Stephen Ollis - The IT Juggler

ProxySQL and improving database performance

April 14, 2023 by Stephen Ollis

As a carry-over from my WordPress work, I host a few WordPress sites for friends and family on a virtual private server on SSDnodes. One of my focus areas in my WordPress side hustle was website performance – the faster the website, the more likely your end customer will spend time reading your content and … Read more

Hurtling Towards a Change in Direction

April 14, 2023April 12, 2023 by Stephen Ollis

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. Today marks a change in direction for The IT Juggler. Before the COVID19 pandemic, I had been providing assistance for WordPress websites with a focus on performance. This was an area that was ‘interesting’ but wasn’t ‘challenging’ – it made use of my existing background skillsets as a Systems Admin but there … Read more