Updating dyndns automatically from Linux
If you have an account at the eminent service dyndns.com, you can update it automatically from your host by using this method: Start by installing […]
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If you have an account at the eminent service dyndns.com, you can update it automatically from your host by using this method: Start by installing […]
Continue reading »If you use the Pandas DataReader and get this message: pandas_datareader.exceptions.ImmediateDeprecationError: Google finance has been immediately deprecated due to large breaks in the API without […]
Continue reading »I can’t stand long articles so here’s a short bullet list: Searching in:channelname, in:name, from:username, from:me, has:link, has:star, has:emojiname, before, after, on, during Commands /remind […]
Continue reading »This is a no-nonsense instruction of how to create a child theme in WordPress. We create it from the existing theme “twentynineteen” 1. Create a […]
Continue reading »Since I think the documentation is lacking and I always have to rely on Stackoverflow every time I want to use it, I keep this […]
Continue reading »Lets say you get sick and tired of writing this in your views: <div class=”field”> <%=form.label :location %> <%=form.text_field :location %> </div> and instead you […]
Continue reading »I like the fixed menu, that stays in place when your scroll the content, but I have seen a few websites do a cool transition […]
Continue reading »Since you need a domain name, and I almost always use dynamic domain services, I recommend setting up ddclient so that the dynamic DNS is […]
Continue reading »Putting a server on the internet is today similar to walking alone at night in a part of the city you know nothing about, where […]
Continue reading »You should specify a lot of things in your HTML header nowadays. Previously it was enough with some CSS and JS script includes. Now we […]
Continue reading »Creating a Domain Specific Language has been on my TODO-list for a long time! Ruby is the perfect language for this task I have collected […]
Continue reading »Python is a great language, but sometimes it makes life more complicated than necessary. I don’t know if this is because it’s heritage (C) or […]
Continue reading »Linux is great, but granted, sometime it can feel a little complicated. Installing and configuring software always start with a Google: “howto install XXX Ubuntu […]
Continue reading »Rails helpers like image_url, link_to, form_with, fields_for etc are nifty little “macros” that makes your Rails code smaller and clearer. I mean, who doesn’t prefer […]
Continue reading »I know, it’s a mouthful! I never thought I’d understand asymmetric cryptography, partly because I tend to stay away from REALLY complicated stuff, and partly […]
Continue reading »Lots of harddisk space leads to…. lots of files. Why throw stuff away when keeping it is so cheap? I always end up with a […]
Continue reading »Too many frameworks? Check. Too many tools? Check. Too many crossroads? Then use this roadmap. It will help you decide which path to take in […]
Continue reading »UPDATED OCT 2020 See this link for a much better procedure: https://medium.com/@aadeshshah/pre-installed-and-pre-configured-raspbian-with-opencv-4-1-0-for-raspberry-pi-3-model-b-b-9c307b9a993a This is left for archiving purposes: As usual, I will keep this […]
Continue reading »If the title to this post seems impossible to understand, please read this conversation between Gavin Sinclair and Martin de Mello. Something that was really […]
Continue reading »If you haven’t lived under a rock for a couple of years, you must have stumbled upon npm, the standard node package manager, in one way […]
Continue reading »Wish I had this list a couple of years ago! https://dev.to/citizen428/10-common-git-problems-and-how-to-fix-them-234o
Continue reading »CRUD? CRUD is short for Create-Read-Update-Delete, and that is computer-lingo for everything you need to keep one or more database tables updated. MYSQL Since WordPress […]
Continue reading »by accessing your raspberry pi with ssh -X user@hostname-or-ipaddr you can access graphical tools like (the one I always test with) xclock or the file […]
Continue reading »The Raspberry Pi is a fantastic piece of equipment, and what I like the most is that it resembles a standard computer with Ubuntu, just […]
Continue reading »A Complete Guide to Grid A great example of how to use Grid CSS to show thumbnails https://codepen.io/SitePoint/pen/JBqgGm
Continue reading »Ruby is a dynamic language, and by that I mean that it can add features to itself, it can write self-modifying code, and it can […]
Continue reading »There are so many web frameworks. And their supporters all claim that “their” framework is the one with the most momentum. The site http://hotframeworks.com tries […]
