#Apache: avoid using .htaccess files completely

.htaccess files are read on every request. … You should avoid using .htaccess files completely if you have access to httpd main server config file. Using .htaccess files slows down your Apache http server. Any directive that you can include in a .htaccess file is better set in a Directory block, as it will have

Completely remove files from Git repository

git filter-branch –index-filter ‘git rm -r –cached –ignore-unmatch <FOLDER/FILE>’ HEAD rm -rf .git/refs/original/ && git reflog expire –all && git gc –aggressive –prune

Find region from within EC2 instance by #PowerShell

(ConvertFrom-Json (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document -UseBasicParsing).Content).region