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Hiding scroll bars while maintaining scroll functionality in modern browsers
As I've been rebuilding my social network from the ground up recently, I've been extremely mindful of the fact that 60% of my users are experiencing the site on a mobile device, specifically phones. Because of this, I've been attempting [...]
Moving from only syntax to rules syntax in GitLab CI/CD v13.x+
Saw a recent announcement from GitLab that the only and except syntax for GitLab CI/CD was going to be deprecated soon in the v13 release. Amendment: The only / except syntax isn't actually being deprecated as pointed out by Jason [...]
The repository does not have a Release file on older Ubuntu releases
Recently I working on some posts on how to upgrade to Node v14.x on a variety of different versions of Debian and Ubuntu. The big gotcha came with trying to get things running on versions of Ubuntu that were at [...]
Replacing text in multiple files with sed
My buddy Justin FINALLY got his website back up and running after "accidentally" letting his domain lapse. On a new domain, of freaking course, which unlocked a task on my TODO list as I needed to update a bunch of [...]
Replacing multiple strings with sed
While I'm the guy that effectively lives on the command-line, I still rarely use sed. As I've been trying to use it more, I've run into some gotchas, mostly around the regular expression syntax and doing multiple replacements at one [...]
VPS Showdown - Germany / Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - May 2020 - DigitalOcean vs. Linode vs. Vultr
Yes, another month's post with less providers. For good reason though, as Ubuntu 20.04 LTS was recently released and I wanted to give it a whirl. Amazon is fairly notorious for being late to deliver new operating system releases, but [...]
How to install Node.js v14.x on Debian and Ubuntu
Big week for both the Node.js universe and the Ubuntu universe. Node.js version 14.x dropped on Tuesday the 21st with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS coming in hot on Thursday the 23rd. Both releases are important because they are both long term [...]
How to install Node.js v14.x on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
The latest and greatest long term service release of Ubuntu is here and there's no reason that you shouldn't get to enjoy the latest and greatest (soon to be) long term service release of Node.js as well. Follow these quick [...]
How to install Node.js v14.x on Ubuntu 19.10
Even though Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is right around the corner, that doesn't mean you're going to jump right on it. If you're waiting for that first point release but still want to harness the power of the latest and greatest [...]
How to install Node.js v14.x on Ubuntu 19.04
Just because you're a couple of versions behind the current Ubuntu release doesn't mean you shouldn't get to take advantage of the latest version of Node.js. Follow these quick and easy steps to install Node.js v14.x on your Ubuntu 19.04 [...]