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Fix Nginx 'upstream connection refused' When Talking to PHP-FPM

You're seeing upstream connection refused in your Nginx error log, and your site...

Pip Externally Managed Environment vs Virtual Environment: Fixes

You try to install a Python package with pip, and get an error like error: externally-manag...

Fix pip Externally Managed Environment Errors
If you're on a modern Linux distribution and see error: externally-managed-environment<...

Fix Git 'fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories' on GitHub
You try to merge two branches in Git, and get fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories<...

Fix Docker Nginx 502 Bad Gateway with MySQL
You have a Dockerized web app behind Nginx, and you're seeing a 502 Bad Gateway error. The ap...

Python Requests: Fixing Connection Timeout with Proxies
You're using the Python requests library with a proxy, and you're seeing a <...


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