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           <a class="post-link" href="/2025/08/04/red-flags-when-hiring-a-contractor.html">Red Flags to Watch for When Hiring a Contractor in Simcoe County</a>
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+        <p class="post-excerpt">From big upfront payments to missing local addresses — the warning signs every homeowner should spot before signing a contract.</p>
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           <a class="post-link" href="/2025/08/03/why-hire-a-trusted-local-contractor.html">Why Hiring a Trusted Local Contractor Matters for Your Simcoe County Project</a>
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+        <p class="post-excerpt">Local reputation, accountability, and community knowledge make trusted nearby contractors worth finding — here's how to choose well.</p>
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           <a class="post-link" href="/2025/07/31/simcoe-trades-journal-launch.html">Introducing Simcoe Trades Journal - Showcasing Local Craftsmanship</a>
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+        <p class="post-excerpt">Announcing a new resource connecting Simcoe County homeowners with verified local trades and real project stories.</p>
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           <a class="post-link" href="/2016/06/13/using-azure-traffic-manager-with-your-apexroot.html">Using Azure Traffic Manager With Your Apex/Root Domain Record is Possible With CloudFlare</a>
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+        <p class="post-excerpt">Azure Traffic Manager needs a CNAME, which apex records can't have — CloudFlare's CNAME flattening works around that limit.</p>
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           <a class="post-link" href="/2016/02/22/docker-and-why-im-using-it.html">Docker and why I’m using it</a>
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+        <p class="post-excerpt">Containers solved my dependency sprawl and "works on my machine" headaches — an early look at what Docker changed for me.</p>
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           <a class="post-link" href="/2011/07/25/deploying-with-inploy-an-alternative-to-capis.html">Deploying with Inploy - An alternative to Capistrano</a>
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+        <p class="post-excerpt">A lighter-weight Ruby deployment tool that skips Capistrano's ceremony — setup notes and where it fits.</p>
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           <a class="post-link" href="/2011/07/25/rails-on-ubuntu-1004-passenger-nginx-mysql-va.html">Rails on Ubuntu 10.04: Passenger, Nginx, MySQL, Varnish</a>
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+        <p class="post-excerpt">A full production Rails stack on Ubuntu 10.04 — Passenger + Nginx app servers behind Varnish caching, step by step.</p>
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           <a class="post-link" href="/2011/07/17/migrating-to-google-apps-standard-from-cpanel.html">Migrating to Google Apps from cPanel</a>
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+        <p class="post-excerpt">Moving email and collaboration off a cPanel host onto Google Apps — DNS changes, gotchas, and lessons learned.</p>
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           <a class="post-link" href="/2010/09/11/rails-3-on-aws-micro-centos-nginx-passenger.html">Rails 3 on AWS micro: CentOS Nginx Passenger</a>
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+        <p class="post-excerpt">Getting Rails 3 running on an AWS micro instance with CentOS, Nginx, and Passenger — including memory-tuning tricks.</p>
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