lesterchan.net 4.0 was launched more than 7 years ago.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, I have been staying at home most of the time, and it began to get boring. Work, watch television, play computer games, play console games, and the cycle repeats.
Just a recap of the major changes of lesterchan.net after v4.3:
Now for the changes in v4.4.
After the move to nginx/php-fpm, the next natural course of action is to move to HHVM and php-fpm as a fallback.
What is HHVM?
Previously, lesterchan.net averages about 1,900ms in response time according to Pingdom Public Status Page. When I switched over to HTTPS, the response time increased to 2,600ms. I was still on Apache 2.4.7 running PHP 5.5.9 via mod_php.
When I made the switch to nginx 1.6.2 running PHP 5.5.22 via php-fpm, the response time decreases back to 1,900ms.
HTTPS
In case you haven’t notice, lesterchan.net is now on HTTPS.
Back in August 2014, Google announced that they will use HTTPS as a ranking signal for searches:
Been about 10 months since lesterchan.net v4.2. For v4.3, the changes are mostly cosmetic and backend.
Web Push Notifications by Roost
I have added Roost‘s push notification service. If you visit this site more than two times using Safari (Chrome and Firefox is coming soon), you will get a push notification opt-in prompt. If you opt-in, every time there is a new post on this site, you will get a push notification as shown in the image below.
lesterchan.net is now on NewsLoop under the category Tech & Gadgets, joining in 600 other publishers on the platform.
What is Newsloop?
NewsLoop which is an app by SingTel, puts together the best news and lifestyle content from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Philippines and Thailand, all into a single elegant app. With over 600 publishers and 30 categories of stories to choose from, NewsLoop lets you discover news that matters to you.
Yet another six months have passed since my last update and it is time again to post my site updates.
Site/Post Analaytics
Been almost 9 months since I did an upgrade to this site, so I guess it is time for me to post a site update. Most of it is about optimising the site so that it performs faster and better.
This site now has a performance score of 90 out of 100 for Pingdom’s Website Speed Test!
I launched lesterchan.net v3.0 on the 5th June 2008. More than 4 years later, it is time for a change in design/layout. I decided to go back to the light color theme because it is easier to match colors and icons.
Welcome to lesterchan.net v4.0. It is built using Boostrap with icons from Fatcow and the new logo is done by Li Xiang. Because it is built using Bootstrap, lesterchan.net now incorporates responsive design.
