Open Source Apps

NextCloud is the most well known alternative to Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, or Google Drive for individuals & organizations who prefer to control their own cloud storage infrastructure. Whether hosting data on-premises on physical machines at your own office/datacenter, or on…

Idiot’s Guide to Applying & Testing Mautic Patches

Open Source Apps

mautic, mautic development, mautic troubleshooting

As an open-source project maintained by the community, Mautic is a continual work-in-progress with new features & bug fixes always being added to the codebase. Contrary to what most users’ believe, you don’t need to wait for the next Mautic…

RocketChat vs MatterMost Comparison

Open Source Apps

A Tale of Two Open Source Chat Servers RocketChat and MatterMost are both open source team chat apps available for organizations to deploy in their own private cloud environment. Although both applications are open source, RocketChat has no distinction between…

Vision & Roadmap for Portainer.io – Conversation with CEO Neil Cresswell

Open Source Apps

At DockerCon SF 2018, I had the chance to sit down with Neil Cresswell, Co-Founder and CEO/CTO of Portainer.io. Portainer is a web-based, container management dashboard focused on “day 2 operations” for IT teams either just starting out with Docker,…

Adapting WooCommerce for Service Businesses

Open Source Apps

Everybody knows WooCommerce for setting up an online store, but did you know you can use the famous WordPress plugin for a service-based business as well? If you are a consultant, agency, or anybody who sells their skills or expertise…

PayPal Alternatives for E-Commerce & Invoicing

Open Source Apps

Many merchants cannot use PayPal because of country restrictions, verification issues, or because their type of business has been deemed “high risk” by PayPal’s risk management department. As those who use PayPal would know, the ability to create “buy now”…

NextCloud vs Subscription-Based Cloud Storage Services

Open Source Apps

Cloud storage, also known as file sync & share, has become as important as email for collaboration in today’s workplace. Digitally-native employees demand a better solution than sending attachments back and forth, a time-consuming process that can lead to conflicting…

Tuning NextCloud for Optimal Performance

Open Source Apps

Depending on the number of users, NextCloud can be installed on hardware as lightweight as a Raspberry Pi, or scaled out to a cluster of web servers, MySQL and Redis database servers and NFS storage nodes. Most organizations’ needs will…

Should You Switch to a Dedicated Invoicing App

Open Source Apps

Invoicing can seem like a chore, but it should be the most exciting part of your business; after all, it’s what helps you get paid, right? Are you manually sending invoices typed up in Word, or using the built-in invoicing…