# fgilio.com

> A blog about code and useful tips

## Blog Posts

- [Going static, 2026 edition](https://fgilio.com/going-static-2026/index.md): Migrating fgilio.com from WordPress to Hugo, deployed on Cloudflare Pages.
- [Going static](https://fgilio.com/going-static/index.md): Migrating fgilio.com from Cloudways to Cloudflare Pages as a static site using Simply Static.
- [How to set a column's position in a Laravel migration](https://fgilio.com/how-to-set-a-columns-position-in-a-laravel-migration/index.md): Use Laravel's ->first() and ->after() to set column position when creating migrations.
- [How to move a column in a Laravel migration](https://fgilio.com/how-to-move-a-column-in-a-laravel-migration/index.md): How to reorder existing columns in MySQL using a raw query inside a Laravel migration.
- [Learn how to import a function() in PHP](https://fgilio.com/how-to-import-a-function-in-php/index.md): You can import just a function in a .php file, like we do with classes. And it's dead simple.
- [How to mark something as binary in git](https://fgilio.com/how-to-mark-something-as-binary-in-git/index.md): Git lets you define if specific files or entire directories should be treated as binary data.
- [How to use Laravel's Job chaining](https://fgilio.com/how-to-use-laravel-queue-job-chaining/index.md): Learn how to chain Laravel queue jobs, decouple them from each other and pass arguments.
- [Working with discount coupons in Laravel Spark](https://fgilio.com/working-with-discount-coupons-in-laravel-spark/index.md): How to use Stripe discount coupons in Laravel Spark, both individually and as site-wide promotions.
- [So you wanna yarn add a dependency from a git repo?](https://fgilio.com/so-you-wanna-yarn-add-a-dependency-from-a-git-repo/index.md): How to use yarn add to install a dependency directly from a git repository.
- [Easily transfer entire local directories to Amazon S3 using s3-parallel-put](https://fgilio.com/easily-transfer-entire-local-directories-to-amazon-s3-using-s3-parallel-put/index.md): Upload large local directories to Amazon S3 in parallel using s3-parallel-put.
- [Cherry-picking your way out of trouble](https://fgilio.com/cherry-picking-your-way-out-of-trouble/index.md): Use git cherry-pick to apply specific commits across branches - perfect for hotfixes.
- [How to keep an SSH session alive](https://fgilio.com/how-to-keep-an-ssh-session-alive/index.md): Prevent SSH sessions from timing out by configuring ServerAliveInterval.
- [The first one](https://fgilio.com/1st-blog-post/index.md): I wanted to start blogging for some time, but always ended up postponing it. Mainly because of a generous dose of impostor syndrome, but also because I haven't been good at making the time to make the blog, in the first place.

## Pages

- [About](https://fgilio.com/about/index.md): About Franco Gilio