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Fastify not working in Docker

I've been using Express since it's inception and while I've never really had any issues with it, I'm also always up for messing around with something new. That something new (to me at least) is Fastify. A recent project of…

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EmuDeck not working after renaming micro SD card

Recently, while cleaning up the SD card I use on my Steam Deck, I decided that the name "UNTITLED" wasn't good enough, and that I would rename it to something more descriptive. What I didn't anticipate is that all of…

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Horizontal and vertical alignment with Scriptable

While I am a huge fan of widgets on iOS, most apps miss the mark in terms of what they offer via their widgets. Because I'm not one to settle, I have been on a quest to build my own…

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Wait for open port before running command

There comes a time in every software engineer's life, when they need to run a command, but only after a port has been opened by a completely separate process. Sure, you could sit around and wait for the port to…

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Enabling and disabling unattended upgrades on Debian and Ubuntu

The unattended-upgrades package on Debian is absolutely fantastic. It takes cares of the stable packages that can be installed safely automatically, leaving you with fewer manual upgrades that you have to deal with yourself. Sadly though, I ran into an…

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git error: path is unmerged

While attempting to update my dotfiles locally on my MacBook Pro, I ran into a bit of a dilemma with one of my files that I had edited but never committed. Not a big deal, I can just run git…

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Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring

One of the more noticeable things to come out of me switching from Arch Linux back over to Debian, is that I'm rarely running into any issues. Because I'm not running into any weirdness, it's been at a detriment to…

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2.4 GHz devices with Eero Mesh Wi-Fi

I'm a big fan of our Eero Mesh Wi-Fi 6 setup, even with the subscription service that will probably eventually lead to replacing it with something that doesn't have an up sell like that. It's been one of the best…

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My favorite tech purchase of 2022

I've gotten my hands on some great tech items this year. Venturing into smart garage door openers, a handful of new Apple goodies, and even leaning into "play" a lot more thanks to Valve's Steam Deck. While those items are…

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Node.js REPL history

Node.js has included a persistent history with it's REPL (real-eval-print loop) for quite some time now. It's a fantastic quality of life feature, and it even supports reverse-i-search. The other day, I got to wondering, where the heck does this…

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