System Specifications: Magento Version: 2.4.8-p3 PHP Version: 8.3 Issue: php bin/magento cron:run executes, generates new schedules and runs. But when the run:corn next fires form what ever source the process crashes or hangs immediately after the first job succeeds (or fails silently), leaving the second version of each job pending […]
Daily Archives: December 11, 2025
7 posts
I’ve developed a custom Magento 2 extension that includes an automatic version check mechanism. Here’s what it currently does: Uses an observer (controller_action_predispatch) to check an external endpoint for the latest version (info.json). Implements 24-hour cache to avoid repeated API calls. Compares the latest version with the current one using […]
I opened qbittorrent without VPN accidentally but connected it while the program was STILL checking torrents actively, before main window even opened (checking torrents and percentage progress bar in small window). By the time qbittorrent main window opened and connection status changed from RED “offline” to flamed or green (connected) […]
Let’s say you are a professional operating a windows equipped workstation, and you just completed some administrative tasks that compiled software from a binary source. That you must review the posture of the workstation baseline. To ensure that the right services are available to users and the ports in question […]
I have just upgraded my macOS 26.1 install of MAMP to version 7.3. Cool, right? Partially. It seems that any/all projects with an .htaccess file that have RewriteEngine rules set chokes the works. Checking the error logs in /Applications/MAMP/logs/apache_error.log show the following lines: [Wed Dec 10 13:52:05.788772 2025] [core:alert] [pid […]
I have a PC (HP Workstation xw4600) that’s running Windows XP that will not boot. I recently had issues getting the correct date and time to display on it. The CMOS battery died on the PC so I replaced the CMOS battery. After replacing the PC’s CMOS battery, the PC […]
I’ve a script that reads various data and writes it in a pipe, so other scripts can look into it. PIPE=~/observer.pipe mkfifo $PIPE exec 3<> $PIPE ~/observer > $PIPE & This script is running all the time, and occasionally I want to see the data that comes as I am […]