Technical Blog

A comprehensive guide to getting email authentication working properly. Covers the DKIM nightmare with Exim4, SPF records, and DMARC policies that actually work. Based on real-world experience fighting with mail servers for 8 hours straight.

How to build cookie consent that's actually compliant without being patronising. Real user choice, proper granular controls, and none of that "legitimate interest" bollocks that most sites use to ignore user preferences.

Proper contact form implementation with effective spam protection. Covers Google reCAPTCHA integration, server-side validation, and AJAX submission that doesn't break. No more forms that send everything to spam folders.

A rant about software that claims to be simple but creates more problems than it solves. Why "user-friendly" control panels often make basic tasks impossibly complex, and what proper software design looks like.