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Blocking website ads with a hosts file
Am I the only one who is skeptical clicking on ads I see online? Yes, I know it is the lifeblood of entrepreneurs , but I really don't care ...
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Tools & Productivity
The most popular blog posts about tools & productivity on Hacker News. 356 posts.
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Everything You Never Wanted to Know About CMake
Just hearing the word CMake is typically enough to make a shiver run down my spine. I’ve been deep in the muck of its behavior and tooling the last few weeks as I finish up a CMake library titled IXM. While the various minutiae of how IXM works, why I wrote it, and all the nice little usage details are definitely for…
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Cloud Code – A new set of plug-ins for IntelliJ and VS Code
Cloud Code, a new set of plug-ins for IntelliJ and VS Code, makes it easy to rapidly build, debug, and deploy to Kubernetes, using the tools you already have.
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The tech behind building an independent, internet radio station
Oscar is on the web
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JSON Resume – 5th Birthday and New Features
5th birthday and new features, from the JSON Resume blog.
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Why to use ‘python -m pip’
Fellow core developer and Canadian, Mariatta, asked on Twitter about python -m pip and who told her about that idiom along with asking for a reference explaining it: I learned sometime ago that we should be doing `python -m pip install ...` instead of simply `pip install ...` but now I can'
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The Joys of Unix Keyboards
A decade or so ago while helping a friends father clean out an old building, we came across an ancient Sun Microsystems server. We found it curious. Everything about it was different from what we were used to. The command line was black text on a white background, the connectors strange and foreign, and the keyboard…
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PayPal vs. Stripe for small businesses in 2019
fman is a dual-pane file manager for Mac, Windows and Linux.
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Writing a Book with Unix
Developer and Author from Austin, TX.
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Pico-8 Virtual Fantasy Console is an idealized constrained modern day game maker
I love everything about PICO-8. It's a fantasy gaming console that wants you - ...
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Git-subtrac: all your Git submodules in one place
Long ago, I wrote git-subtree to work around some of my annoyances with git submodules. I've learned a lot since then, and the development e...
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How not to get a $30k bill from Firebase
the secret is in the architecture
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A Distributed Meeting Primer
As a leader who primarily values team health, I place great value on the weekly 1:1 because it’s where I assess health. It’s my highest bandwidth meeting, and h
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Linux Toolbox
Your Linux Toolbox: a box set of my free zines
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GIMP and GEGL in 2018
In this post, we are looking back at 2018 and then forward to outline future work on GIMP, GEGL, and babl.
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Why we’re switching to calendar versioning
One small step for Cockroach Labs, one giant leap for our release numbering.
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Running VSCode in Docker
A portable development environment, from editor to dependencies.
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Thoughts on macOS Package Managers
Saagar Jha's website.
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Command Line Tools to Break Your Dependence on the GUI
Learn about 5 interesting Linux tools that will help break your dependence on the GUI and keep you productive on the command line.
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The New Dropbox Sucks
Link to: https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/product-tips/new-dropbox
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Build an Ioniser in Under $10
A Do it Yourself project to help remove dust particles in your room. A completely open-source hardware project which you can download and use for free.
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Cloudmacs: access your Emacs in browser
How I really wanted Spacemacs everywhere and my wish came true thanks to Docker
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Coding on an iPad Pro in 2019
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Do Not Use Task Manager for Memory Info
Task Manager can be lacking as a memory tracker. Let's cover alternatives to replace it. First, let’s discuss how memory allocations work in Windows.
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Essential elements of good documentation
A comprehensive guide on how to write good documentation for your code and libraries