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Using Dark Mode in CSS with MacOS Mojave
Paul Miller. I make projects which help developers to build awesome things
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The most popular blog posts about tools & productivity on Hacker News. 283 posts.
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Python in Visual Studio Code
We are pleased to announce that the August 2018 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available. In this release we have closed a total of 38 issues including the stable release of our ptvsd 4 debugger, improvements to the language server preview, and other fixes.
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Git log – The good parts
If you’re managing a complex git codebase with multiple developers, then you may well be using a tool like GitHub or BitBucket to delve into the history and figure out branch and merge issues.
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The Free Stack – Running Your Application for Free on AWS
We live in interesting times. The cloud offerings from Amazon, Google and Microsoft have led to a situation where world-class infrastructure is available to startups and solopreneurs for very cheap, and most of the times, they can even get started for free.
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Introducing extended line endings support in Notepad
For many years, Windows Notepad only supported text documents containing Windows End of Line (EOL) characters - Carriage Return (CR) & Line Feed (LF).
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I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report
…the bottom line is, the experience is simultaneously high-end luxury yet while staying informed and in control of the device.
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Deconstructing Kitty
So today we look inside these amazing cats that can somehow keep on wavin’ using less than 15 microwatts (!) of power. If you are into either ultra low-power or extreme design-for-manufacture, the you will want to see what is inside of these guys!
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Scrcpy – An app to display and control Android devices
I developed an application to display and control Android devices connected on USB. It does not require any root access. It works on GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS.
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A Map of Wireless Passwords from Airports and Lounges
This map is now available in app form! WiFox is available on the App Store and Google Play. Finding an open wireless connection in many airports isn't always easy, or possible, without a password (or local phone number which is stupid). The difficulty of getting online is why I asked you for and created an…
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Image optimization decreased website's page weight by 62%
Learn the image optimisation strategies I employed to shrink the page weight on my homepage from 1.1 MB to just under 450 KB
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Observations running 2M headless sessions
Excited to share: 2 million sessions served! Here are best practices for running headless browsers (like Puppeteer) in production
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USB-C Explorer – A development board to get started working with USB Type-C
I've been quiet for a while, mostly because I've been working on a new USB-C board. Actually, the board didn't take the most time; that would be the firmware development. (Never underestimate firmware). The result is a cool piece of gear, a powerful development platform, and a stronger firmware libr
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Strace – My Favourite Secret Weapon (2011)
I’m often asked in my technical troubleshooting job to solve problems that development teams can’t solve. Usually these do not involve knowledge of API calls or syntax, rather some kind of insight into what the right tool to use is, and why and how to use it. Probably because they’re not taught in college, developers…
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Tcpdump Examples
In these tcpdump examples you will find 22 tactical commands to zero in on the key packets. Know your network with this powerful packet capture tool. Examples for http, icmp, dns, snmp and more.
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Introducing the Windows Pseudo Console (ConPty)
In this, the fourth post in the Windows Command-Line series, we'll discuss the new Windows Pseudo Console (ConPTY) infrastructure and API - why we built it, what it's for, how it works, how to use it, and more.
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Putting the I back in IDE
Imagine a system for editing and reviewing code where:
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Interactive Go programming with Jupyter
Introduction of a new feature-rich golang Jupyter kernel
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My favorite apps on F-Droid
I often recommend F-Droid to my Android-using friends. F-Droid is an alternative app store which contains only Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). It's great because the apps are almost all not evil. Did you know that a flashlight app doesn't need access to your contacts, location, and pictures? Did you know that…
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Inside the Windows Console
Welcome to the third post in the Windows Command-Line series. In this post, we'll start to dig into the internals of the Windows Console and Command-Line, what it is, what it does ... and what it doesn't do!
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Pipenv: promises a lot, delivers very little
Pipenv is a Python packaging tool that does one thing reasonably well — application dependency management. However, it is also plagued by issues, limitations and a break-neck development process. In the past, Pipenv’s promotional material was highly misleading as to its purpose and backers.
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Building a Lightroom PC
Why I switched to Windows 10 from macOS and built a water-cooled and overclocked 5.2GHz 6-core PC for photo editing with Adobe Lightroom Classic CC.
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Productivity in 2017: analyzing 225 million hours of work time
What was the most productive day of 2017? How often do we get distracted by emails or IM? By analyzing millions of hours of anonymized data, we found out.