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Nushell: Introduction to a new kind of shell
This article covers a gentle introduction to the shell nushell
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The art of the desk setup (2021)
What are the principles underlying the ideal desk setup? How do we balance great design with modern technology? Let’s plunge into my desk setup and my philosophy behind it.
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Why I use Jellyfin for my home media library
The blog post Streaming services lost the plot detailed how streaming services have become the thing they were made to destroy. Like cable networks and satellite companies before, they're raising rates (at a rate higher than inflation), stuffing their content libraries with filler that's not even worth the bandwidth…
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Shell script best practices, from a decade of scripting things
This article is about a few quick thumb rules I use when writing shell scripts that I’ve come to appreciate over the years. Very opinionated....
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Programming Portals
Small, scoped areas within a graphical interface that allow users to read and write simple programmes
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Vim After 15 Years (2017)
My earlier posts about using Vim were well received and it's about time for an update. I've been doing a lot more work with Vim lately and have spent some time configuring my workflow for peak efficiency, so here's a snapshot of my current state.
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How to request removal of your contact info from Google search results
A new tool in Google Search can help you easily control whether your personally-identifiable information can be found in Search results.
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The cult of dd (2017)
You'll often see instructions for creating and using disk images on Unix systems making use of the dd command. This is a strange program of [obscure provenance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)) that somehow, still manages to survive in the 21st century.
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Review of the Kinesis Advantage360 Professional
The Advantage360 Professional is the successor to the well-known Advantage2. It comes with several new features, such as Adjustable Split, Wireless connection, Tenting, ZMK (highly customizable firmware), and many other minor things. In this blog post, I will explain the significant design changes and my experiences…
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The Overflow Offline project
For coders without an internet connection, an offline dataset provides an essential encyclopedia
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Replit Mobile App
Introducing the Replit mobile app for Android and iOS. Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of the Replit mobile app. With the mobile app, you can code anything, anywhere. Build more, type less. Use the app to write a Python bot, build and launch your personal website, or run any program you can imagine with…
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Fine-grained personal access tokens for GitHub
Fine-grained personal access tokens offer enhanced security to developers and organization owners, to reduce the risk to your data of compromised tokens.
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TOTP tokens on my wrist with the smartest dumb watch
I recently took delivery of a new replacement logic board for the ubiquitous classic Casio F-91W from Sensor Watch. The F-91W needs no introduction. It’s probably the most popular quartz watch in the world with something like 90 million total units sold.
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Dear JetBrains, Don't mess with your UI
So we have yet a new UI overhaul. This time, bringing consumer-grade UI practices to the world of professionals. Announcement: https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2022/05/take-part-in-the-new-ui-preview-for-your-jetbrains-ide/ We're professionals. We can handle the complexity and the density
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PAGNIs: Probably Are Gonna Need Its (2021)
Luke Page has a great post up with his list of YAGNI exceptions. YAGNI—You Ain’t Gonna Need It—is a rule that says you shouldn’t add a feature just because it …
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Koch method to learn Morse
The Koch method is based on exposing the student to full-speed Morse from day one. The first lesson starts with just two characters, played in full speed. The student must "copy" them (i.e. writing them down or typing them, like in this page). Once 90% of the characters are correctly "copied", the student can go move…
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Digital Gardening
A website is a lot like a garden.
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Lesser known Apple Watch workouts
You might be doing a lot more than your Apple Watch is giving you credit for…
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Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
For many years, the Signal app on Android has supported sending and receiving plaintext SMS and MMS messages in addition to Signal messages. SMS and MMS are standardized communication protocols that allow mobile devices to send and transmit messages, and most people picking up their phone to text...
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JetBrains invites developers to join the Fleet Public Preview Program
Since the initial announcement of Fleet, we have had an overwhelming amount of interest from all of you, with over 137,000 people signing up for the private preview. Our reason for starting with a clo
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Protect your privacy and your phone number with Firefox Relay
When you share your personal phone number with anyone outside your circle of family and friends, it essentially gives them permission to call you anytime o
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iOS Ships Dvorak, Finally
I’m a huge fan of the Dvorak keyboard layout, but if there’s one thing I love more than “Evolved vs Engineered” solution debates, is that nothing wins the ”standardized” debate.
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PDF processing and analysis with open-source tools (2021)
This post is an attempt to bring together my go-to open-source PDF analysis and processing tools and commands for a variety of common tasks.