Continue reading »First of all, Gulp and Webpack are not beasts of the same kind. Gulp is a task runner, which you can use for various tasks […]
Continue reading »What do you do, when you want to extract some data from a system, but there is no neat API for that particular service? Well […]
Continue reading »Introduction Design Patterns are an important power tool in your toolbox. You will fall back on these trusty patterns again and again, knowing that you […]
Continue reading »Rails is great, but nowadays a full page refresh is as unpopular as male ponytails or shoulder pads. Some write full-stack SPA sites, which is […]
Continue reading »OK, let’s have it, are you a Gulper or a Grunter? To some, build systems are a major issue. To me, not so much. In […]
Continue reading »This is the recommended way of serving API-endpoints in a regular Rails application. Note the {format:json} in the “api” section. Rails default is {format :html} […]
Continue reading »Intro Nowadays it is popular to create fullstack-JS applications (meaning both front- and backend written in Javascript) but what if you want to use the […]
Continue reading »Very often, I would say almost always, you have nested models in a Web application. In Rails, you (most often) specify it using has_many and […]
Continue reading »From Quora: https://www.quora.com/What-makes-Rails-a-framework-worth-learning-in-2017 David Heinemeier Hansson, Creator of Ruby on Rails, Founder & CTO at Basecamp The same reasons why it was a framework […]
Continue reading »I’d like to present a short and to-the-point instruction on how to add some Ajax pizazz to a simple Rails-generated page. It won’t take you […]
Continue reading »(since I always forget the username part) mkdir MyDir sudo mount -t cifs -o username=myusername,password=mysecretpass //<ip-address>/SHARE MyDir/ Reference: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/448263
Continue reading »Almost 5 years ago (time flies!) Phil Webb and Dave Syer wrote a blog and twitter entry that boiled down to this: @Controller class ThisWillActuallyRun […]
Continue reading »Phil Nash wrote a great article about common Rails errors and how to deal with them. The common errors are: 1. ActionController::RoutingError 2. NoMethodError: undefined […]
Continue reading »Apache Apache is a great piece of website software. What I like the best, is that it is mature and reliable. It is also easy […]
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Continue reading »Note: All commands must be prefixed with “sudo” in case your user account doesn’t have enough privileges. System $ uname -a Displays Linux system information […]
Continue reading »ref: https://tecadmin.net/configure-dns-server-on-ubuntu-linuxmint/ BIND9 If you have a “normally complex” network at home, You usually have an internet router which takes care of DNS-resolutions. However the downside […]
Continue reading »In accordance with the new policy of releasing a new Java version every 6 months, we now have a fresh installation of Java 11 to […]
Continue reading »how-to-install-node-js-on-ubuntu-16-04 has a great explanation, but long, about the details. The short version come here: Do NOT use the ubuntu package version. It´s old and named […]
Continue reading »Do you get 100Mbps link speed when you expected Gigabit? In my experience, it´s always the cable to blame, 9 times out of ten. The […]
Continue reading »Nowadays, it’s easier than ever to create your own computer language. Whether it’s a simple rule-system, or a full-blown language, you can create the tokenizer […]
Continue reading »Microservices, when supported by a robust framework, is a incredibly productive way of building large-scale services. You get a lot of support from the framework, […]
Continue reading »I love this blog post from Daniel Clark, who normally writes little nuggets about Ruby on Rails. But here he describes how to edit video […]
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Continue reading »This worked for me: https://askubuntu.com/questions/522431/how-to-send-an-email-using-command-line With CERT fixes from here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39341137/postfix-must-issue-a-starttls-command-first
Continue reading »This is a good overview, but with some syntactical mistakes: https://hostpresto.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-multiple-wordpress-sites-on-a-single-ubuntu-16-04-host/ Whats strange is that my installation on CAESAR gives error ERROR 1698 (28000): Access […]
Continue reading »CREATE USER ‘admin’@’%’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘mysecretpassword’; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO ‘admin’@’%’ WITH GRANT OPTION; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
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