Posts
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AWS Azure login interactive profile selection function
I’ve created a wrapper for
aws-azure-login
to let you interactively select the profile you want before logging in. I have a bunch of profiles, I can never remember what they are called, and some of them have short session lifetimes, so this has been a lifesaver. -
Being open about openness
tl;dr: Being open about what you’re open about is helpful to everyone involved, including maintainers.
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Easy PostgreSQL testing with pgTAP and Nix
This article explains one way to get from zero to a
psql
shell inside a local PostgreSQL instance with pgTAP enabled. It’s based on the Nix shell template article. -
Nix shell template
Nix shells are the best tool for creating software development environments right now. This article provides a template to get you started with Nix shells from scratch, and explains how to add common features.
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Convert date/time from machine-readable to human-readable
Enter a date/time string below to get the human-readable local time instantly.
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On brevity
There was a young joker, a git,
Who thought himself quite the wit,
But he wasn’t funny,
His jokes were runny,
Like “Conciseness, rather than prolixity, is the very being, the very body, the very soul, of wit!” -
YouTube channel web feed bookmarklet
tl;dr Drag →→→ YouTube channel feed ←←← to your bookmarks to get to the web feed of the current channel.
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Reproducible Jupyter Notebook with Nix
So you have a Jupyter Notebook with
pyproject.toml
andpoetry.lock
files, and you want to productionise it? You’ll just need a Linux or macOS machine. This is the magic sauce: -
systemd services & timers in NixOS
systemd services and timers are a game changer if you’re used to cron jobs. This looks at a couple of simple real-life examples to show off the advantages.
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Elden Ring Linux performance settings
tl;dr Just set everything to max performance in CoreCtrl and you’re good to go.