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Signing Git commits with your SSH key (2021)
You could always sign Git commits with a GPG key, but now your SSH key is just as powerful!
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 546 posts.
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MemLab: An open source framework for finding JavaScript memory leaks
We’ve open-sourced MemLab, a JavaScript memory testing framework that automates memory leak detection. Finding and addressing the root cause of memory leaks is important for delivering a quality us…
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Explaining modern server monitoring stacks for self-hosting
In this article, I'm exploring four different servers monitoring setups involving Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, Prometheus and Collectd.
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Shortest URLs on the Internet
What’s the shortest URL for which content is served on the internet? There are quite a few single-letter second-level domains that are used in very short URLs, such as Google’s http://g.co or Facebook’s https://m.me. But we can go shorter than this: there’s nothing stopping TLD registry operators serving A records at…
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What's the cheapest domain you can register for 10 years?
I'm concerned about the longevity of the domains I register. I want my domains to be available for as long as possible. But it seems that every year prices rise - and the discount often provided for a new domain rarely continues into subsequent years. So I recently started renewing them for as long as possible. It…
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Why public chats are better than direct messages
Open team communication means fewer distractions and more shared context. Why we default to public channels over DMs, and why it isn't just noise.
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Stop measuring community engagement
👋 Hello everyone. I'm Michael Hall and I will be your guide in Rosieland today. I want to start you off with a story about good intentions with bad outcomes. Hopefully, everybody has seen the Disney Pixar movie Monster’s Inc. by now. In the movie, the monster society runs on energy produced by children’s screams. Even…
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Difftastic, the fantastic diff
programming, language design, and human factors
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New Text and Array Functions for Excel
We are excited to announce fourteen new Excel functions that will allow you to easily manipulate text and arrays.
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How to present backend demos
Made in Notion, the connected workspace where AI agents and teams organize docs, projects and knowledge together.
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My Contribution to Markdown
At long last revealed.
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Responding to recruiter emails with GPT-3
If you’re just interested in the code, here it is.
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Run Stable Diffusion on Your M1 Mac’s GPU
How to run Stable Diffusion locally so you can hack on it
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D2: A new declarative language to turn text into diagrams
D2 is a diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams. It stands for
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Remotely Controlled Lawn Tractor
The process of building a remotely controlled tractor.
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Rewriting my blog in Rust for fun and profit
I’ve used Hakyll as my static site generator for around 9 years now. Before that I think I used Jekyll and also more dynamic pages with Mojolicious in Perl and Kohana in PHP, but I can’t be completely sure as the git history doesn’t go back that far.
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Weird monitor bugs people sent me in the last 5 years
I develop 🌕 Lunar, a macOS app for getting intelligent adaptive brightness on external monitors and controlling every aspect of your monitor using DDC and other obscure protocols. I get tons of email about Lunar, especially after it became my full time “job” in 2021. A lot of those emails complain about Lunar bugs…
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Gimp development release 2.99.12 includes initial CMYK support
Release news for development version GIMP 2.99.12
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The art of sharpening pencils (2007)
See all the popular styles and methods of sharpening pencils and learn a few tricks too.
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Type of Barcodes and Their Usage
An essential overview on the most-used barcode types. 1D- and 2D-barcodes for retail, logistics, ticketing and more. ➜ Learn more now.
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Finally fixed my PC’s persistent graphics and audio stutters
I experienced intermittent stuttering when my PC ran Linux and Windows. A mix of hardware, firmware, and driver issues created a difficult to diagnose problem.
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VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry?
VS Code collects telemetry data to help understand Microsoft how to improve the product. Is it above board? Can I turn it off completely?
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Should notes be end-to-end encrypted?
A comprehensive guide about the different types of encryption, the upsides and downsides, and how to make decisions about how much encryption you need for note-taking, passwords, or anything else.
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Using Mypy in Production
At Spring, we maintain a large Python monorepo with complete Mypy coverage configured under Mypy’s strictest available settings. In short, that means every function signature is annotated and implicit Any conversions are disallowed.
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Inky Impression 5.7“ – Colour e-ink display for Raspberry Pi
It has finally happened, they figured it out! The new frontier of Colour Electronic Paper is here and I'm very impressed. People have been demanding this ever...