Dealing with PostgreSQL Times and Local Times
My current work involves a lot of local time dependent operations. This means answering a lot annoying questions like “Find the maximum value during workdays...
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2023
Having Multiple Default Browsers
I use many browsers and many profiles in one browser. I would like to open Project 1 related in browser A, other work to B, memes to C etc. But
2022
Debugging Org Capture on Firefox
TL;DR: Don’t use snap if you want to use Org Capture (or xdg-open with any custom schemes).
RSI
Now that I’m well passed the magical 40yo mark I’ve noticed my fingers aren’t as invincible as they used to be. I get random RSI strain in mu fingers and esp...
Joseph Heller Catch 22 and Kenny G
(No spoiers about Catch 22)
Econtalk - Lorne Buchman on Creativity
This episode discussed the eternal struggle on how to be creative. One of the main points is that many successful creators say that they “follow the characte...
Econtalk - Frank Rose on Internet Narratives
Just to prove the power of one thing idea - I had no memory of this until I read my notes…
2021
Death’s End - Liu Cixin
WARNING might contain spoilers
One Thing
A.J. Jacobs in Econtalk notes that we remember nothing from most stuff we read or otherwise consume some time later. I certainly experience this as much as a...
Org Capture Templates with Org Files
I fiddle with my org mode captures templates a lot. This usually involves customizing (or setting) org-capture-templates. I found it hard to visualize the en...
Experiments with GccEmacs
As an active user of vterm, I’ve compiled my own version of Emacs for a while to have the required submodules support. That said, I’ve also been on the bleed...
2020
Using Magit Forge with Github Pull Requests
My git tool of choice is of course Magit. It has an extension called Forge that can interact with tools like GitHub or Gitlab. While this support is incomple...
Setting up Emacs for Qt (C++) development
Ok starting with vanilla Emacs out of the box on Ubuntu, what does it take to setup to have a decent development experience?
2019
Using Azure Key Vault Secrets as Spring Properties in Azure Kubernetes Service
Time for some probably too good for your own good magic. The Azure Key Vault is Azures solution to deliver cryptographic secrets in a cloud environment. You ...
Running Azure Insights Log Queries Locally
Application Insights is a tool to monitor your application running in Azure cloud. Custom queries to Application Insights logs are written in Kusto. You c...
Multiple Spring Properties with Lists
Say you have multiple configuration files you want to use to when starting the application. One with some general settings shared by multiple instances and o...
Opening Git Diffs In a Single Beyond Compare Window
Beyond Compare is a classic comparing tool for folders and files. But when you follow the instructions and set up bc4 as your compare/merge tool, it opens al...
Using Ssh Agent in Windows and Emacs
The SSH Agent allows you to remember the password for a password protected SSH private key during your session. While Linux usually is able to handle this ra...
In A Slump Hunting The Flow
All experienced programmers have probably felt the flow: being completely immersed in the code. You have some feature completely laid out in your brain and y...
2018
Dynamic Flow Control During Backpressure
Do you have some kind of streaming source of data in your application? Notifications? Tweets? Messages? What happens if that source starts to produce data fa...
My App Is Too Slow Now What
You don’t have to be a software engineer for long until you hit into performance issues. The database loads too slow. Calculating the route takes forever. Re...
The Madness That Is Programming
Everyone loves to lambaste the endless drudgery of the typical workday. Meetings, coworkers interrupting, inadequate equipment, Reddit.. It feels like the ti...
Writing A Tizen Watch Application With Angular 6
Time for some code obscura. I own a Samsung Gear S2 watch, which at this point is getting 3 years old. The newer models still use the same Tizen SDK, so anyt...