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What’s the Best Cloud IDE in 2025? Here Are 8 of the Top Options

Best Cloud IDE

Traditionally, it was common for developers to create code using your everyday text editors. From the local machine to the server, terminal-based text editors like VIM and Emacs (as well as GUI-based text editors like SublimeText) are still the go-to options for many developers. However, the increasing popularity of cloud services leads to the rise of cloud IDEs. In this post, we cover the most popular and functional options of today, and try to find the best cloud IDE.

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The Rise of “GEO” – or How AI is Transforming Search Engine Optimization

the rise of GEO

If you've used Google lately, you've probably noticed a change: instead of just getting a mix of links and snippets, you're now seeing AI-generated responses that synthesize information from multiple sources right there in your results. This is what's known as generative search and it's changing how we optimize content for search engines. In this post, I'll explain how traditional SEO differs from GEO and where the concept of GEO originated from. Then I'll go over some best practices so you can improve your odds of getting featured in generative search results.

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How the Holidays Are Shaping Web Traffic Trends (and Why You Should Care)

How the Holidays Are Shaping Web Traffic Trends

Happy almost-2025, everyone! While you’re finishing up your year-end to-do’s (or wishing you had started them earlier), I’ve been diving into some fresh data published by Cloudflare. This time, they’ve looked at how people around the globe have been spending their time online during the holiday season – between Christmas and the New Year. As it turns out, when the feasting starts, the web often takes a back seat.

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I Tried OpenAI’s Sora Video Generator…It’s Mostly Unusable

I Tried OpenAI's Sora Video Generator

If you haven't tried Sora yet (or are in a region where it's not currently available) and you're curious about it, then keep reading. I will begin with an overview of Sora's usage limits, its UI / UX, and the different ways you can make a video with it. Then I'll share samples of the videos I made - both good and bad - and I'll review some of Sora's additional features that you can use to edit your videos.

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I Read Through Cloudflare’s “2024 Year in Review.” Here’s What You Should Know

Insights from Cloudflare 2024 Year in Review

Cloudflare just released their “2024 Year in Review” report – a detailed document that dives into the key trends and patterns shaping the web over the past year. I’ll be honest with you, it’s my first time paying attention to this report, but I’m really fascinated by the insights that they’ve been able to deliver. It’s an opportunity for all of us (website owners) to explore the forces behind the internet as we use it every day, and perhaps walk into 2025 a little more prepared.

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WP Engine Gets Its Preliminary Injunction Against Automattic/Mullenweg

WP Engine Gets Its Preliminary Injunction Against Automattic

Matt Mullenweg’s crusade against WP Engine seems to have hit a roadblock as the case moved from the court of public opinion to the court of…well, the actual court. On Tuesday December 10, WP Engine won a preliminary injunction against Mullenweg and Automattic that seems to be aimed at preserving the status quo from before Mullenweg’s alleged attack, thus giving the case time to work through the court system while limiting the damage to WP Engine.

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The Dark Side of Reddit’s Search Dominance: Inside the Parasite SEO Game

Dark Side of Reddit's Search Dominance

Have you noticed in the past few months that Reddit seems to pop up in almost every single one of your Google search results? Whether you’re looking for product reviews, travel tips, or life advice, those distinctive Reddit threads are almost always there on either page one or two – though it’s usually the former. This isn’t just Google’s algorithm being extra friendly to Reddit – there’s actually a story behind it.

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10 Best Admin Dashboard Templates (Free Download Available)

Best Admin Dashboard Templates

Today, let’s put the spotlight on the best admin dashboard templates (free download). The admin space of a website or web tool often doesn’t get as much attention as what’s on the front-end of the operation. This is perfectly understandable. After all, you want your visitors to be impressed with your creation most of all. That said, the admin space should also get a bit of love, and this is where some of the best admin dashboard templates come into play.

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WordPress 6.7 “Rollins” Released, Including a New Default Theme

WordPress 6.7

On November 12, WordPress 6.7 was released for WordPress users everywhere to enjoy. Keeping with the jazz theme, WordPress 6.7 goes by the name "Rollins," named after Sonny Rollins. In total, 750 different contributors worked on WordPress 6.7. In this post, I want to take you through some of the highlights of the release, including features that regular users will care about and features that developers might care about.

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Best Web Hosting for Beginners: 6 Cheap and User-Friendly Hosts

Best Web Hosting for Beginners

Feeling overwhelmed trying to find the best web hosting as a beginner? I get it. When you’re just starting to build a website, all the tech jargon can be really confusing. You might just want something simple, but then you’re hit with terms like PHP versions or HTTP/2, and suddenly it feels way more complicated than it needs to be.

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170+ WordPress Cheat Sheets (Dev/Design)

“Why bother with WordPress cheat sheets?” – you may ask. Well, maybe it’s just me, but I find it rather hard to remember all those keyboard shortcuts, function names, arguments, structures and whatnots that all come “with the territory” when you’re doing any kind of WordPress dev, design, or publishing work.

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My 5 Best cPanel Hosting Providers Based on Research and Experience

Best cPanel Hosting

There’s a lot that goes into managing your website. You can carry out many of the tasks necessary to keep your installation running smoothly from an admin dashboard, but there are some situations where you’ll need to access your server directly. By choosing cPanel hosting, you get one of the most comprehensive and user-friendly server control panels on the market.

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How to Add a Background Image Cover in WordPress – in 1 Minute

Background Image Cover in WordPress

While overall opinions on the Gutenberg editor vary, even the naysayers can't deny that there are so many elements you can add now with just the core WordPress blocks that you couldn't before. One of those elements is a background cover image. Not only is there a dedicated "cover block" solely made for this purpose, but it only takes a minute to add it to your posts. In this guide I'll show you how to do it and also how to customize it.

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How to Start a Web Design Business (Ultimate Guide)

Starting a Web Design Business

The prospect of starting a web design business can be a bit overwhelming. However, at the same time, if you're stuck in a job that you don't 100% like, the prospect of using your skills to build a web design business that operates based on flexibility and freedom is hard to deny. Would you rather toil away as you are, continuously bogged down by stress? Or are you willing to take a risk for a chance at something better?

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