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Articles by Steve Bonisteel

Steve Bonisteel is a Technical Editor at Kinsta who began his writing career as a print journalist, chasing ambulances and fire trucks. He has been covering Internet-related technology since the late 1990s.

Tested: Google’s C3D, C2, and N2 virtual machines for Kinsta customers

With Kinsta's adoption of Google's C3D virtual machines, testing shows how much faster they are than the older C2 and N2 VMs.
Reading time
7 min read
Updated date
May 16, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Kinsta Services
Topic
Website Speed

An introduction to WordPress coding standards

Meeting coding standards for WordPress development helps you play nice with others, but can also help keep your solo projects in shape.
Reading time
17 min read
Updated date
April 29, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Web Development Languages
Topic
WordPress Development

Six things you need to know to master Laravel Eloquent

Upgrade your Laravel chops with Eloquent query scopes, relationships, mutators and accessors, collections, model deletion, and factories.
Reading time
9 min read
Updated date
March 12, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Laravel
Topic
PHP Frameworks

Power up WordPress with Python and Redis

Learn how your next Python application can get in the mix with WordPress and the speedy NoSQL database Redis.
Reading time
9 min read
Updated date
March 12, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
API
Topic
Python
Topic
WordPress Development

Build and Deploy a Python App in a Jiffy With Flask and Kinsta

Here's how to deploy a Python Flask app quickly using Kinsta's Applicatiom Hosting an Database Hosting services.
Reading time
12 min read
Updated date
March 19, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Python

Google Cloud’s New C3D Machines Offer Speed Boost for Kinsta Customers

We put the Google Cloud Platform's new C3D machine type through its paces to see how it could speed up websites for Kinsta's customers.
Reading time
4 min read
Updated date
June 12, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Cloud Hosting
Topic
Kinsta Services

20 Docker Commands You Need to Know

Whether you use Docker Desktop or the open-source engine, the Docker CLI helps get work done quickly. Here are our top 20 Docker commands.
Reading time
9 min read
Updated date
December 6, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Docker

PHP 8.3: What’s New and What’s Changed In the Latest Release

PHP 8.3 has been shipped and we are taking a close look at some of the release's important new features and updates.
Reading time
9 min read
Updated date
March 19, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
PHP Updates

Ruby vs Ruby on Rails: What’s the Difference?

Ruby and Ruby of Rails are clearly related, but what — exactly — are the differences between the two that developers should know?
Reading time
9 min read
Updated date
November 15, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Web Development Languages

Solved: “Cannot Use Import Statement Outside a Module” Error

The JavaScript error "Cannot use import statement outside a module" can rear its ugly head in a number of ways. Here's how to fix it.
Reading time
7 min read
Updated date
May 6, 2024
Post type
Knowledge Base
Topic
JavaScript Errors
Topic
Node.js

What You Need To Know About Hashing in Python

Do you need to boost the security of your applications? Discover Python's hashing methods and get those apps locked down.
Reading time
11 min read
Updated date
January 2, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Python

10 Vue Component Libraries You’ll Want to Know

These Vue component libraries will help you get your JavaScript application development up to speed quickly on the Vue framework
Reading time
7 min read
Updated date
December 13, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
JavaScript Frameworks
Topic
Vue.js