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Creating SSH Apps with Charm Wish and Laravel Prompts Building PHP CLI apps with Laravel Prompts is easy, but how can we share them? Charm to the rescue! Charm Wish is an easy-to-use SSH server that allows users to securely log into your server and us... Joe Tannenbaum · blog.joe.codes [1] Joe has a sick cli.labs site for deploying tui applications. ssh cli.lab.joe.codes Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://blog.joe.codes/creating-ssh-apps-with-charm-wish-and-laravel-prompts [2]: /thoughts/
white-space CSS property - CSS | MDN The white-space CSS property sets how white space inside an element is handled. MDN Web Docs · developer.mozilla.org [1] html [2] can preserve newline \n characters by styling an element with white-space: pre-wrap; pre-wrap Sequences of white space are preserved. Lines are broken at newline characters, at , and as necessary to fill line boxes. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/white-space [2]: /html/ [3]: /thoughts/
htmx ~ The htmx Response Targets Extension Extension htmx gives you access to AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets and Server Sent Events directly in HTML, using attributes, so you can build modern user interfaces with the simplicity and power of hypert... htmx.org [1] The htmx [2] response-targets extension allows me to respond to errors from the backend and do normal htmx swaps. Note by default htmx will only swap on 200 and 300 responses Load the extension in head <script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/ext/response-targets.js"></script> Use the extension on an endpoint that might return a 400. <div hx-ext="response-targets"> <div id="response-div"></div> <button hx-post="/register" hx-target="#response-div" hx-target-5*="#serious-errors" hx-target-404="#not-found"> Register! </button> <div id="serious-errors"></div> <div id="not-found"></div> </div> Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://htmx.org/extensions/response-targets/ [2]: /htmx/ [3]: /thoughts/
https://boot.dev/blog/devops/how-to-restart-all-pods-in-a-kubernetes-namespace/ blog.boot.dev [1] As of kubernetes 1.15 there is an easy way to restart all pods in a deployment. kubectl -n {NAMESPACE} rollout restart deploy Thanks Lane give him a follow @wagslane [2] Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://blog.boot.dev/open-source/how-to-restart-all-pods-in-a-kubernetes-namespace/ [2]: https://twitter.com/wagslane [3]: /thoughts/
TIL how to display the list of nfs mounts on your network. showmount -e You can even look for mounts of other machines on your network. showmount -e <hostname>
To allow access only to the , you can pass add the Resource field to the User Policy when you create a new token. { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "admin:*" ] }, { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "kms:*" ] }, { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "s3:*" ], "Resource": [ "arn:aws:s3:::<bucket>", "arn:aws:s3:::<bucket>/*" ] } ] }
You can inspect sqlite tables with the sqlite shell. note that you get into the shell with sqlite3 database.db .tables I also learned that .tables, .index and .schema are helper functions that query the sqlite_master table on the main database. Here is an output from my redka database. The sqlite_master table contains all the sqlite objects type, name, tbl_name, rootpage, and sql to create them. ❯ sqlite3 database.db "SELECT * from sqlite_master;" table|rkey|rkey|2|CREATE TABLE rkey ( id integer primary key, key text not null, type integer not null, version integer not null, etime integer, mtime integer not null ) index|rkey_key_idx|rkey|3|CREATE UNIQUE INDEX rkey_key_idx on rkey (key) index|rkey_etime_idx|rkey|4|CREATE INDEX rkey_etime_idx on rkey (etime) where etime is not null trigger|rkey_on_type_update|rkey|0|CREATE TRIGGER rkey_on_type_update before update of type on rkey for each row when old.type is not new.type begin select raise(abort, 'key type mismatch'); end table|rstring|rstring|5|CREATE TABLE rstring ( key_id integer not null, value blob not null, foreign key (key_id) references rkey (id) on delete cascade ) index|rstring_pk_idx|rstring|6|CREATE UN...
