Year: 2019

  • AMD 3900X Based PC Build

    I’ve not built my own PC in a vary long time so I thought it would be prudent to do a little research. When I last built a machine manuals were sparse now they are down right non-existent it seems. The notes below cover the bits that I found to be not entirely obvious.

  • Running a SpringBoot Application as a Windows Service

    The best way (that I’ve found) to run a SpringBoot application as a Windows service is to use the WinSW wrapper which lets you run any executable as a service. It really is falling off a log simple to set up you just need to download the wrapper, rename the executable and create a short…

  • Remapping Network Shares at Login

    I map a couple of drives from my NAS on my machine and for some reason they stopped reattaching correctly at login. I searched high and low for an answer but that’s the sort of question that generates millions of useless woo woo solutions. In the end I write a little command script to remap…

  • How to Configure SQL Server to Use Let’s Encrypt Certificates

    If you have a SQL Server that is accessible in anyway outside your network you really should ensure that connections to it are encrypted. In this article I will do my best to give a comprehensive guide on how to configure SQL Server 2017 to use free certificates from Let’s Encrypt. Be warned, this is…

  • Applications

    It occurred to me that I use a lot of different applications but I keep a mental note of them rather than writing them down. I thought it was about time I stopped relying on my memory and started keeping a list as I’m sure I’ve started forgetting some great tools that I use. Listing…

  • IntelliJ IDEA Tips and Tricks

    I, like a lot of Java developers, use IntelliJ IDEA as my IDE and I really like it but I find there are a few things that I end up looking up over and over again so I decided to write them all down in one place and then perhaps I’ll remember them or at…