Web Developer, Strength & Conditioning Coach, Part-Time Entrepreneurhttps://darrenbeattie.com/en-ushttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/dont-run-multiple-ghost-instances-on-a-small-virtual-machine/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/dont-run-multiple-ghost-instances-on-a-small-virtual-machine/I found out the "hard way" why most people only host one Ghost instance on a DigitalOcean droplet. This is why they are called experiments.Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:30:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/why-im-shuttering-fitnack/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/why-im-shuttering-fitnack/Here is the story behind why I'm closing Fitnack down, but fret not. All is not lost! I've got something new for y'all...Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/questions-for-coding/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/questions-for-coding/A short checklist of questions to ask yourself when you're stuck coding — from understanding the problem to rubber-ducking a solution.Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/how-to-force-https-with-ghost/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/how-to-force-https-with-ghost/Here's the surprisingly quick way to make any ghost requests over https if you didn't configure it correctly the first time.Wed, 25 Mar 2020 15:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/how-to-host-multiple-ghost-sites-with-one-digitalocean-droplet/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/how-to-host-multiple-ghost-sites-with-one-digitalocean-droplet/This is the easiest way I've found to set up multiple ghost installs on a single DigitalOcean droplet. So far so good. 🤙Tue, 24 Mar 2020 15:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/experiments-with-ghost/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/experiments-with-ghost/After a many year hiatus darrenbeattie.com is back and it's built with ghost!Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/confirmation-bias/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/confirmation-bias/Anyone who tells you they aren't biased is full of you know what. We're all prone to confirmation bias and admitting we are is the first step towards growth.Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/traffic-sales-or-sustainability/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/traffic-sales-or-sustainability/A lot of the internet is looking at their quantity. Followers. # of Hits or Impressions. Do you ever stop to consider the quality of those leads though? Tue, 22 May 2012 15:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/dear-publishing-industry/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/dear-publishing-industry/A quick rant to the publishing industry about the cost of digital books. It might be hurting you more than you know in the long-term.Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/the-13-virtues-of-benjamin-franklin/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/the-13-virtues-of-benjamin-franklin/A pattern with successful individuals. They all wrote down their guiding principles and then tried to live them. Doesn't matter what they are, it matters that they were written.Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/the-five-or-six-step-process/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/the-five-or-six-step-process/How to make step-by-step processes work better for you. Hint: Don't be afraid to go off-script.Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/on-the-defensive/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/on-the-defensive/Every once and a while you have to play offence. Don't settle. Get comfortable with discomfort. Grow.Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/is-critical-thinking-a-lost-art/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/is-critical-thinking-a-lost-art/It's not enough to read and absorb. You must be skeptical, analyze, critique and alter the information you absorb for it to become useful to you.Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/linear-expectations/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/linear-expectations/Despite your preconceived human notion there is one concept to get comfortable with in life. Non-linear reality. Very little happens in a linear fashion.Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/tracking-vs-doing/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/tracking-vs-doing/Businesses track things more now than ever. Leaving little time for what is more important. Interpreting the data they have.Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/how-to-become-an-expert-in-nearly-anything/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/how-to-become-an-expert-in-nearly-anything/This is a book and blog post recommendation plus a follow up on books that beat this book to the punch on the topic of expertise.Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/dont-forget-qualifiable/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/dont-forget-qualifiable/We quantify so much these days that it's easy to forget quality. Quality matters. Possibly even more.Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/compare-apples-to-oranges/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/compare-apples-to-oranges/They say you can't compare apples to oranges. You can't, and yet you can. Here's when I think you should...Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/five-lessons-from-spain/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/five-lessons-from-spain/Here are five things I learned about myself and my work life on a recent trip through Spain.Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:00:00 GMThttps://darrenbeattie.com/blog/bonjour/https://darrenbeattie.com/blog/bonjour/My first post on this new darrenbeattie.com blog. Mostly just announcing I'm here and what I plan to do with this url.Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:00:00 GMT