Upgrading MediaWiki from 1.29 to 1.39: A Step-by-Step Guide
A short guide on how to upgrade form ancient Wikimedia (1.29) to something not that old (at least LTS – 1.39)
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Understanding finally() with nested promises in JS
When working with asynchronous JavaScript, a common misconception is that a finally block on an outer promise will wait for all nested promises to complete. This assumption can lead to …
Recovering missing Matomo archives after Cron failure
I recently discovered that my Matomo 5.5.0 analytics instance had stopped archiving data for nearly three weeks due to a cron job failure. Here’s how I recovered the data without …
Fixing phpBB SMTP Email Error: “Could not get mail server response codes”
I recently ran into an issue on a phpBB forum. The error message was: “Could not get mail server response codes” when trying to connect to my mail server on port 465.
Fixing MediaWiki Image Loading After PHP Upgrade
After upgrading my server from PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.4, I encountered an issue with MediaWiki 1.29 where images stopped loading. Every image request resulted in an HTTP 500 error. …
CloudFlare returns 415 Error on HTTP/2 API call
Or why Accept headers mattered more than it seemed Recently, while debugging a seemingly simple API call made with JavaScript’s fetch() function, I encountered an issue that led me down …
How to fix ‘Try Another Verification Method’ with Outlook locked account
If you’re reading this, you’re likely facing the same frustrating issue I encountered: your Microsoft Outlook account is locked, and every verification attempt leads to the dreaded “Try another verification …