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The gate's weekly fleet report: twelve vhosts with their Drupal core version, web PHP, queued safe bumps and held breaking majors, plus the rule that composer resolves against each site's own web PHP.

The boring superpower: a weekly gate that keeps twelve sites' dependencies current

GrN.dk — server fleet (12 production vhosts)
Maintenance automation / DevOps

Twelve production websites on one server, each with its own Composer dependency tree, and the oldest question in hosting: are they up to date, and is it safe to make them so? The dependency-currency gate answers it weekly and automatically — it inventories every vhost, checks each dependency tree against the PHP version that site's web server actually runs, queues the semver-safe updates for approval, and reports the breaking ones instead of applying them.

By Greg Nowak , 7 August, 2026
Illustrated infographic summarizing: Drupal 12 Slipped to December. Drupal 10 Still Runs Out of Road

Drupal 12 Slipped to December. Drupal 10 Still Runs Out of Road

Drupal 12 arrives as Drupal 10 support ends in December 2026. Moving to Drupal 11.3+ first keeps two mandatory upgrades manageable.

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  • Drupal
  • Drupal-12
  • migration
  • Composer
  • php
By Greg Nowak , 1 August, 2026
Illustrated infographic summarizing: WordPress Supports Old PHP; Your Production Server Shouldn’t

WordPress Supports Old PHP; Your Production Server Shouldn’t

WordPress still runs on legacy PHP, but compatibility is not a security policy. Build and test your upgrade path before PHP 8.2 support ends.

Tags

  • wordpress
  • php
  • Linux administration
  • compatibility testing
  • server maintenance
The TableFlow booking page: the hour grid for Bord 4 on 19 August 2026, with three hours struck through as taken, 10:00-12:00 selected in green, and the price updated live to 40 kr.

Pay-to-book table reservations for a coworking space

Danish coworking space — client brief, built as a working demo
Coworking and shared offices

A Danish coworking space wanted members to book a table by the hour and pay for it — because at 20 kr. per hour per table, a booking that has not been paid for is not a booking. tableflow.grn.dk is that system, built from the client's brief and running live: an hour grid that shows what is actually free, a fifteen-minute payment hold that releases itself, and an admin screen for the people who run the place. Plain PHP and MariaDB — no framework, no dependencies, 853 lines in seven files.

By Greg Nowak , 19 June, 2026
Illustrated infographic summarizing: PHP 8.2 Has Six Months Left, and CMS Hosts Need a Plan

PHP 8.2 Has Six Months Left, and CMS Hosts Need a Plan

PHP 8.1 is already unsupported, PHP 8.2 loses security support on December 31, 2026, and WordPress recommends PHP 8.3+. CMS hosts should be planning now.

Tags

  • php
  • wordpress
  • Drupal
  • Linux hosting
By Greg Nowak , 3 May, 2026
Illustrated infographic summarizing: WordPress 6.8 Password Hashing: The Hidden Risk in Legacy Login Bridges

WordPress 6.8 Password Hashing: The Hidden Risk in Legacy Login Bridges

WordPress 6.8 changed password and token hashing. Learn where legacy login bridges fail, what to audit, and how to test authentication safely.

Tags

  • wordpress
  • authentication
  • php
  • Operations
By Greg Nowak , 1 October, 2021
Illustrated infographic summarizing: How to Check Whether a PHP Constant Is Defined (Without Breaking Production)

How to Check Whether a PHP Constant Is Defined (Without Breaking Production)

Safely inspect PHP and WordPress constants, distinguish missing values from false ones, and diagnose configuration drift without exposing production details.

Tags

  • php
  • wordpress
  • Debugging
  • Server Ops
By Greg Nowak , 6 July, 2021
Illustrated infographic summarizing: PHP Only on the Front Page: Safer Checks for Live Sites

PHP Only on the Front Page: Safer Checks for Live Sites

Run PHP only on the homepage without brittle URL checks. Practical patterns for plain PHP, WordPress, Symfony, and Laravel, plus a live-site test plan.

