Recent Updates

Note: The site is currently in a state of flux as I need to organize and merge the content from the previous site with the new content.

List of the recently updated and created topics:

Feb 19 :: Linux: Finding out uptime of the system by reading ∕proc∕uptime (2 min read)

Feb 18 :: Linux: Finding out last reboot time (2 min read)

Feb 17 :: POSIX Shell: Referencing variables (1 min read)

Feb 16 :: POSIX Shell: Defining variables (1 min read)

Feb 9 :: JavaScript: Mapping objects (3 min read)

Jan 27 :: JavaScript: Checking if a value is a Promise/thenable object (1 min read)

Jan 10 :: Understanding Simplicity (2 min read)

Dec 23 :: Linux/Unix: Finding all commands on the system (2 min read)

Dec 22 :: Linux/Unix: Understanding IFS (Input Field Separators) (3 min read)

Dec 21 :: Three great virtues of a programmer (2 min read)

Dec 5 :: Linux/Unix: Reading plain text strings from /dev/mem (3 min read)

Nov 16 :: Simplicity/Sanity Driven Development (SDD) (1 min read)

Nov 9 :: Linux/Unix: Understanding return codes (2 min read)

Nov 2 :: Linux/Unix: Quickly accessing the man page on a command switch (2 min read)

Oct 31 :: Linux: Using flock to ensure only one instance of the script is running (4 min read)

Oct 30 :: Unix Philosophy (3 min read)

Oct 26 :: Linux/Unix: Using pushd and popd to quickly change directories (2 min read)

Oct 25 :: Using navigator.clipboard API - Copy to clipboard in plain JavaScript (2 min read)

Oct 22 :: Linux/Unix: Quickly deleting the last word on the command line (1 min read)

Oct 20 :: Linux/Unix: Assigning multiple variables from the command output (1 min read)

Oct 18 :: Creating a directory tree at once in Linux/Unix (1 min read)

Oct 16 :: Cool CSS effects: Conic gradients (2 min read)

Oct 15 :: Truncating text with an ellipsis in CSS (1 min read)

Oct 14 :: Finding out environment variables of the process on Linux (2 min read)

Oct 13 :: Giving elements 3D perspective with CSS (1 min read)

Oct 12 :: Finding out which process is using a port on Linux (3 min read)

Oct 8 :: Shell timesaver: binding keys to commands (2 min read)

Oct 8 :: Setting up a simple SOCKS proxy tunnel over SSH (6 min read)

Oct 2 :: Places with free (no-attribution) images for your website/project (2 min read)

Oct 1 :: Simplicity as a prerequisite for reliability (1 min read)

Sep 27 :: Modern Web in Numbers (2 min read)

Sep 27 :: CLI: Backing up and restoring file modification times (3 min read)

Sep 15 :: Simple, reliable, fast (in that order) (2 min read)

Sep 12 :: Simple JavaScript template engine by (ab)using template literals (2 min read)

Sep 11 :: Shell timesaver: mkdir and cd combined (1 min read)

Sep 8 :: Inxi - Finding out hardware configuration on Linux (8 min read)

Sep 2 :: Resume Driven Development (RDD) (2 min read)

Sep 1 :: Async Race Conditions (on JavaScript example) (4 min read)

Aug 29 :: Functional core, imperative shell (4 min read)

Aug 29 :: Programming languages with 1-based array indexes (2 min read)

Aug 28 :: Forcing a browser to download a file (HTML and server side) (3 min read)

Aug 24 :: Linux: Wiping and overwriting file blocks (4 min read)

Aug 22 :: Linux: ZSH-style up/down arrows in Bash/Readline (1 min read)

Aug 20 :: ll, ls, and related aliases [Linux & Unix] (5 min read)

Aug 8 :: Linux: Generating Random Passwords (4 min read)

Aug 1 :: Linux: Creating a compressed image of a disk (3 min read)

Aug 1 :: Linux: Partitioning Disks (5 min read)

Jul 14 :: JavaScript by Example: Palindrome Permutations (functional) (3 min read)

Jul 8 :: Consider hosting your own git repositories (1 min read)

Apr 24 :: Frameworks and Reinventing the Wheel (2 min read)

Apr 19 :: Bootstrapping Linux Distributions (3 min read)

Apr 19 :: Pure Functions (2 min read)

Apr 5 :: Linux: Working With Archives (3 min read)

Apr 3 :: Linux: Working With Daemons (3 min read)

Mar 11 :: Haxe (1 min read)

Mar 9 :: Javascript (1 min read)

Feb 12 :: Functional Programming (1 min read)

Feb 12 :: Programming Wisdom (3 min read)

Feb 9 :: Javascript: Working With Numbers (1 min read)

Feb 9 :: Javascript: Variables and Scoping (2 min read)

Feb 9 :: Javascript: Data Types (1 min read)

Feb 9 :: Javascript: First Steps (2 min read)

Feb 6 :: Anti-spam CSS honeypot (2 min read)

Feb 5 :: Referential transparency (1 min read)

Jan 22 :: Restoring file mtimes with git (1 min read)

Jan 21 :: Locality of Behavior (1 min read)

Jan 21 :: Simple vs. Easy (1 min read)

Jan 21 :: Virtual DOM overhead (1 min read)

Jan 20 :: Cargo-cult programming (1 min read)

Jan 20 :: Implementing your own Lisp (1 min read)

Jan 19 :: Complexity worship (1 min read)

Jan 18 :: Traps and costs of failing abstractions (2 min read)