Handy SSH command for my fellow impatient programmers

My loyal readers know that I’m a bit impatient (surprise!!). I tend to play around with new scripts and sometimes just want to get rid of them; they’re not even worth the space on my server.
Deleting through FTP takes waaaay too long. And, the other alternative is to log into my control panel, but [...]

Why you need a host that has shell access

Running the command below in your favorite SSH program will upload the latest version of WordPress to your site in 2 seconds. Can your FTP program do that?
wget wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
SSH can unwrap the whole thing in another 4 seconds when you run the following command
tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
I ask again: Can your FTP program do that?
Of course, [...]

How to make a favicon for your site

Make your favicon, but remember that it has to be in the size of 16×16.
Name it favicon.ico and upload it to your site.
In your header, include this code

It may take a few days for it to work.

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