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Step-by-step tech tutorials and practical how-tos covering software development, DevOps, cloud, CI/CD, and web technologies.

Critical PHP Vulnerabilities: 10 Checks Kenyan Businesses Should Run This Week

The October 2026 PHP security releases make runtime verification urgent. Use these ten checks to review patching, access, payments, backups and incident response.

Bob Mwenda

Oct 24, 2026 9 min read

Tech Tutorials & How-Tos

How to Deploy Laravel Securely with GitHub Actions, Immutable Releases and Automatic Rollback

Deploy Laravel to a VPS with GitHub Actions using immutable releases, restricted SSH, health checks, Horizon, and automatic code rollback.

Bob Mwenda

Sep 21, 2026 8 min read

Tech Tutorials & How-Tos

How to Calculate Net Salary in Kenya (2026): PAYE, NSSF, SHIF and Housing Levy

See how Kenya's 2026 PAYE bands, Year 4 NSSF, SHIF and Housing Levy shape take-home pay, with checked examples from KSh 30,000 to KSh 200,000.

Bob Mwenda

Sep 19, 2026 8 min read