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Systems Administration Installing LetsEncrypt's CertBot on Ubuntu 20.04+ LetsEncrypt is one of many Certificate Authorities (CAs) that provide genuine SSL/TLS Certificates to people who want to secure the connection to their website. This allows people to access a website via encrypted HTTPS traffic. The process to make a certificate with LetsEncrypt's CertBot is pretty simple
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Software Development Guide to Rolling Your Own Custom API Service Creating your own API system can be a valuable skill, whether you're building a web application or connecting various services together. In this guide, we'll walk through the steps to create a simple RESTful API using JavaScript, specifically with NodeJS and Express. This tutorial is aimed
