Advent of Code
After I haven't written anything here for a long time, okay a very long time, I don't want to let this blog fall asleep completely. A lot has happened to me recently, which is why I haven't found ...
December 7, 2021, 6:00 am
Composer patches
There is a bug in a foreign composer package and you can't wait until the fix is installed and a new version is built? Then you can't avoid a patch. That's annoying, but sometimes it can't be changed...
February 16, 2020, 3:16 pm
Gitea - a real alternative to Github, Gitlab and BitBucket
If you work with code, there is no way around version control. The current standard for version control is git, a distributed version control for files. If you only work with code alone, it is ...
January 25, 2020, 3:42 pm
git rerere – Do not always resolve the same conflicts
Recently I came across a very interesting post from Christophe Porteneuve on Medium, in which `git rerere` was introduced. The "rerere" stands for Reuse Recorded Resolution and this means that the ...
January 23, 2019, 6:11 pm
Mastodon - the better social network
I've been on Twitter for almost 9 years and with time it got worse and worse on Twitter. Right-wing radicals, conspiracy theorists, etc. are getting more and more popular there. And after the last ...
September 23, 2018, 12:25 pm
Neos 4.0 & Flow 5.0
A few days ago a new major release of Neos and Flow was released. I would like to briefly introduce you to a few new features. Neos 4.0Let's start with Neos. The CMS was released in version 4.0 and ...
May 6, 2018, 5:30 pm
Neos Conference 2018
Even though it has been almost two weeks now, the Neos Conference has still left an impression. The conference was this year also in Hamburg. This time in the highest event area in Northern Germany...
April 25, 2018, 4:00 pm
Neos "Content Repository" Sprint in Dresden
From 26.02. to 02.03. a Neos Sprint took place in Dreden. This time I had the opportunity to participate. The topic of the sprint was the new Event Sourced Content Repository.What is the Content ...
March 3, 2018, 5:00 pm
4. Advent: Create a Neos backend module
It is very easy to create your own backend module in Neos. Be it to extend an existing module with a submodule or to create a completely own module.For your own module you first create a controller ...
December 24, 2017, 9:00 am
3. Advent: Logging in Flow
The third part of this small series is about logging in Flow. You can easily log with the standard logger or you can create your own logger.First, I'll show you how to write into the standard log ...
December 17, 2017, 12:00 pm
2.Advent: A custom validator
On the second Advent I want to show you how to create your own validator. With the validator you can validate models, actions of controllers and forms.For a validator, all you have to do is create a ...
December 10, 2017, 9:00 am
1. Advent: Your own EelHelper
On every Sunday in Advent I would like to show you a little tip for Neos.Here's the first tip on how to create your own EelHelper. It is very easy to create your own EelHelper and use it in fusion. ...
December 3, 2017, 10:00 am
Nice Neos Tutorials
Bastian Heist (Homepage, Twitter, Github), a Neos team member, has published 4 short but very instructive video tutorials. Of course, I will not deprive you of this interesting videos.Install Neos ...
August 11, 2017, 6:15 pm
Dream team: Neos and Elasticsearch
Is it difficult to get a powerful search for your homepage? With Neos and Elasticsearch this is now a breeze. In 5 easy steps to your own Elasticsearch search.Step 1:Install the two packages ...
July 24, 2017, 6:36 pm
Neos Conference 2017
Last Friday and Saturday the first Neos Conference took place. It was as in previous years at the inspiring conference, an awesome one with many good talks, interesting discussions and good food.The ...
April 2, 2017, 4:10 pm
Implement your own password hashing strategy
What is a password hashing strategy and why do I need to implement my own? Let's assume that we have an existing page with user accounts and want to add them to our new Neos page. In the old page, ...
March 23, 2017, 7:40 pm
How to avoid memory problems during long-running processes?
If you have long-running processes such as a job queue worker, you often get memory problems. Especially with PHP, workers are a problem because the memory can not be released again. With Flow, it is...
February 13, 2017, 7:33 pm
Google VR View
You can embed 360° photos and videos into a website using VR View. This looks great on both desktop and smartphone. On mobile devices even the movement is registered and integrated. When you ...
January 23, 2017, 7:00 pm
echo "Hello world";
A "Hello world" is often the first thing you do when you start programming. In this blog I'll publish irregular posts around programming. My focus is on web development, especially the content ...
January 22, 2017, 6:00 pm
About me
Michael Gerdemann
Coder & Coffee lover
Flow & Neos enthusiast
Mastodon: @nottulner
Twitter: @nottulner
Git: git.gerdemann.me
Github: @gerdemann