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It’s been a long time since I wrote my original Linode vs. DigitalOcean post. The year was 2013 and it was a simpler time. Over the last [nearly] ten years, the humble post grew from being the output of my…
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How to export all photos from Google Photos
After yet another bout of operating system soul searching, I’ve landed back on both iOS and macOS. With this transition from Android and Linux, my software needs have changed. Also the Googs has been barking about my needing to upgrade…
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How to convert JSON to CSV in JavaScript
Last week we discussed converting CSV to JSON in JavaScript. This week, we’re going to talk about going in the opposite direction, converting JSON back to CSV. Similar to last week, we’re going to use the immensely popular papaparse library.…
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How to convert CSV to JSON in JavaScript
Parsing CSV data isn’t as easy as splitting the string up into individual lines, then splitting it by the delimited (in this case commas). Some of the values may have quotes around them, sometimes the values themselves have line breaks.…
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How to install Family Sharing apps on macOS
Switching back to an iPhone eventually led to enabling Family Sharing so that we could all use the Pro Apps I had purchased last year. The Pro Apps are quite pricey (even the Education Bundle) so it’s not something I’d…
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VPS Showdown – May 2022 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
The big news for this month would be DigitalOcean’s announcement of their “serverless functions” product being beta released. Said functionality is the equivalent of AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions and Azure Function. While not the most exciting news, as I…
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How to install Node.js 18 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
It’s that time of year again, for not just a new version of Node.js, but for a new version of Ubuntu as well! Sadly though, my preferred method of installing Node.js on Ubuntu isn’t quite ready for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.…
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Execute command in timed intervals
Running a command (script, program, et cetera) on a regularly timed interval can be accomplished a few different ways. One way, is to leverage the crontab utility, which schedules runs to run one or more times per day. While a…
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How to restart an AWS ECS service
Docker containers are easily one of my favorite pieces of new technology of the last decade. They’ve immensely simplified how I work locally, no more virtual machines, no more trying to keep my local development environment and production servers in…
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VPS Showdown – April 2022 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
The landscape of Virtual Private Servers is ever changing and evolving. Gone are the days of providers offering just servers. Many providers offer a wide range of managed services in addition to traditional VPS offerings. Maybe I’m too much of…