With the liscense changes to redis there are several new forks out there. One that I am particularly interested in is redka [1]. curl https://i.jpillora.com/nalgeon/redka | bash chmod +x redka ./redka database.db We now have redis running on port 6379 that we can connect to with a redis client. And we have a sqlite database that we can inspect. ❯ sqlite3 database.db "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master;" rkey rkey_key_idx rkey_etime_idx rkey_on_type_update rstring rstring_pk_idx vstring rhash rhash_pk_idx rhash_key_id_idx vhash We can look at the values in the vstring table. sqlite3 database.db "SELECT * from vstring;" 1|hi|hello there you||2024-04-17 01:46:26 References: [1]: https://github.com/nalgeon/redka
The main system that I am concerned about is my arch BTW machine. I found a great article [1] from the official archlinux site covering it. For my machine I am concerned with this line. The xz packages prior to version 5.6.1-2 (specifically 5.6.0-1 and 5.6.1-1) contain this backdoor. I checked my xz package with AUR [2].">paru, and I am good. paru -Qii zx References: [1]: https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/ [2]: /aur/
AUR [1].">paru has some nice features that I rarely use, and hav to look up when I need them. Here are two commands to help with dependency management. ❯ paru -Qii nodejs Name : nodejs Version : 21.7.2-1 Description : Evented I/O for V8 javascript Architecture : x86_64 URL : https://nodejs.org/ Licenses : MIT Groups : None Provides : None Depends On : icu libuv libnghttp2 libnghttp3 libngtcp2 openssl zlib brotli c-ares Optional Deps : npm: nodejs package manager [installed] Required By : node-gyp nodejs-nopt npm semver Optional For : None Conflicts With : None Replaces : None Installed Size : 46.86 MiB Packager : Felix Yan <[email protected]> Build Date : Thu 04 Apr 2024 05:11:09 AM CDT Install Date : Mon 15 Apr 2024 07:27:02 AM CDT Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package Install Script : No Validated By : Signature Backup Files : None Extended Data : pkgtype=pkg You can check all the packages depended on by nodejs by running the following. This is everything from all of the repos you have configured, not what you have installed. ❯ pactree --reverse --sync --depth 1 nodejs nodejs ├─acorn ├─ansible-language-server ├─asar ├─babel-cli ├─babel-core ...
Changelog Master Feed Your one-stop shop for all Changelog podcasts. Changelog · changelog.com [1] Jerod (It’s ya boi) and Adam are my favorite tech news nerds, and have the sickest podcasts in tech. Yes plural podcasts they run seven podcasts maybe more. If you want it short and sweet they got the best 15 minutes of tech news each week this is it. My favorite is Ship it, sad to see Gerhard go, but Justin and Autumn are crushing it. Every episode is highly polished and surrounded by the sickest beats in podcasting. Subscribe to one pod if you want, but I recommend collecting them all with the master feed. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://changelog.com/master [2]: /thoughts/
MarkdownDown Convert any webpage to a clean markdown w/ images downloaded. MarkdownDown · markdowndown.vercel.app [1] Small web app to convert html [2] into markdown. Pretty cool idea. I actually want to look into this for reader and see how well it would work. Right now I am just pulling descriptions, but maybe I can pull full web pages, and keep the full intent of the first 200 words or so in the cards. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://markdowndown.vercel.app/ [2]: /html/ [3]: /thoughts/
Boston Dynamics’ new humanoid moves like no robot you’ve ever seen All-electric, 360° joints give the new Atlas plenty of inhuman movements. Ars Technica · arstechnica.com [1] Award for the creepiest way to stand up a robot from lying flat. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/boston-dynamics-debuts-humanoid-robot-destined-for-commercialization/ [2]: /thoughts/
Rug pull, not cool! (Changelog & Friends #40) If Changelog News had an extended edition, this might be it! Jerod & Adam discuss Hashicorp's Cease and Desist letter, Redis getting forked, Boston Dymanics' scary cool new robot, Justin Searls' ex... Changelog · changelog.com [1] Five star episode with Jarod and Adam shootin the crap. The massive Cease and Desist [2] Sucks that the guest had to back out, what a wild world 2024 is. Filled with license and pricing changes. From Vim to Zed [3] Interesting to hear the journey into zed, way to go Thorston diving all the way into working at zed. Boston Dynamics’ new Atlas [4] I later saw this through a YT short, and man does it hold up to the creepy level that they described. MarkdownDown [5] This is a legit cool service, that converts html [6] into markdown Note This post is a thought [7]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://changelog.com/friends/40 [2]: https://opentofu.org/blog/our-response-to-hashicorps-cease-and-desist/ [3]: https://registerspill.thorstenball.com/p/from-vim-to-zed [4]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/boston-dynamics-debuts-humanoid...