Tags

  • php
  • Homepage Logic
  • wordpress
  • Symfony
  • Laravel
By Greg Nowak , 18 November, 2020
Illustrated infographic summarizing: Drush Symfony PHP Errors in Drupal: A Safe, Practical Fix

Drush Symfony PHP Errors in Drupal: A Safe, Practical Fix

A practical guide to diagnosing Drush and Symfony conflicts in Drupal, fixing them safely with Composer, and preventing repeat deployment failures.

Tags

  • Drupal
  • Drush
  • Composer
  • Symfony
  • php
By Greg Nowak , 17 November, 2020
Illustrated infographic summarizing: Tidy Up composer.json with Composer Normalize

Tidy Up composer.json with Composer Normalize

Make PHP dependency changes easier to review with Composer Normalize, strict validation, explicit plugin trust, and practical CI checks.

Tags

  • Web
  • programming
  • php
  • Composer
  • CI

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Illustrated infographic summarizing: WordPress 7.1 Forces the Editor Into an iframe—Test Your Custom Blocks
WordPress 7.1 Forces the Editor Into an iframe—Test Your Custom Blocks
2026-08-15

WordPress 7.1 removes the non-iframe editor fallback. Learn how to audit custom blocks, test real workflows and fix compatibility issues before launch.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: GitHub will stop sending jobs to stale self-hosted runners
GitHub will stop sending jobs to stale self-hosted runners
2026-08-14

GitHub starts enforcing runner versions on August 24, 2026. Audit and upgrade self-hosted runners before builds and deployments start stalling.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Your AI Agent Has Shell Access. What Can It Reach?
Your AI Agent Has Shell Access. What Can It Reach?
2026-08-13

A practical guide to mapping what a shell-enabled AI agent can reach, then containing its access to files, credentials, networks, tools, and high-impact actions.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Cloudflare Changed DoH JSON. What Else Is Parsing DNS as Text?
Cloudflare Changed DoH JSON. What Else Is Parsing DNS as Text?
2026-08-12

Cloudflare’s DoH JSON change exposes brittle DNS parsing. Find affected scripts, test both formats, and choose a safer integration contract.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Your Website Can Answer Questions Now. Should It?
Your Website Can Answer Questions Now. Should It?
2026-08-11

NLWeb makes conversational website search practical to deploy. The real question is whether your content, users and team are ready to support it.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: AI Search Finally Has Reports. Now Connect Visibility to Revenue
AI Search Finally Has Reports. Now Connect Visibility to Revenue
2026-08-11

Google and Bing now expose first-party AI search data. The real task is connecting citations and impressions to analytics, CRM outcomes, and revenue.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: The Bot Passed Your CAPTCHA. What Did It Do Next?
The Bot Passed Your CAPTCHA. What Did It Do Next?
2026-08-11

Passing a challenge is only one signal. Session analysis, server-side validation and endpoint-specific controls help reduce bot abuse without blocking customers.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: WordPress 7.1 Moves Image Work Into the Browser—Test Every Media Hook
WordPress 7.1 Moves Image Work Into the Browser—Test Every Media Hook
2026-08-11

WordPress 7.1 shifts image processing into supported browsers. Here is what to test across hooks, CDNs, formats, security headers, and fallbacks.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Prompt Caches Have Write Costs Now—Audit What Your Workflow Reuses
Prompt Caches Have Write Costs Now—Audit What Your Workflow Reuses
2026-08-10

GPT-5.6 makes cache writes billable. See how to spot wasted writes, stabilise prompt prefixes, place breakpoints and measure whether caching pays.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: The AI Crawler in Your Logs May Be Wearing a Borrowed Name
The AI Crawler in Your Logs May Be Wearing a Borrowed Name
2026-08-09

A User-Agent is a claim, not proof. See how to verify AI crawler traffic before it shapes reporting, robots.txt decisions, or WAF exceptions.

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