http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.totally-nerdy.com en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:49:58 +0100 Rocketspark http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/post/25526/authentication-with-laravel-and-mongodb/ Set up user registration/login using MongoDB. Modify Laravel’s default user model to work with MongoDB. Store sessions and tokens in MongoDB.... Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:17:35 +0100 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/#post25526 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/post/25512/my-impressions-and-thoughts-as-a-mongodb-community-champion/ I recently came back from my first MongoDB Champions Summit. The summit is an annual gathering of all MongoDB Community Champions from around the world at one place. This year it was organised around the public MongoDB.local event in London.... Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:59:00 +0100 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/#post25512 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/post/24909/how-to-fix-unable-to-get-local-issuer-certificate-in-mongodb/ Just recently we worked on encryption-at-rest with MongoDB for one of our Enterprise Advance customers. After we got the initial information from Thales CipherTrust Manager we ran into some problems. Please read here, how we fixed them.... Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/#post24909 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/post/22737/how-to-use-dns-records-in-mongodb-connection-string/ In this blog post, which is part of the series "A Developer's Notes", we'd like to record useful MongoDB information in regards to connecting to your MongoDB setup in the right way, which is via TXT and SRV DNS records.... Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:36:33 +0100 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/#post22737 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/post/22663/how-to-convert-an-array-to-an-object-in-mongodb/ In this blog post which is part of the series "A Developer's Notes", we'd like to record useful MongoDB operations in regards to converting an array (collection) to an object, as this is a common problem developers face while working with MongoDB.... Mon, 02 Sep 2024 21:35:52 +0100 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/#post22663 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/post/22507/extracting-a-query-from-mongodb-log-with-mongodblogtoquery/ Another free tool, which we use on a regular basis, is our MongoDBLogToQuery parser. This tool is now available on Github under the MIT licence.... Tue, 06 Aug 2024 12:22:18 +0100 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/#post22507 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/post/22487/mongodb-query-analyser/ In this blog post we'd like to talk about a tool that we use on a daily basis when consulting MongoDB clients. A tool we like to give to the public under the MIT licence - the MongoDB Query Analyser by Totally Nerdy Ltd.... Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:39:27 +0100 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/#post22487 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/post/19548/things-to-consider-when-choosing-a-website-name/ We all want to choose a perfect name for our website as this could greatly impact our online presence and brand identity. A well-chosen website name not only helps visitors find and remember our site but also reflects our brand, communicates our message, and contributes to our overall success. So in this article we will discuss important factors we need to consider before choosing a website name that aligns with our goals and connects with our audience.... Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/#post19548 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/post/19422/how-to-choose-the-right-color-scheme-for-your-website/ When it comes to web design, choosing the right color scheme is crucial for creating an engaging and memorable user experience. Color can convey emotion and establish brand identity . Here are some tips for selecting the perfect color scheme for your website:... Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/#post19422 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/post/18810/the-web-component-to-display-code/ TL;DR: A Web Component is an element you put on your webpages. It can be completely isolated from the rest of the webpages' codes. Therefore it's a good tool for third party integrations. Use our "web component to display code” if you can’t show the code in any different way.... Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.totally-nerdy.com/blog/#post18810