I recently had to update my copier-gallery command to trust my own templates because some of them have shell scripts that run afterwards. Be warned that this could be a dangerous feature to run on random templates you get off the internet, but these are all mine, so if I wreck it its my own fault. copier copy --trust <template> <destination> All the the copier copy api can be found with help. ❯ copier copy --help copier copy 8.3.0 Copy from a template source to a destination. Usage: copier copy [SWITCHES] template_src destination_path Hidden-switches: -h, --help Prints this help message and quits --help-all Prints help messages of all sub-commands and quits -v, --version Prints the program's version and quits Switches: -C, --no-cleanup On error, do not delete destination if it was created by Copier. --UNSAFE, --trust Allow templates with unsafe features (Jinja extensions, migrations, tasks) -a, --answers-file VALUE:str Update using this path (relative to `destination_path`) to find the answers file -d, --data VARIABLE=VALUE:str Make VARIABLE available as VALUE when rendering the template; may be given multiple times -f, --force Same as `--defaults --overwrite`...
![[none]] --- apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1 kind: Application metadata: name: kanboard namespace: argocd spec: project: default destination: namespace: kanboard server: 'https://kubernetes.default.svc' source: path: kanboard repoURL: 'https://github.com/waylonwalker/homelab-argo' targetRevision: HEAD syncPolicy: automated: prune: true Note This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /thoughts/
Manual Upgrades | K3s You can upgrade K3s by using the installation script, or by manually installing the binary of the desired version. docs.k3s.io [1] You can give k3s an install channel to install stable, latest, or specific versions like 1.26. This is handy to make sure that you install the same version on all of your workers. curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | INSTALL_K3S_CHANNEL=latest <EXISTING_K3S_ENV> sh -s - <EXISTING_K3S_ARGS> Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://docs.k3s.io/upgrades/manual [2]: /thoughts/
Today I accidentally ran f2 in ipython to discover that it opens your $EDITOR! I use this feature quite often in zsh, it is bound to <c-e> for me, and since I have my environment variable EDITOR set to nvim it opens nvim when I hit <c-e>. Today I discovered that Ipython has this bound to F2. If you know how to set it to <c-e> let me know I’ve tried, a lot. export EDITOR=nvim ipython <F2> better yet add export EDITOR=nvim to your .zshrc # ~/.zshrc export EDITOR=nvim
Devin's Upwork "side hustle" exposed (Changelog News #90) YouTuber "Internet of Bugs" breaks down why AI "software engineer" Devin is no Upwork hero, Redka is Anton Zhiyanov's attempt to reimplement Redis with SQLite, OpenTofu issues its response to Hashi... Changelog · changelog.com [1] Damn 2024 is such a shit show, now Devin seems to be out as a complete scam. It’s really teaching us to have skepticism for what you find on the internet. Turns out that when broken down frame by frame much of the description in the video was a straight up lie. Personally it seemed quite plausible that it was percentage points better than the competition, but I was not holding my breath for it to be a hands off engineer. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://changelog.com/news/90 [2]: /thoughts/
External Link stackoverflow.com [1] I learned about the sqlite_master table from this stack overflow answer. This helps make a lot of sense to how sqlite works. The master table contains all the sqlite objects and the sql to create them. The .tables, and .schema “helper” functions don’t look into ATTACHed databases: they just query the SQLITE_MASTER table for the “main” database. Consequently, if you used sqlite3 database.db "SELECT * from sqlite_master;" Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/82875/how-can-i-list-the-tables-in-a-sqlite-database-file-that-was-opened-with-attach#answer-83195 [2]: /thoughts/