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Fixed Layout Prototyping – Hexagonal Electronics Breadboard
daverowntree has one repository available. Follow their code on GitHub.
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Using GoAccess for self-hosted web analytics
Intro With current hot topic of ditching Google services wherever and whenever we can, we often forget about that little piece of JavaScript code embedded in …
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What Is Idempotence?
Idempotence means duplicates don't matter. It means you can safely retry an operation with no issues. The classic example is the elevator button: you press it twice and it does not call two elevators. We explore why we would want that property in an email server.
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Linux Terminal Goods
Some time ago I blogged about some cool terminal plugins I was using in my Linux notebook. Also some awesome retro- emulator terminals j...
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Serving Vue.js Apps on GitHub Pages
I wanted to share a pretty simple setup on how to serve a Vue.js app using Github Pages. I’m writing this because I had to search around online for awhile...
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Raspberry Pi Model Railway Automation
This note introduces my experiences of using the Raspberry Pi to automate a model railway.
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Highlights from “The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande
1. In the 1970s, the philosophers Samuel Gorovitz and Alasdair MacIntyre published a short essay on the nature of human fallibility that I read during my surgical training and haven’t stopped...
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Adding Glue to a Desktop Environment
In this article we will put some light on a lot of tools used in the world of Unix desktop environment customization, particularly regarding wmctrl, wmutils, xev, xtruss, xwininfo, xprop, xdotools, xdo, sxhkd, xbindkeys, speckeysd, xchainkeys, alttab, triggerhappy, gTile, gidmgr, keynav, and more. If those don't make…
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Building better software with better tools: sanitizers vs. Valgrind
We often have to write code using permissive programming languages like C and C++. They tend to generate hard-to-debug problems that can crash your applications. Thankfully, many compilers offer "sanitizers". I discussed them in my post No more leaks with sanitize flags in gcc and clang. I strongly encourage the use…
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Xubuntu 19.04: The Exhaustive Update
Xubuntu 19.04 “Disco Dingo” is just around the corner. It features numerous updates and an updated snapshot of Xfce 4.14 development.
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99% code coverage (2017)
Do we have a good safety net to change this legacy code?
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Keyringless GnuPG
My favorite music player is Audacious . It follows the Winamp Classic tradition of not trying to manage my music library. Instead it waits patiently for me to throw files and directories at it. These selections will be informally grouped into transient, disposable playlists of whatever I fancy that day.