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Lucoles LTDA

Full Stack Developer, Acquia Certified Drupal 10 and Drupal 7, ITIL, PSM

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this bot kicks (bot) ass.

Creating a Telegram bot that kicks spam bots in less than 10 stepsΒΉ

the cure for spam bots is more bots. specifically of the cron-activated, PHP-scripted, one-kick variety

remember when our greatest hassle was cleaning spam and deploying captcha challenges? oh yes, those were the days.

Tags: Bots | Cron | PHP | Spam | Telegram
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a 3D blue guy with round glasses and a lab coat is sitting at a computer, manipulating a blue hologram with lines of code in front of a greenish screen. more screens can be seen in the background.

Moving that very useful config from one Drupal site to another

a guide on moving or duplicating drupal YAML config items using drush

ahhh, Drupal modules. where would we be without them? every developer has a trusty list of favorites, and I'm no exception… except that not all of them are of the "plug and play" variety, and sometimes need some setup.

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Disabling that pesky deprecated Drupal core module that you didn't uninstall when you upgraded because you didn't know better

you read that right.

yup. that's exactly what happened on my website, so I laid out the steps just in case someone else gets stuck like me.

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that's not exactly what we'll be doing, but it's close.

Deploy from GitHub to your webhost

this CI/CD guide will make it easier to go live from your GitHub repository to your webhost leveraging SSH keys and automated GitHub Actions with built-in security

ah, the good ol’ days of webdesign, when all it took was a few images, some HTML tables, a Geocities account and an FTP connection to own a piece of virtual estate.

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Local development with WSL2, Node, and Docker

jump start your full stack local development with WSL2, Node, and Docker integrating Ubuntu under Windows 11

some time ago I wrote an article with my findings on how to create a local development environment under Windows. since then, a lot has changed, and yet something hasn't: I’m still running Windows (now version 11).

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Lenient Patches in Drupal with Composer

drupal composer code versioning backwards compatibility binary patching made easier by Michael Anello, Matt Glaman, and Cameron Eagans

a few weeksΒΉ ago I came across an interesting post by Michael Anello in which he mentioned the Lenient Composer Plugin by Matt Glaman.

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a 3D blue guy using nerdy glasses and wearing a lab coat opens a door to usher in his clone.

Drupal 11 local multisite with DDEV

a short step-by-step summary on setting up Drupal 11 multisite with DDEV

I know, I know, everyone loves Lando. but just in case you happen to be a non-conformist like me and need to set up D11 asap with DDEV, here's how.

Tags: Drupal | DDEV | Full stack | Lando | PHP
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Drupal 7 reaches its end of life

reflecting on my journey as a webdesigner-turned-programmer thanks to the amazing framework that is Drupal

yesterday marked the end of life support for #Drupal7.

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