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How to install Node.js 19 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Periodically, I check my site analytics to see which posts are getting the most traffic. It never ceases to amaze me at how many posts documenting older versions of Ubuntu, as far back as 16.04 LTS, still receive regular traffic [...]
Apple TV remote volume not working
We love the Apple TV, but ever since upgrading to the Apple TV Siri Remote, we've run into situations where the volume controls just decide they are done working. The speculation is that it has something to do with the [...]
A month after switching to Debian, I know I made the right call
A bit more than a month ago, I wrote about switching from my beloved Arch Linux to my other beloved, Debian. After taking the month of September to settle in and figured out if I had made a horrible mistake [...]
Using variables in MySQL queries
Variables. One of the cornerstones of most, if not all, programming languages. They save you time by not having to type the same crap over and over. They can be manipulated for your own gain. They can even be used [...]
Incrementing and decrementing numbers in Vim
I live on the command-line, and a huge chunk of that time is spent in Vim. Well, Neovim, actually. I do everything from writing code, to writing for my blog, as well as other prose that I have in the [...]
Generating lowercase UUIDs with uuidgen on macOS
The implementation of uuidgen on Linux returns all lowercase letters by default. The implementation of uuidgen on macOS returns all uppercase letters by default. This triggers the hell out of me, by default. Usually when I approach consistency between macOS [...]
How to search for installable packages on Debian
The thing that I miss most of all since moving from Arch Linux back over to Debian is the Arch User Repository (AUR). Every package I ever needed was there, sometimes multiple times based on different forks that folks were [...]
Using multiple profiles with aws-cli
One of the best aspects of Amazon Web Services (AWS) is that a full featured command-line utility exists for it. If you've ever spent a decent amount of time in the AWS Console (their web interface) then you understand why [...]
Switching from Arch Linux back to Debian
After the better part of the last decade running Arch Linux as my primary distro of choice on my laptops, I've decided to hang it up and move back to Debian. That's not to say that there's anything wrong with [...]
Screenshots are not documentation
Repeat after me, "screenshots are NOT documentation". Neither are videos, looms, or animated GIFs. Links to Google Docs or random websites, better, but not best. The aforementioned media types are often confused with real, honest to glob, documentation. When you're [...]