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Overview of 2019

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

Hey, it’s me again! I’m back, sort of!Obviously this is the first blog post for quite some time. My last overview has been posted a few years ago if we have to be exact. I have started the overview of…

Tagged with: DevriX, overview, WordPress
Posted in Personal

Fixing the login problem on Ubuntu mysql-server

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Stanko Metodiev — 5 Comments ↓

On Sunday I usually do my weekly backup. Once I woke up, I’ve prepared a coffee and I started with the usual procedures. But when I’ve tried to do my local server backup, I got a MySQL error. For some reason I…

Tagged with: Linux, MySQL, mysql-server, phpMyAdmin, Ubuntu
Posted in Linux, Tips and Tricks

Overview of 2016

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

Yeah, it’s that time of the year, when we are writing and reading a bunch of overview posts, just like this one. And I’m not saying this as a bad thing. Not at all. I really like to see the yearly overview of my friends, family…

Tagged with: Contributing, DevriX, Open Source, overview, Real Madrid, WordCamp Sofia, WordPress
Posted in Personal

I’m Speaking at WordCamp Sofia 2016

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

I haven’t posted here from quite some time and I can start with a bunch of excuses, but at the end, it doesn’t matter. The important thing I wanted to share with you is that this weekend I’m going to speak at…

Tagged with: DevriX, presentation, WordCamp, WordCamp Sofia
Posted in Events

My personal GitHub challenge – a year later

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

I can’t believe I’m writing this post. A year ago I started my journey and I was pretty skeptical whether I’ll be able to finish it. But here I am, writing this blog post with a big smile on my face 🙂

Tagged with: challenge, GitHub
Posted in Personal

5 Years at DevriX

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Stanko Metodiev — 4 Comments ↓

This January DevriX, the company I’m working for, turned 5. Mario and I started working together in the summer of 2010, although he founded the company in 2011, so technically, I’m with DevriX even before the company existed 🙂

Tagged with: DevriX, overview, WordPress
Posted in Personal

Overview of 2015

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

At that time of the year (almost) everybody make his/her overview of the year. I was postponing my overview of 2014 for a few weeks in a row and I ended up with a draft post only. That was the…

Tagged with: DevriX, GitHub, overview, WordCamp, WordPress
Posted in Personal

My First WordPress Patch

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

This post should have been published a few months ago, but for some reason I’ve delayed it week after week. Last week I’ve started writing the blog post and I’ve ended up with a draft with a story, which isn’t related to…

Tagged with: Contributing, Core, patch, ticket, WordPress
Posted in Personal, WordPress

My personal GitHub challenge

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

.. and how I managed to accomplish one of my personal challenges for this year 🙂 In December 2014 we were working on a big and very interesting project (here is a case study if you are interested in – Tourism website with booking and…

Tagged with: Aptana, Asana, challenge, GitHub, WordPress
Posted in Personal

On Emoji and the Anatomy of a Critical Security Bug

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Stanko Metodiev — No Comments ↓

As you know Emoji is the one of the major features in the WordPress 4.2. Many of us were disappointed because of the focus on an icons for the one of the two biggest features, really? Well, not really…

Tagged with: Emoji, security, WordPress
Posted in WordPress