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How to create a Symbolic Link on Linux / Mac

February 5, 2020

A symbolic link – or often just sym-link – is a pointer or shortcut to where the actual file lives on a filesystem.

Non-interactive git clone (ssh fingerprint prompt)

February 4, 2020

CLI , Git

If you have ever been in the annoying situation where you had to run git clone from a server that you did not have interactive access to, such as a continuous integration/deployment box or other.

When your Python code is much faster with PyPy

February 4, 2020

Python

Python is a very powerful language, there are so many libraries available for it.

What it takes to be a Platform Engineer in 2020

February 3, 2020

Platform

Platform Engineering is something that grew out of a mix of what software developers and sysadmins had been doing for years.

Introduction to PIP – Python Package Manager

February 2, 2020

Python

Python comes with a fully equipped package manager called PIP – which stands for the Python Package Manager.

How to build a website quickly using PHP

February 1, 2020

PHP is a powerful scripting language created for the web.

How to replace all occurrences of a string in Javascript

January 31, 2020

Javascript

I have pretty much resigned myself to the fact that in Javascript, there are really only two ways to do a proper search and replace.

How to exit Vim

January 30, 2020

If only I had a dollar for every time I saw someone sitting at their computer, trying for the life of them to exit vim

How to Setup and Use the Python Virtual Environment

January 28, 2020

Python

Python is a fantastic language that continues to help so many businesses and individuals.

Introducing the Hetzner Cloud

January 27, 2020

Hosting

I could honestly not tell you how many hosting providers I’ve tried over the past 15 years.

Multiprocessing in Python3

January 14, 2020

Python

import multiprocessing def runner(k): print(k) processes = [] for i in range(10): p = multiprocessing.

How to Install MongoDB on Mac

January 4, 2020

Databases , MAC

You can use Homebrew to install MongoDB on a Mac.

The Best Note Taking Apps

December 20, 2019

Misc

We’re all using a Note Taking App these days, they’re incredibly useful and come jam packed with loads of features.

How to Delete large amount of files in directory

December 9, 2019

So you have clearly got a very large amount of files!

How to Merge multiple files, removing duplicate values

November 25, 2019

If you have multiple files and you want to remove duplicate values from, while creating a single file.

Unable to delete an AWS Internet Gateway

November 22, 2019

Hosting

So you need to delete an AWS Internet Gateway, sounds good.

How Distributed Applications Work

July 29, 2019

Distributed

Distributed Applications come in a wide range of sizes, usages and resource availabilities.