Making a smart power switch for my PC that doesn't support Wake-on-LAN.

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Just because I see it all too often, so here's some examples.

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A summary of my adventures in the GoPro Quik app, mp4 metadata, root on Android, ADB, static linking and ffmpeg in Termux.

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So you want to lock down your Terraform state?

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Intuitively, to update a package using npm, you might assume you need to run something like:

npm update

This command does nothing. The correct command is:

npm install <package name>@latest

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Fluent Bit is a log shipping agent, designed to be lightweight and run in distributed environments. So why did we pick Fluentd, which is written in Ruby and predates Fluent Bit?

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SRAM don't make it particularly easy to find a quick reference on eTAP AXS front derailleur adjustment without having to sit through a Youtube video.

TL;DW: turn the top screw on the front derailleur clockwise to stop your chain from falling off when shifting up.

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A short summary of the two types of VPC Endpoints and how they work.

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A horrible hack that allows you to create a VPN tunnel from your workstation to any of your EC2 instances -- even one you don't have direct network access to, such as an instance in a private subnet.

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This blog entry is the story of my experience in implemeting a CMS as a consultant. It details some mundane problems I faced in day-to-day work and the solutions that my team and I implemented, probably in more detail than necessary. I make no attempt to avoid the boring and tedious parts of the project. Maybe you can learn something from it, or maybe you can relate to it.

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