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More and more services are adopting a “can’t scan the QR code” option that reveals the secret token. Some even go as far as offering up the secret token along side of the QR code. Others present you with the…
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Splitting strings and keeping the separator in JavaScript
When splitting strings, the majority of the time, I don’t care about the separator (or delimiter), just the strings that exist between it. In JavaScript, that’s very simply with .split(): ‘one,two,three,four,five’.split(‘,’); Which will yield an array of strings like this:…
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VPS Showdown – January 2022 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
So 2021 was interesting. Not going to bore you with the details of my life, but I am ready to bore you with the details of the world of virtual private servers! I forgot to do my “Christmas wish list”…
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How to reset Brother HL-L3210CW Toner Cartridges
It took nearly two years, but we finally “ran out” of black toner for our all-time favorite printer, the Brother HL-L3210CW Laser Printer. More on why “ran out” is quoted in a moment 😉 Personally, I hate owning a printer.…
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Downloading files in Node.js with Axios
I’ved used Axios a ton, but I’ve only ever used it to make AJAX requests. In fact, I don’t ever remember a time when I’ve needed to download a file and save it to disk in Node.js. That changed recently…
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How to hide Nginx server headers on Ubuntu
Nginx is a fantastic web server choice, but it tends to be a bit too mouthy by default for my taste. By mouthy, I mean that out of the box, Nginx gives up a bit too much information about itself,…
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VPS Showdown – December 2021 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
Here we are, with the final VPS Showdown of 2021. We’ve seen a few changes over the course of the year in terms of product offerings. One of the most notable was the adoption of AMD EPYC processors either a…
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Associative arrays in Bash
Arrays, both indexed and associative are a powerful and versatile data type, regardless of the language you’re utilizing them in. At one point in Bash’s history, pre-version 4.0, Bash only had indexed arrays. These indexed arrays were defined as such:…
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Connect to WiFi with iwctl (iNet wireless daemon)
Part of the Arch Linux appeal is how minimal it is. With this minimalism comes adopting command-line tools to do the basic things we take for granted, like connecting to Wi-Fi. While this isn’t necessarily the case if you install…
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Monitoring the progress of dd
Whether you’re zeroing out an old disk drive or creating a USB flash drive with your favorite Linux distro, dd is there to take care of business. One of the shortcomings of using dd back in the day was the…