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hMailServer with Microsoft SQL Compact

Posted on : February 03 2025 by andreihetel

How to connect to Microsoft SQL Compact database used by hMailServer in a couple of easy steps. Read more...

JWT Key with OpenSSL

Posted on : January 23 2024 by andreihetel

In order to generate the encrypted token signature, a secret key held on the server is required. The key is kept safe in an environment variable for live applications (in development, in the appsettings.json file). Some websites do that task, but I wouldn't recommend this approach as it is risky. Read more...

Starting a new website

Posted on : December 02 2023 by andreihetel

WordPress or other content management systems are very popular and represent a quick way of getting things done. Most of the time, a well-known CMS is probably the best solution to build a simple blog. But, the intention is to write about programming, so why not do a custom one, starting from scratch by myself? Read more...