer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joepferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:47:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using Homestead with CakePHP Framework]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interested in checking out CakePHP? You can easily spin up a new CakePHP project and add Homestead just as easy as any other modern PHP project. 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